TAHKI YARNS
COTTON CLASSIC PULLOVER
Featured in the Spring/Summer 2007
Vogue Knitting
designed by Irina Poludnenko

SIZES: Small (Medium, Large)

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS:
Bust 35 (39, 43)"/89 (99, 109) cm
Length 21 (21 1/2, 22)"/53.5 (54.5, 56) cm

MATERIALS:
• 9 (10, 11) 1.75oz/50g skeins
(108yds/100m) Tahki Yarns COTTON
CLASSIC 100% mercerized cotton in #3003 ivory, or #3932 lilac or #3883 robin blue
• One pair size 6 (4mm) needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
• One size 6 (4mm) circular needle, 24"/40cm long for neck
• Cable needle • Yarn needle
• Stitch markers and holders

GAUGE:
? 20 sts and 28 rows = 4"/10 cm in Stockinette stitch (knit on RS, purl on WS)
? 28 sts and 28 rows =4"/10 cm in Cable pattern
? 24 sts and 28 rows = 4"/10 cm in k2, p2 ribTAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE

PATTERN STITCHES:
K2, p2 rib (multiple of 4 sts)
Cable (Panel of 16 sts)
C8F – Slip 4 sts to cable needle and hold to front of work, k4, k4 from cable needle.
Rows 1 and 3 (RS): P2, k12, p2.
Row 2 and all WS rows: Knit the knit sts and purl the purl sts as they face you.
Row 5: P2, C8F, k4, p2. Row 7: P2, k4, C8F, p2. Rows 9 and 11: Repeat
Row 1. Row 12: Repeat Row 2. Repeat Rows 1 – 12 for Cable.

BACK and FRONT (both alike):
Cast on 98 (108, 118) sts.
Begin Pattern
(RS) Work 15 (17, 19) sts in St st; beginning Row 1, work Cable across next 16 sts; work 36 (42, 48) sts in St
st; work Cable across next 16 sts; work 15 (17, 19) sts in St st.
Continuing in this way, repeating Rows 1 – 12 of Cable pattern, work even until piece measures 6" from beginning, end with a wrong-side row.

Decrease Row
(RS) Dec 12 st evenly across as follows: Work 15 (17, 19) sts in St st; p2, [k2tog] 6 times, p2 across Cable;
work 36 (42, 48) sts in St st; p2, [k2tog] 6 times, p2 across cable; work 15 (17, 19) sts in St st—86 (96, 106 sts remain.
Change to St st on all sts; work even until piece measures 13 1/2" from beginning, end with a wrong-side row.

Shape Armhole
(RS) Bind off 0 (0, 5) sts at beginning of next 2 rows, 0 (4, 4) sts at beginning of next 2 rows, 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows, 2 sts at beginning of next 2 rows—76 (78, 78) sts remain.
(RS) Dec 1 st each side every other row 1 (1, 0) times— 74 (76, 78) sts remain.
(RS) Change to k2, p2 rib, end k2 (p2, k2).
Work even until armhole measures 7 1/2 (8, 8 1/2)" from beginning of shaping, end with a wrong-side row.
Place all sts on holder for neck and shoulders.

SLEEVES:
Cast on 72 sts.
(RS) Begin k2, p2 rib; work even until piece measures 6 1/2" from beginning, decreasing 12 sts evenly across last row—60 sts remain.
(RS) Change to St st; work even until piece measures 16 (16 1/2, 17)" from beginning, end with a wrong-side row.
(RS) Increase Row: K26, p2, [k1, M1] 6 times, p2, k26—66 sts.

Begin Pattern
(RS) K26; work Row 1 of Cable across center 16 sts; k26 -- AT THE SAME TIME, Shape Sleeve
(RS) Continue in this manner, repeating Rows 1 – 12 of Cable over center sts, inc 1 st each side every 4 rows 0 (1, 2) times—66 (68, 70) sts. Work even until piece measures 17 (17 1/2, 18)" from beginning, end with a wrong-side row.

Shape Cap
(RS) Bind off 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows, 2 sts at beginning of next 8 rows—44 (46, 48) sts remain.
(RS) Dec 1 st each side every other row 14 (15, 16) times—16 sts remain.
Place remaining sts on holder.

FINISHING:
Block pieces to measurements. Set in Sleeves, leaving sts on holder free; sew side and sleeve seams.
Neckband
With RS facing, using circular needle, place sts from all holders on needle; place a marker for beginning of round— 180 (184, 188) sts.
Round 1: *K2, k2tog; repeat from * around—135 (138, 141) sts remain.
Begin St st; work even for 4 rows. Bind
off all sts loosely.
Using yarn needle, weave in all ends.

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