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1960s Baby’s Irish Knit
Cable Cardigan #B191
SIZES:
6
& 12 months.
Directions
are given for size 6 months with size 12 months in brackets.
MATERIALS:
3
oz, 3-ply baby yarn
1
Pair each #2 and #4 knitting needles
Cable
needle
5
½“ Buttons
GAUGE:
8
sts = 1”;
7
rows = 1”
BODY:
With
32 needles, cast on 141 [161] sts. Work in ribbing as follows:
1st row:
* P
1, k 1, rep from * across, end p 1.
2nd row:
[P
1, k 1] twice, p 2, * k 1, p 1, rep from * until 5 sts rem, [p 1, k 1] twice, p
1.
3rd row:
Same
as row 1.
4th row:
[Buttonhole row --right front hand]:
P
1, k 1, yo, k 2 tog, p 1, cont in ribbing until last 5 sts, end [p 1, k 1]
twice, p 1. Rep rows 1 & 2 of
ribbing for 13 [15] rows.
Change to #4 needles, beg patt as follows: NOTE:
On 1st & 7th rows of patt, alternate cables
will be twisted.
TO
TWIST CABLE:
Sl
first 4 sts of cable to cable needle, place behind work. Kb 1 off left-hand needle, p 1, kb 1, place
sts from cable needle on left-hand needle, p 1, kb 1, p 1, kb 1. On 7th row, twist those cables
which were not twisted on 1st row.
PATTERN
ROWS:
1st row:
[P
1, k 1] twice, p 3, cab le twist, p 3, * [kb 1, p 1] 3 times, k b 1, p 3, cable
twist, p 3, rep from * across, end [k 1, p 1] twice.
2nd row & all even rows: [P 1, k 1] twice, p 1, k 2, * [pb 1, k 1] 3
times, pb 1, k 1, p 1, k 1, rep from * across until 7 sts rem, end k 2, p 1, k
1, p 1, k 1, p 1.
3rd & 5th rows: [P 1, k 1] twice, p 3, * [kb 1, p 1] three
times, p 3, rep from * across, end [k 1, p 1] twice.
7th row:
Same
as row 1, except twist alternate cables.
Cont in patt, twisting alternate cables every 6 rows & spacing
buttonholes on right front band every 2” [2 3/8”], until 36 [48] rows have been
compl.
Work
row 3 once more.
Work in row 2 of patt for 39 [43] sts, bind off 3 [5] sts,
work patt for 57 [65] sts, bind off 3 [5] sts, work patt for 39 [43] sts.
RIGHT
FRONT:
Work
patt across 37 [41] sts, p last 2 tog.
Work
piece straight in patt until 24 [30] rows have been compl from 37th
[49th] row.
Sl
first 16 [17] sts at neck edge to holder, compl rest of row in patt.
Cont
to work in patt, bind off 1 st at neck edge every row 4 [5] times, until 6 rows
from neck edge have been compl. Bind off
rem 18 [20] sts.
BACK:
Pick
up 57 [65] sts of back, work in patt, bind off 1 st at either side of 1st row only.
Work
rem of back straight for 28 [34] rows.
Bind
off 18 [20] sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Place rem sts on holder.
LEFT
FRONT:
Work
to correspond to right front, reversing shaping.
SLEEVES:
With
#2 needles, cast on 37 [43] sts.
Work
13 [15] rows in p 1, k 1, ribbing.
Change
to #4 needles, work in patt as follows:
1st row:
P.
2nd row:
* P
1, k 1, rep from * across, end p 1.
Cont
in patt, inc 1 st each side of sleeve every 10th row 3 times--43
[49] sts.
Cont
working in patt until 36 [48] rows have been compl.
Bind off 2 [3] sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Bind
off rem sts as follows: P 1, p 2 tog,
pass 1st st over p st, rep from * until 2 sts rem, p 2 tog, pass 1st
st over last st. Fasten off.
FINISHING:
Sew
fronts & back tog at shoulder seams.
Beg
just to left of sts on holder of right front band, pick up 31 [37] sts around
neck, incl those sts of back on holder, which should be worked in patt as
picked up.
Work
sts on holder for left front in patt.
RIBBING:
1st row:
* P
1, k 1, rep from * end p 1.
2nd row:
[P
1, k 1] twice, p 2, * k 1, p 1, rep from * around until 6 sts rem, end p 2, k 1, p 1, k 1, p 1.
Work buttonhole as before on 4th row of neck
ribbing.
Cont
until 7 [9] rows of ribbing have been compl.
Bind
off in ribbing.
Sew on buttons, taking care to match buttonholes.
Sew
seams of sleeves tog, insert in armholes & st on wrong side.
Sleeves
should fit almost exactly to armhole & require very little stretching.
ENJOY!
