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Andromeda
What little girl doesn’t need her very own ballet wrap? This wrap is perfect to keep arms warm on the way to, from and during class.
Andromeda is knit from the top down, in one piece, with no seaming or grafting. The body is knit flat and the sleeves are knit in the round.
Materials:
• 24 and 12 inch circular needles in size US 7 (4.5mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
• 12 inch circular needles in size US 5 (3.75mm) (or two sizes smaller than the needles that you used to obtain gauge)
• waste yarn or stitch holders
• 4 stitch markers
Gauge: 5 stitches and 6 rows per inch in stockinette stitch.
Worsted weight yarn (generous amounts – better to have too much than too little!): 275 (300, 350, 375, 400, 450, 470, 510, 570, 610, 670) yards.
Measurements:
Size 3mo 6mo 12mo 18mo 24mo 2 4 6 8 10 12
Chest 16” 17” 18” 19” 20” 21” 23” 25” 26.5” 28” 30”
Abbreviations and techniques: CO ~ cast on K ~ knit P ~ purl Kfb ~ knit into the front and the back of the stitch PM ~ place stitch marker SM ~ slip stitch marker
PUK ~ pick up and knit
BO ~ bind off K2TOG ~ knit two stitches together
SSK ~ slip first stitch knitwise, slip second stitch purlwise, stick left needle into both of those stitches and knit them together
BOR ~ beginning of row
RS ~ right side
WS ~ wrong side
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