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Shabby Cheryl
Style
Wear this Over sized Cardigan all year! Simple to knit and easy to put together. Reverse stockinette stitch is used to achieve a little texture. Button up this sweater and wear it with a cotton tee or shirt.
Skills Needed
Casting On
Stockinette Stitch and Reverse Stockinette Stitch (knitting one row, purling one row)
Decreasing (knitting two together or purling together)
Buttonholes (simple method)
Picking up stitches for the neck
Binding Off
Yarn
Lucci’s DK Mercerized Cotton Tape (100% Mercerized Cotton) 211 yards. 50 grams
XSmall /Small 9 skeins, Medium 10 skeins / Large/XLarge 11 skeins
Supplies Needed
Tape measure
Tapestry Needle
7 3/4 inch buttons
Needles - #5 and # 7 Circular needles due to so many stitches on your needle
Please remember that after knitting up your swatch, your needle size may change.
Gauge
5.75 stitches = 1” or 20 sts. = a 4 in square in Stockinette Stitch using a #7 needle
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- First published: May 2016
- Page created: May 11, 2016
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