Grace's Cardigan by Beth Brown-Reinsel

Grace's Cardigan

Knitting
January 1993
Sport (12 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
1747 - 2971 yards (1597 - 2717 m)
36", 40", 44", 48", 52", 56"
English German

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Experienced. Six sizes. A non-traditional, over-sized cardigan, knitted back and forth flat. Channel Island Cast-On, split garter welts, seed stitch initials, seam stitches, garter stitch definition ridge, underarm gussets, shoulder straps, very full sleeves, buttonbands knitted as part of the body. The gauge is 7 stitches/ inch.

Featured Techniques: The Channel Island Cast-on, Underarm Gussets, Raised Increases, The Perpendicular Shoulder Join, Contrast Color Cast-on.

Yarn: Guernsey yarn or other smooth sport weight

Note: The original edition of Knitting Ganseys only has instructions for the 44” size. (2450 yards)

Note: Knitting Ganseys: Revised and Updated version has a shaped neckline. Size 0 needles are optional for garter welts.

FOR SIZE 40 1/4” ONLY (pages 182-183): There is a typo in the 1, 2, and 3rd printings of the book in the chart of the 2-stitch repeats. It should read:
Work 3, 3, 4(correct), 4 (correct), 5, 5 times from A to D on the chart. Then from E to A, work 5, 5, 4 (correct), 4 (correct), 3, 3 times.

Buttonhole placement revised: Pg 181 of the new book, first column, last paragraph: Work 30-32-35-38-40-43 rows
between the last buttonhole in one set and the start of the first buttonhole in the next set.

Blue outline in the chart on page 182: The chart should extend one more square to the right so that the entire zig-zag is enclosed. (The blue line will overlap the red line on that side.)

Definition Ridge: Page 181 of the new book, second column, third paragraph: Keeping seam sts in est patt, work Body Chart for your size FROM ROW 17 until piece measures 13 1⁄2 (14, 14 1⁄2, 15, 15 1⁄2, 16)“, (34 (35.5, 37, 38, 39.5,40.5) cm ) from beg, ending with a WS row.

Neckband: Page 184 of the new book, third column, last paragraph: Work 3 (2,3,3,2,2)more rows as est. Work last buttonhole over next 5 rows, then work 3(4,3,3,4,4)more rows. BO all sts loosely in patt.