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You will need:
KnitPal Cotton Bliss Worsted weight #4 – 30% long staple cotton / 70% acrylic, 160 yards/147 meters per 3.5 ounces/100 grams; 2 skeins, shown in colorway Cherry Velvet
US 8 / 5mm circular needles and 2 DPNs (or size to obtain gauge)
Tapestry needle
Measuring tape
2 distinct stitch markers

You will need to know how to:

• Cast On (maker’s choice but the designer used the German Twisted Long Tail method)
• work a knit stitch
• work a purl stitch
• work a k2tog and SSK stitch (decrease methods)
• work a M1R and M1L stitch (increase methods with specific Lean direction for the resulting stitch)
• work a yarn over stitch
• work a Pleat (see special stitches and the pattern section for the Pleats)
• knit “flat” (turning for each new row)
• knit “in the round” (never turning the work, just continuing each round’s final stitch with the beginning of round’s first stitch)
• Bind Off once done (designer used the basic knit next stitch and then slip the first stitch over the stitch just worked)
• weave in tails/ends of yarn
• seam (for the shoulders, if not using the 3-needle bind off method)
• work the 3-needle bind off method (for the shoulders, if not seaming)

Sizes: 3T/4T 5T/6T
Finished chest: 24 27” / 60 67.5 cm
Length: 16.5 18.5“ / 41.5 46.5 cm