Winter's Brightest Sparkler by Workbasket Magazine

Winter's Brightest Sparkler

Knitting
November 1966
Columbia Minerva Avignon
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
34 (36, 38, 40, 42) inches
English

Here is an easy-to-knit design that will be a hit.

Directions are for size 10. Changes for sizes 12, 14, 16 and 18 are in parentheses. Materials needed are 7 (8, 9, 10, 11) 2-ounce skeins Columbia-Minerva Avignon for color A, 1 four-ounce skein Columbia-Minerva Knitting Worsted for color B, 7 plastic rings 3/4 inch diameter, one pair each sizes 6 and 8 knitting needles and a number 1 crochet hook.

Blocking Measurements:

  • At Bustline (buttoned): 34 (36, 38, 40, 42) inches
  • Across Back at Underarms: 16.5 (17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 20.5) inches
  • Across Each Front at Underarm (incl. border sts): 10.5 (11, 11.75, 12.5, 13.5) inches
  • Sleeve Width at Upperarm: 12.5 (13, 13.5, 14.75, 15.5) inches

Gauge:
9 sts equal 2 inches, 6 rows equal 1 inch