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FAST!
Child's V-Neck Raglan |
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By
Diana Sullivan |
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There are a number of shortcuts in this sweater. Take
your time with the first one and get used to the
routine.
The double-decrease edges save time over decreasing
every two rows, and on the front of the sweater, the
v-neck is done by dividing the work at the neck and
doing a double-decrease at the armhole edge and
a
single decrease at the neck edge every fourth row.
The neckband is simplified, a single thickness k1, p1
ribbing. It's picked up from the finished garment
pieces
on the main bed, then the stitches are transferred to
set up the 1 x 1 ribbing. It has either a miter
and a
seam at center front or a lapped center front.
Two of the photographed sweaters were dressed up by
adding fair isle, either above the welts or just below
the
armhole shaping.
The short-sleeved blue baby sweater was Bare yarn from
Knitpicks type-dyed with
blue Kool-Aid.
Yarn: 2/12 to get 7.25 stitches and 9.5 rows in
Stockinette |
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Sizes: |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
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BACK: |
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Cast on
___ sts. on in ribbing |
80 |
88 |
94 |
102 |
108 |
116 |
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RC 000 |
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Knit
selvedge edge |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
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Knit
___ rows 1 x 1 ribbing |
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Change
to main tension |
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Move
all stitches to main bed |
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Knit
___ rows stockinette |
70 |
72 |
74 |
84 |
84 |
86 |
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RC ____ |
80 |
82 |
86 |
96 |
98 |
100 |
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Armhole: |
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Bind
off ___ sts begin of next 2
rows |
3 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
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Double
decrease every 4th row |
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times |
12 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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(Use
3-prong transfer tool and move |
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over by
2 stitches) |
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RC
_____ |
130 |
136 |
140 |
154 |
160 |
166 |
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This
many stitches remain: |
26 |
30 |
32 |
36 |
36 |
40 |
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Take
off on waste yarn or garter bar. |
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FRONT: |
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Same as
back to armhole. |
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Bind
off ___ sts being of next 2
rows |
3 |
3 |
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5 |
6 |
6 |
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Take
off on waste yarn. |
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Put
center 2 sts on safety pin. |
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Rehang
sts left of needle #1 left |
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Double
decrease armhole edge and |
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at the
same time, single decrease at |
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neck
edge every 4 rows ____ times |
12 |
13 |
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14 |
15 |
16 |
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Last
decrease, improvise |
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Stitches remaining: |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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3 |
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If any
sts rem,
k 1 row, dec to 1 stitch |
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Cut
yarn and pull through last stitch. |
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Make
right side, reversing shaping. |
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SLEEVE: |
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Cast on
____ sts. In ribbing |
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44 |
44 |
48 |
48 |
56 |
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RC000 |
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Move
all stitches to main bed |
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Increase every 5th row ___ times |
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18 |
19 |
20 |
22 |
22 |
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Until
this many stitches in work |
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80 |
82 |
88 |
92 |
100 |
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Sleeve
length (inches) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11.5 |
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Rows
stockinette to knit |
64 |
72 |
82 |
94 |
108 |
120 |
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Bind
off ___ sts begin of next 2
rows |
3 |
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Double
decrease every 4th row |
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times |
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(Use
3-prong transfer tool and move |
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over by
2 stitches) |
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RC ___ |
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138 |
148 |
166 |
184 |
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Stitches remain: |
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22 |
22 |
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20 |
24 |
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Knit 2
rows main yarn, then scrap off |
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Lapped
Neckband: |
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Sew
three raglan seams, leaving |
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back
left seam open |
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Pick up
___ stitches from back |
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30 |
32 |
36 |
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40 |
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Doubling-up stitches on the end needles (the end stitch
will be inside a seam later) |
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Pick up
___ stitches from sleeve |
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22 |
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24 |
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Doubling-up stitches on the end needles |
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Pick up
___ stitches down one |
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42 |
45 |
48 |
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54 |
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side of
V-neck |
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Also
pick up one safety pin stitch |
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Arrange
for 1 x 1 ribbing |
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Knit
___ rows |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
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Turn MB
and ribber tension to
biggest number |
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Loosen
upper tension by pulling yarn through |
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Knit 1
row loosely |
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Transfer all stitches to main bed |
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Bind
off either by pulling a stitch through a stitch on the
machine or by knitting a few rows |
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waste
yarn and doing it later, then removing the waste yarn. |
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Other
part of neckband: |
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Pick up
___ stitches from sleeve |
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22 |
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24 |
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Pick up
___ stitches down one |
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side of
V-neck |
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Also,
pick up one safety pin stitch |
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Knit
___ rows |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
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Bind
off the same way. |
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Overlap neckbands in center and sew into place |
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Sew remaining raglan seam |
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Sew side and sleeve seams |
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For the mitered neckband, make sure to pick up one
safety pin stitch and e-wrap one more next to it.
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Those two stitches must be on the main bed. Then
transfer the next needle to the
ribber bed, leave |
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one
of the main bed, and continue transferring for the 1 x 1
arrangement. Each row, move |
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the
two end neck edge stitches over by one stitch for the
decrease. Whenever there is a
ribber stitch |
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opposite
a MB stitch, transfer the ribber
stitch onto the main bed stitch and take the
ribber needle out of work.
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Make the second section the same way. Do a mattress
stitch to put the two mitred
edges together. |
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