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Quick Child's Magic Cable Sweater |
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Use Ricki Munstock's Magic Cable & Seed Pattern
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We strongly recommend to you Ricki Mundstock’s wonderful magic cable books. Punchcards, detailed directions, and electronic charts are given in her books, and we do not wish to copy her proprietary information. This is one of our children’s charity sweaters. It’s very simplified, and is an example of modifying a favorite technique for use for charity knitting. Yarn: a 2/12 like Trenzado or Trenzi, 2 strands 2/24 Tension 8 - body ribbing and Magic Cables, T6 for sleeve ribbing Gauge (relaxed): 9 stitches and 7-1/2 rows per inch in 1 x 1 ribbing 5.8 stitches and 16 rows in cable pattern |
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Height |
41" |
43" |
46" |
48" |
50" |
53" |
55" |
57" |
60" |
62" |
65" |
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Chest Meas. in Inches |
22.4 |
23.2 |
24 |
24.8 |
25.6 |
26.4 |
27.6 |
29.1 |
30.7 |
32.3 |
33.9 |
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Front and Back Pieces: |
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Width Across in Inches: |
12.1 |
12.6 |
13.1 |
13.6 |
14.1 |
14.7 |
16 |
16.3 |
17.2 |
18 |
18.9 |
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Starting at bottom edge, cast on the following number of stitches: |
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70.00 |
74 |
76 |
78 |
82 |
84 |
92 |
94 |
100 |
104 |
110 |
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Set up for 1 x 1 rib T 0 Zigzag Row Hang Comb & 2 lg wts T2, Circular knit 3 rows T5 RC 000, and knit this many rows in 1 x 1 ribbing: |
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10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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Change to cables; cable following Munstock directions: |
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Length to armholes |
8.50 |
8.7 |
9 |
9.4 |
10 |
10.4 |
10.6 |
11.2 |
12 |
12.7 |
13.8 |
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Rows to knit |
130 |
124 |
128 |
134 |
144 |
150 |
154 |
162 |
176 |
188 |
204 |
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RC # |
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134 |
140 |
146 |
156 |
164 |
168 |
178 |
192 |
204 |
220 |
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Place marker |
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Length of armhole |
5.3 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.9 |
7.1 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
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Rows to knit for armhole |
84 |
88 |
92 |
94 |
98 |
100 |
110 |
114 |
116 |
122 |
124 |
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Knit to row # |
204 |
212 |
220 |
228 |
242 |
250 |
264 |
276 |
292 |
310 |
328 |
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Switch to 1 x 1, rows to knit: |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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RC # |
214 |
222 |
232 |
240 |
254 |
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Mark for neck opening |
15,15 |
15,15 |
15,15 |
15,15 |
15,15 |
15,15 |
15,15 |
16,16 |
16,16 |
17,17 |
17,17 |
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Change to big tension, and cast off
Sleeve: |
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Join shoulders, then hang armhole from marker to marker on this many needles: |
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62 |
64 |
66 |
68 |
70 |
74 |
80 |
82 |
84 |
88 |
90 |
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Knit in pattern, and cable following Mundstock directions. |
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Decrease 1 stitch each side every 16 rows until this many stitches remain: |
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42 |
44 |
44 |
46 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
56 |
56 |
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Knit to RC# |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
176 |
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Move EON to ribber Decrease tension to 6 |
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#Rows of ribbing |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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