KATIA CINDY SHORT SLEEVED SWEATER by Katia of Spain SIZES: Finished bust a) 37.5" -b) 41.5" -c) 45" -d) 49" Finished length a) 23" -b) 23" -c) 23.5" -d) 24" MATERIALS: Katia Cindy: a) 7 -b) 8 -c) 9 -d) 10 balls. Size US 7 (4.5 mm) knitting needles, (or size you need to use for gauge listed below). Yarn needle. STITCHES: Garter St, Stockinette St = St.St, Reverse Stockinette St = Rev.St.St. Tubular Knitting: * K1, bring yarn to front of work; slip 1 st (as if to purl it); take yarn to back of work, *; rep from * to *. Pattern St: See Graph A. Tubular cast on: using a contrasting color of the same weight of yarn, (CC), cast on the given number of sts, which is usually half the number required for the ribbing. Using your main yarn color as given in the instructions (MC), purl 1 row, then work 2 or 4 rows St.St, depending on how firm an edge is desired. On the next row, with MC, knit 1 st, then folding up the already worked rows of St.St to the back, purl into the first st of the first row of your MC yarn. Continue working K1, P1 ribbing pattern, knitting 1 st from your needle and purling into the next st above your CC row until you have the required number of stitches. Pick up 1 extra st at the end of the row if the required number of stitches is an uneven number: Remove the CC row, and continue in ribbing pattern. GAUGE: In Pattern St: 20 sts and 26 rows = 4x4" GRAPH: Click here to download a printable PDF verison of Graph A. BACK: Need graph A to do math. NOTE: Decrease 1 st at each edge on right side rows for armhole decreasing as follows: at beginning of row: K4, sl 1, K1, PSSO; work to last 6 sts; K 2 tog, K4. In Tubular Cast On, begin with a) 47 -b) 52 -c) 56 -d) 61 sts to make a) 94 -b) 104 -c) 112 -d) 122 sts. Work 3 rows Tubular Knitting; then work 4 rows Garter St. Beginning and ending with st marked a) A -b) B -c) C -d) D, work 60 rows of Pattern St following Graph A; then work as follows: a) 14 -b) 20 -c) 24 -d) 28 sts St.St; a), -b), -c) & -d) 3 sts Rev.St.St; with yarn in back and without slipping sts from LH needle, knit into 2nd st on LH needle then knit into lst st, then remove both sts from LH needle; work repeat stitches of Graph A 3 times; 3 sts Rev.St.St; a) 15 -b) 19 -c) 23 -d) 29 sts St.St. Work this pattern for total of 36 rows; work 2 rows Garter St; then work all sts in St.St. AND AT THE SAME TIME: when back measures 14 1/8", shape armholes: a), -b), -c) & -d): bind off at each edge 2 sts then decrease 1 st at each edge every 2 rows as given in "NOTE" above: a) 7 times [76 sts rem] -b) 8 times [84 sts rem] -c) 9 times [90 sts rem] -d) 10 times [98 sts rem]. Work even in St.St until back measures a) 22 1/2" -b) 22 7/8" -c) 23 1/4" -d) 23 5/8"; bind off all rem sts. FRONT: NOTE: Decrease 1 st at each edge for neckline shaping as follows: Right half of front: at beginning of row, K4, sl 1 ,K1, PSSO; work to end of row. Left half of front: work to last 6 sts; K 2 tog, K4. Instructions: Work same as back until front measures a) 16 1/8" -b) 16 1/2" -c) 16 7/8" -d) 17 1/4". Shape neckline: divide work in center and work each side separately, decreasing 1 st at center front edge on right side rows as given in "NOTE" above, every 2 rows a) 17 times [21 sts rem] -b) 20 times [22 sts rem] -c) 22 times [23 sts rem] -d) 25 times [24 sts rem]. When front measures a) 22 1/2" -b) 22 7/8" -c) 22 7/8" -d) 23 5/8", bind off at armhole edge all rem sts. SLEEVES: NOTE: Decrease 1 st at each edge for armhole decreasing as follows: at beginning of row, K4, sl 1, K1, PSSO; work to last 6 sts; K 2 tog, K4. Instructions: In Tubular Cast On, begin with a) 32 -b) 34 -c) 36 -d) 38 sts to make a) 64 -b) 68 -c) 72 -d) 76 sts. Work 3 rows Tubular Knitting: then work 4 rows Garter St. Beginning and ending with st marked a) E -b) F -c) G -d) H, work 12 rows Pattern St following Graph A. Work 2 rows Garter St; then work St.St. When sleeve measures 5 1/8",a), -b), -c) & -d): bind off at each edge 2 sts; then decrease 1 st at each edge every 2 rows as given in "NOTE" above: a) 22 times [16 sts rem] -b) 23 times [18 sts rem] -c) 24 times [20 sts rem] -d) 25 times [22 sts rem]. When sleeve measures a) 12 1/4" -b) 12 5/8" -c) 13 -d) 13 3/8", bind off all rem sts. FINISHING Sew right shoulder seam. Pick up a) 32 -b) 36 -c) 40 -d) 44 sts around back neck edge; a) 40 -b) 42 -c) 44 -d) 46 sts along each side of front neckline: total of a) 112 -b) 120 -c) 128 -d) 136 sts. Work 4 rows Garter St; 2 rows Tubular Knitting; use Finished Edge Bind Off. Sew other shoulder, side and sleeve seams. ABBREVIATIONS: beg - beginning, cm - centimeters, cont - continue, dec - decrease/s/ing, foll(s) - follow(s)(ing), g - grams, inc - increase/s/ing, K - knit, m - meters, mm - millimeters, P - purl, pat - pattern, PSSO - pass slipped stitch over, rem - remain/der/ing, rev St st - reversed stockinette stitch, RS - right side, sep - separately, sl - slip, st(s) - stitch(es), st-st - stockinette stitch, tbl - through back of loop(s), tog - together, WS - wrong side. Please note this pattern is copyrighted material and the entire contents of this pattern are copyrighted as a collective work under the copyright laws of Canada and the United States. You may print a copy of this pattern for your own personal use and enjoyment, but editing, publishing, transmitting, e-mailing, posting it to a list service or database, or otherwise commercially exploiting this pattern is strictly forbidden. Copyright Fil Katia, S.A., Av. Catalunya s/n, 08296 Castellbell i el Vilar, Barcelona, Spain.