Copper Cardigan knitted of the same weight and quality yarn as the beige in the hand-woven skirt, but of a darker brown. Cuffs, collar and border are knitted of the same yarn combined with copper tinsel. In this jacket, the knitter moves back and forth along rows of knitted units. Substituting units for stitches, she knits a cardigan more rapidly than by the traditional method.

Size: Medium; 36 = 38 bust. 10 divided squares, back, front and lap-over to go around the bust. But the two front divided squares are lap-overs ( one laps over the other), so count nine divided squares as the measure. In the model on the chart, one divided square is 4 inches by 4 inches. Multiply 4 inches by nine divided squares to get 36 inches, which is the bust measurement.

Yarn: The design as photographed weighs 9 ounces. Allow 10 oz. of brown in fingering yarn weight, and one spool of copper tinsel for borders to combine with wool yarn. B or B+ .

Needles: When a plus sign is added to the yarn weight (above), one size smaller needle is usually called for to knit the gauge. However, the yarn used here was soft enough to “pack” to a gauge of 4 stitches to 1 inch. Check gauge with both sizes, 10 and 9, to suit individual knitting. It is important to note that whatever size needle is required to knit the gauge, the smaller sizes drop or rise in the same proportion.

Gauge: 4 stitches to one inch.

Chart: one box = 8 stitches and 8 ridges.

Units: All units are divided square on 16 by 16 stitches, except for the neck and bottom borders which are on 8 by 8 stitches. The units are not individually numbered, but are numbered in rows: the first row moves to the right, the next returns to the left, etc. Rows moving to the right are PKed from the wrong side of work; tows moving to the left, from the right side of work.