Fab

Knitting
August 1996
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1500 yards (1372 m)
small and medium
English

SUMMARY: Fab is a fitted, waist-length, round neck cardigan with shaped, indented long-sleeves, all covered with large intarsia daisies. The bottom edge, buttonbands, cuffs and collar are worked in a solid colour Moss stitch pattern. The buttonbands are worked from held stitches and sewn on to the garment after completion.
There are 3 colours in use – the background colour (A), the daisy colour (B) and the daisy center colour (C).

SIZES: Small (Medium).

TO FIT CHEST: 38 (40)” / 96 (102) cm.

YARN REQUIREMENTS: Sport weight, 5-ply yarn.
A - 875 yds, / 912 m, / 7 balls for each size, B – 500 yds, / 456 m, / 4 balls for each size and C – 125 yds, / 114 m / 1 ball for each size.

SHOWN IN: A - Black #062, B - Cream #649 and C - Pink #622.

NOTIONS: Jacket – 7 buttons for both sizes.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: increasing and decreasing in knitting, picking-up stitches to knit onwards, slip stitch and back stitch or mattress stitch seaming.

Neither the Pattern book nor yarns are available in the trade but can sometimes be located through online selling/trading sites.