Owl Always Love You by Melissa Metzbower

Owl Always Love You

Knitting
July 2013
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
275 - 560 yards (251 - 512 m)
3mo, 6mo, 12mo, 18mo, 24mo
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This adorable little cardigan is knit top-down, with beads and buttons knit into the garment. The optional edging is worked in a single crochet after the sweater is finished. Directions for both the lace and reverse stockinette body are included. The whole pattern, including owls, is written out for those that don’t care for charts. However, an owl chart is included for those that do like to work from a chart.

Finished chest sizes 19(20, 21, 22, 23)”/48.3(50.8, 53.3, 55.9, 58.4)cm

Materials needed:
Sport Weight yarn-
MC 200(320, 373, 400, 450)yds/183(293, 341, 366, 412)m
CC 75(98, 110,110, 110)yds/69(90, 101, 101, 101)m

Size 6 seed beads- 20(22, 22, 24, 26)
Size 7/16”/11mm buttons- 7(8, 8, 9, 9), or size and number of buttons desired
Small steel crochet hook that will fit through the eye of the beads and buttons

If you are opting to work the sleeves and body in the lace pattern, you may wish to go down a needle size in these sections to assure uniformity of size.

Optional- size 3.75mm/F crochet hook if opting to add the CC border after the sweater is finished