Rustling Leaves by Grace Mcewen

Rustling Leaves

Knitting
October 2010
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches
US 9 - 5.5 mm
XS [S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X]
English
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Leaves, I truly enjoy leaves. I love to knit them, I love to look at them and when I was younger I enjoyed discovering
them. About the only thing I don’t like about them is picking them up. Which I spend hours doing every fall and spring.

Rustling Leaves is a fun short sleeved cardi knitted in Knit Picks Comfy Sport. The color is Pomegranate and is a great
Fall color and matches the leaves on my Beech Nut tree in my back yard. Rustling Leaves is perfect to bring under control
the chill of the Fall morning and will work wonderfully at the office or on casual days.

The lace frill on one side is a fun added touch that allows your knitted leaves to rustle in the wind.

The cardigan is worked in one piece with the sleeves worked separately and added in. The right hand side of the cardigan
lace is knit with the entire piece. The left side of leaf lace is worked separately and sewn into place once the cardigan is
completed.

SIZE
XS S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3Xn size 36)
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest: 32 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56 inches
Length:22 23.5, 25, 26.5, 28, 29, 30 inches

Materials Needed:
Knit Picks Comfy Sport 75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic; 136 yd per 50g skein; color: Pomegranate; 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 skeins
1 set(s) US #9/5.5mm 24 inch circular needles
1 set(s) US #9/5.5mm 16 inch needles or double pointed needles
1 set(s) US #9/5.5mm straight needles
notions required tapestry needle, button, stitch markers
GAUGE:
4 sts/5 rows = 1” in stockinet stitch

Abbreviations-
P– purl
K– knit
K2tog– knit 2 stitches together decreasing one stitch
Yo—yarn over
sl1 k psso, k8, p2
p2tog tbl- Purl two stitches together in back loops, inserting needle from the left, behind and into the backs of the 2nd & 1st stitches in that order (decrease 1 stitch)
P2tog—purl 2 stitches together decreasing one stitch
sl1 k psso-slip one stitch onto right hand needle, knit next stitch on left needle then pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch (decrease 1 stitch)