■24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 26,1984
Flattering summer sweater
With warm weather ahead, a
comfortable short sleeved sweater
is an ideal crafts project Aside
from expanding your wardrobe,
knitting a sweater can actually
improve your summer looks.
Although knitting doesn’t firm
and tone muscles, it can certainly
help keep you in shape. Knitting
keeps you too busy to snack, but
not too busy to watch TV or carry
on a conversation at the same
time.
Even if you’re in perfect shape,
the sweater shown here is rich
looking, comfortable and won
derfully flattering. It features
cable-knit yoke, simple stockinette
body, three-button closing in back,
and easy-to-wear puffed and flared
sleeves.
The sweater can be made in
“Cassino” 100 percent cotton yarn
or, as in alternative, “Sweety”
yam of acrylic, mohair and wool.
Prices, colors and ordering in
formation for the sweater kit,
complete with yam, instructions
add dyed-to-match buttons, follow
this column.
Knitting aids dieters because it’s
relaxing, almost hypnotic. In
addition, it absorbs just enough
attention to take your mind off
food.
For these reasons, knitting is an
ideal activity for the times you
shouldn’t be snacking, but feel you
can resist. Assuming you’re not
genuinely hungry, if you can resist
long enough to pick up your
needles and knit the first few rows
chances are you’ll keep knitting
rows until your appetite disap
pears.
Whether or not you have an
ounce to lose by knitting, you’ll
have a beautiful sweater to gain.
If you’re not familiar with cable
knitting, all you need is a special
cable needle and an understanding
of the term “CF 6” in order to knit
the sweater shown. Meaning
“cable front 6,” the stitches are
worked as follows:
CF 6: Slip 3 stitches onto the
cable needle and hold in FRONT of
the work. Knit the next 3 stitches
as usual. Then knit the 3 stitches
from the cable needle back into
your work.
K you’d like to try the cable
pattern shown, here are direc
tions;
CABLE PATTERNS
Cast on 18 stitches.
Row 1: Purl 2, ‘knit 6, purl 2,
repeat from*
Row 2 and all even rows; Knit 2,
*purl 6, knit 2, repeat from*.
Row 3; Purl 2, *CF 6, purl 2,
repeat from*.
Rows 5 and 7: Purl 2, ’slip 1, knit
1, psso, yamover, knit 4, purl 2,
repeat them*.
Row 9: Repeat row 1.
Row 11: Repeat row 3.
Rows 13 and 15: Purl 2,* knit 4,
yamover, knit 2 together, purl 2,
repeat from*.
Row 16: Repeat row 2.
THE SWEATER KITS, complete
with instructions, matching but
tons and Bernat yarns, are
available in white, pale yellow,
peach, misty blue, pale pink, pearl
gray, marsh purple (amethyst),
stormy teal (turqoise) or ruby
claret.
KIT 5973-291, in “Sweety”
Acrylic/Mohair/Wool blend: small
(8-10), medium (12-14) or large (16-
18)114.
KIT C 973-291, in “Cassino” 100
percent cotton yam; small (8-10)
$32, medium $36 (12-14) or large
(16-18) $4O.
TO ORDER, send kit price, pins
$2.50 postage and handling, to
Ellen Appel Crafts, your
newspaper’s name, Box 1144,
Laguna Beach, CA 92(52. Specify
kit number, size and color. Add $l,
if desired, for cable needle.
California residents, please add 6
percent sales tax.
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