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Dare to Make It Knit-Along: An Easy Little Cardi, Part Two

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Tina_Hilton Tina Hilton, contributor
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This is the yoke with the stitches picked up.
Use a tapestry needle to place the sleeve stitches onto a length of scrap yarn to use as a holder.
The held stitches on the length of scrap yarn will look like this.
This is the yoke with the stitches picked up.

This is the yoke with the stitches picked up.

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Purl 2 rows, knit 1 row, then purl 1 more row. Bind off loosely.


 To keep your stitches nice and loose when binding off, keep your stitches off of the needle points.

 


 Viola! The finished bind-off.

 


 Here's what the back of the finished bind-off looks like.

Size Medium
Place the sleeve stitches onto holders.
Row 24 (WS): p21, place next 26 sts for first sleeve on scrap yarn, p42, place next 26 sts for second sleeve on scrap yarn, p21-84 sts on needle.

Body Shaping
Row 25: Knit.
Rows 26, 28, 30, 32, 34: Purl.
Row 27: k40, SSK, k2tog, k40-82 sts.
Row 29: k9, SSK, k2tog, k56, SSK, k2tog, k9-78 sts.
Row 31: k8, SSK, k2tog, k25, SSK, k2tog, k25, SSK, k2tog, k8-72 sts.
Row 33: k7, SSK, k2tog, k50, SSK, k2tog, k7-68 sts.
Row 35: Change to size US 10-1/2 (6.5mm) needle and CC, knit.
Row 36 (WS): Knit. Purl 2 rows, then work in k2, p2 rib for 5 rows. Purl 2 rows, knit 1 row, then purl 1 more row. Bind off loosely.

Size Large
Place the sleeve stitches onto holders.
Row 24 (WS): p24, place next 28 sts for first sleeve on scrap yarn, p46, place next 28 sts for second sleeve on scrap yarn, p24-94 sts on needle.

Body Shaping
Row 25: Knit.
Rows 26, 28, 30, 32, 34: Purl.
Row 27: k45, SSK, k2tog, k45-92 sts.
Row 29: k10, SSK, k2tog, k64, SSK, k2tog, k10-88 sts.
Row 31: k9, SSK, k2tog, k29, SSK, k2tog, k29, SSK, k2tog, k9-82 sts.
Row 33: k8, SSK, k2tog, k58, SSK, k2tog, k8-78 sts.
Row 35: Change to size US 10-1/2 (6.5mm) needle and CC, knit.
Row 36 (WS): Knit.
Purl 2 rows, then work in k2, p2 rib for 5 rows. Purl 2 rows, knit 1 row, then purl 1 more row. Bind off loosely.

Size Extra Large
Place the sleeve stitches onto holders.
Row 28 (WS): p27, place next 34 sts for first sleeve on scrap yarn, p52, place next 34 sts for second sleeve on scrap yarn, p27-106 sts on needle.

Body Shaping
Row 29: k51, SSK, k2tog, k51-104 sts.
Rows 30, 32, 34, 36: Purl.
Row 31: k12, SSK, k2tog, k72, SSK, k2tog, k12-100 sts.
Row 33: k11, SSK, k2tog, k33, SSK, k2tog, k33, SSK, k2tog, k11-94 sts.
Row 35: k10, SSK, k2tog, k66, SSK, k2tog, k10-90 sts.
Row 37: Change to size US 10-1/2 (6.5mm) needle and CC, knit.
Row 38 (WS): Knit. Purl 2 rows, then work in k2, p2 rib for 5 rows. Purl 2 rows, knit 1 row, then purl 1 more row. Bind off loosely.


Part 3 will be posted on December 11th when we will take you step by step through the sleeves. Please let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.

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Comments (2)

Tina_Hilton writes: I'm really looking forward to seeing all the finished projects myself. You will be amazed how fast this sweater knits up so give it a go!
Posted: 4:09 pm on December 5th
cirone writes: Fun! I want to see people's pictures =) This will be fun to try out when I have more time. Thanks for all the detailed notes and pictures!
Posted: 3:31 pm on December 4th
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