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SU08-P52 Boy's Cabled Sweater

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2¼ (2½, 3)”
3¼” ¾ (1¼, 1½)”
5 (5½, 6)”
¾” ¾”

3¼ (4, 4¾)”
8¾ (9½, 10¼)” 5 (6, 6¾)”
6 (6¾, 7½)”

14¼ (17, 191⁄4)”

8¾ (10¼, 11¾)”
10½ (11½, 12¼)”

2¾” 2¾”

6 (7, 8)” ¾”
2 (2½, 2¾)”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Shop at www.VerenaKnitting.com to download BACK

24 (28, 32)”/61 (71, 81) cm.
MATERIALS
Lang Yarn “Kappa” (medium-weight yarn); 97%
cotton, 3% polyester-elite; 137yd/125m;
1¾oz/50g
• Color #72 petrol (MC): 10½ (12¼,14) oz/300 (350,
400)g; 822 (959, 1096)yd/750 (875, 1000)m
• Color #97 Green (A) and #75 Orange (B): each
1¾ oz/50g; 137yd/125m
• Sizes 4 and 6 (3.5 and 4mm) needles; circular
needle 4 (3.5 mm), 24”/60 cm long.
• Cable needle
• Stitch markers
NOTES
Stitch symbol key Visit Verena Knitting Pattern
Abbreviations and Symbols page.
Rib pat (multiple of 4 sts + 2 sts) Row 1 (RS) K2,
*p2, k2; rep from * to end. Row 2 P2, *k2, p2;
rep from * to end. Rep row 1-2 for rib pat.
Cable pat [multiple of 11 sts plus 8 (9, 8) sts]
Work foll Chart B (A, B). Numbers on chart are for
RS rows (read from right to left). On WS rows, purl
all p sts, knit all k sts. Work sts before first arrow;
work 11-st pat reps; then work sts after second
arrow. Work Rows 1-14 once; then rep Rows 3-14
for pat. (Row 14 is not shown on chart because it
is a WS row).
GAUGE
24 sts and 30 rows in cable pat with larger
needles = 4”/10 cm.
With smaller needles and MC, cast on 74 (86, 94)
sts. Beg with a WS row, work rib pat. When piece
measures 2¾”/7cm inc 0 (0, 2) sts at each
edge—74 (86, 96) sts. Change to larger needles
and work in cable pat B (A, B) until piece
measures 8¾ (9½, 10¼)”/22 (24, 26)cm from rib
pat, end with WS row. Armhole shaping Bind
off 2 sts at beg of next 2 (2, 4) rows; then dec 1 st
at each edge every other row 2 (5, 5) times—66
(72, 78) sts. Work even until armhole measures 5
(6, 6¾)”/13 (15, 17)cm, end with a WS row. Neck
and shoulder shaping Work 19 (22, 25) sts,
join another skein of yarn, bind off center 28 sts,
work to end. Working both sides at once, bind off
4 (5, 6) sts at beg of each shoulder edge 3 times;
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and, AT SAME TIME, at each neck edge, bind off

3 sts once and 2 sts twice.
FRONT
Work same as back until piece measures 7½ (8½ ,
9½ )”/ 19 (22, 24)cm from rib pat, end with a WS
row. Work 37 (43, 48) sts, join another skein of
yarn, work rem sts. Dec 1 st at each neck edge on
every other row 14 (13, 12) times; then every 4th
row 7 (8, 9) times and, AT SAME TIME, shape
armholes and shoulders same as back.
SLEEVES
With smaller needles and MC, cast on 42 sts. Work
in rib pat and stripe pat as follows: 6 rows with
MC, 4 rows with A, 6 rows with MC, 4 rows with B,
3 rows with MC. Change to larger needles and
work in cable pat A. Inc 1 st at each edge on row 5;
then every 6th row 6 (7, 8) times; and every 4th
row 4 (6, 8) times, working new sts into pat—64
(70, 76) sts. Work even until piece measures 8¾
(10¼, 11¾)”/22 (26, 30)cm from rib pat, end with
a WS row. Shape Cap Bind off 3 sts at beg of next
2 rows, bind off 2 sts at beg of next 4 rows. *Dec 1
st at each edge every RS row once, then 2 sts once;
rep from * 5 (6, 7) times. Bind off rem 14 sts.
FINISHING
Block pieces to measurements. Sew shoulder
seams. Neck Ribbing Beg at left shoulder seam
with RS facing, circular needle and MC, pick up
and k130 (140, 150) sts around neck edge placing
markers before and after center V-neck st and at
each shoulder seam. Working stripe pat (see
below) and k1, p1 rib, work to 2 sts before v-neck
marker, sl 1, k1, psso, k center st, k2tog, work to
right shoulder seam, k2tog twice, work to left
shoulder seam, sl 2, k1, p2sso; keeping to k1, p1
rib, work V-neck dec every rnd, work shoulder decs
every other rnd. Stripe Pat Working in k1, p1 rib,
work 2 rows MC, 3 rows with A, 3 rows with MC,
3 rows with B, 6 rows with MC. Bind off all sts in
rib pat. Set in sleeves, sew side and sleeve seams.