Porch Jacket in Cro-Knitting
Materials Required:
5 skeins of Bear Brand Germantown, 4-fold.
2 skeins contrasting color Germantown, for trimming.
1 pair No. 7 amber knitting pins, 10 inches long.
1 No. 7 amber crochet hook, with knob, same length.
(Note—These directions are based on 16 skeins to the box Germantown. If the “10 skeins to the box” wool is used, the number of skeins required will be proportionately less.)
Using knitting pins and principal color, cast on 28 stitches and work in Automobile Stitch (see page 6) until there are four patterns of 14 clusters each. Then increase by picking up an extra stitch at each end of every afghan row until there are 26 clusters in the row. Make three patterns of 26 clusters when the work should be long enough to reach to the neck. On the next afghan row, pick up 19 loops with the one on pin, (20 in all) and make two patterns of 10 clusters each for the left shoulder. On next afghan row, increase one stitch at the neck end, make 2 knitted rows then turn, pick up a loop in first stitch, wool over and pick up another loop in same stitch, wool over and through 3 loops on hook, ch. 1, thus forming a half cluster. Continue in regular way. On the next cluster row there will be eleven clusters. Continue increasing in this way, at neck end, ½ cluster on each cluster row, until there are 14 clusters in the row. Make four rows of 14 clusters. On the second knit row decrease as follows: k. 8, k. 2 together, k. 8, k. 2 tog., k. 8.
Decrease in the same way on each of the next 3 pattern rows, having 2 stitches less between the decreasings on each pattern.
Make 5 patterns of 10 clusters each, knit 3 rows and bind off.
Go back to the neck, skip 12 stitches and pick up the final 20 stitches for the afghan row. On these stitches make right front to correspond to left front.
Still using principal color, work around the entire jacket, as follows: * 1 s. c., ch. 1, skip enough space to make work lie flat and repeat from *. Draw a loop of the contrasting color through loop on hook. Ch. 1, draw up loop about ¾ of an inch, * wool over, pick up a loop in the chain space, wool over and pick up another loop in same space, wool over and through all 5 loops on hook, ch. 1, thus forming one cluster. Repeat from * all around jacket putting an extra cluster in each corner to prevent capping. Join with a slip stitch in the top of first cluster. Pull a loop of principal color through and make cluster round as before, putting clusters in the top of cluster of preceding round, followed by a round of clusters in contrasting color. Final round: use principal color, * 1 s. c. in top of cluster ch. 4, 1 d. c. in same space, skip 1 cluster and repeat from * all around.
Lace up under arms with ribbons.