Article 7921 of rec.crafts.textiles.yarn:
From: judy_stitch@msn.com (Judith Smith)
Subject: Pattern: Knee Cap
Date: 5 Jan 96 16:46:16 -0800
Organization: The Microsoft Network (msn.com)
Lines: 32

KNEE CAP

Material:
approx 750 yards of light weight DK yarn
Knitting Needles: 1 pr. #3 (3 1/4 mm) or to obtain gauge

GAUGE: 7 sts = 1 "; 10 rows = 1"

Cast on 88 sts. Work in K 2, P 2 rib for 2 3/4". Rib 48 sts.,
turn, K 8 (garter st), turn, K 9, turn, K 10, turn. Continue in
this manner, knitting 1 more st. each row until 22 ribbed sts are
left on each side of the garter-st. cap.  Continuing on garter
sts. only, turn, K 41, K 2 tog, K 1, turn.

Next Row: K 40, K 2 tog, K 1

Next Row: K 39, K 2 tog, K 1

Continue to dec. 1 garter st. at the end of every row until 8
garter sts. remain. Pick and knit 16 sts along side of cap. P 2,
K 2, across 22 sts.

Next Row: Working ribbing across all sts. Pick up 16 sts along
other side of garter-st. cap, rib remaining 22 sts.

Work 2 3/4" in K 2, P 2 ribbing and bind off in rib.

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This pattern was adapted from  Bernat's Handicrafter (Vol. XIII,
No. 3): WARTIME HANDKNITS. Copyright 1942, Emile Bernat & Sons
Co., Jamaica Plain, MA, USA



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This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium
http://www.woolworks.org/