Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:12:38 -0500 From: Jim and Debbi Davis To: Knitlist Subject: Knit: Gift for Holiday 1997 [...] CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT SWEATER pattern Made this up Monday as a gift for my F2F guild's exchange, and thought I would pass it along to all you knitters out there. It is a tree ornament that looks like a sweater with a garter stitch Christmas tree on the front. Happy Holidays! Materials: about 25 oz worsted weight wool. Size 6 needles, crochet hook, and a small amount of extra yarn in a contrasting color. Sweater ornament finishes about 5 inches long. Gauge is not really important, but I was probably knitting 5.5 stitches/inch (22 stitches to 10 cm). Instructions: Cast on 17 stitches. Work K1, P1 ribbing for 6 rows, ending on the wrong side. Keep the edge stitches in garter stitch. Work 8 rows stockinette stitch. Last row on wrong side. Begin seed stitch tree: Row 1-- K7, p3, k7. Row 2 and all even rows: Purl across. Row 3: K7, p3, k7. Row 5: K4, p9, k4. Row 7: K5, p7, k5. Row 9: K6, p5, k6. Row 11: K7, p3, K7. Row 13: K8, p1, K8. Work two more rows in stockinette stitch. At the end of the second row, cast on 9 stitches for one sleeve. Turn work and work first 4 stitches in garter stitch for the cuff. Work rem stitches in stockinette. At end of row, cast on 9 stitches for the other sleeve. Turn work, and work first and last four stitches of every following row in garter stitch, remainder in stockinette. Knit about 3 or 4 rows, ending on the wrong side. Make buttonhole for neck opening: Knit 9 (sleeve), knit 6 (shoulder), cast off 5, knit 6, knit 9. Next row, K4, p5 (sleeve), p6 (shoulder), cast on 5, p6, p5, k4. Work another 3 or 4 rows, to match the front of the sleeve. Cast off the sleeve stitches, then work the sweater back to match the sweater front, omitting the tree. Finishing: Fold the sweater, wrong sides together, and mattress-stich the sides and sleeves. Pick up about 11 stitches around the neckline, and work K1, P1 ribbing back and forth for about an inch (if you're really ambitious, feel free to do this on DPNs). Seam the neckline so that the seam falls to the outside, and fold the neckband over for a turtleneck. Add a hanging cord, and place lovingly on your tree or on a package for a special person. Hope you enjoy this--blessings on all of you at this most wonderful time of the year! [...] Have a good one-- Debbi in Northern Virginia, where the sun is shining and I must go to my sunporch and quilt! --- This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium http://www.woolworks.org/