designed by Barbara Lundy Stone

MATERIALS:

• 7 skeins Beaded Wool in (2) Poppy, Garden, Bittersweet, Lettuce, Sun, Daffodil, Hibiscus,

EQUIPMENT:

• Size 7 knitting needles
• Size crochet hook
• large tapestry needle

GAUGE: 3 1/2st/8rows/in chest size 36” length 30” sleeve length 15”

DIRECTIONS: Cast on 2 stitches. The entire shell is knit in garter stitch on the diagonal.

There are 4 panels. for the body and two sleeves.

Cast on 2 stitches with Poppy and knit them.

Increase 1 st and knit to end. repeat this row until there are 51 st(med)

Color order: * will indicate a stripe pattern on the fabric outside. There will otherwise be

a blended pattern .

left front /right back right front/left back

Poppy 15 1/2 ribs Poppy 12 ribs

alternate Garden/Poppy 2X *Garden/Poppy 3X

Garden to 51 st Garden to 49 st

Begin sides:

Row 1:Cast on 1 st at beginning of row and knit 2 tog at end.

Row 2: Knit to end. repeat these 2 rows.

*3 rows lettuce

Bittersweet/Lettuce 3X(16 1/2 more ribs) *Bitter/Lettuce 3X(20 more ribs)

*Sun 2 1/2 ribs *Sun 2 1/2 ribs

Daffodil/Sun/Daffodil Daffodil/Sun/Daffodil

Hibiscus/Daffodil 1X Hibiscus/Daffodil 1X

Poppy /Hibiscus 2X Poppy/Hibiscus 2X

Poppy 4 1/2 ribs Poppy 5 ribs

*Garden/Poppy 3 1/2X(23 more ribs) Garden/Poppy 2X (20 more ribs)

Bittersweet 3 rows Bittersweet 3 rows

Poppy/Bittersweet 2X *Garden/Bittersweet 2X

Lettuce/Bittersweet 2X *Poppy

Lettuce 1 1/2 ribs 1 row Bittersweet

*Hibiscus/Lettuce 2 1/2X(16 more ribs) Lettuce/Bittersweet 2 1/2X(11 more ribs)

Lettuce 1 row Lettuce 1 row

Daffodil/Lettuce 3X *Lettuce /Hibiscus 3X

1 row Daffodil 1 row Lettuce

*Sun/Daffodil 2X Lettuce/Daffodil 3 1/2X

1 row Daffodil

Sun/Daffodil 2X

Begin to decrease for the shoulder/Neckline. Knit 2 tog at the beginning of each row.

*Poppy/Sun 3X(17 more ribs) *Poppy/Sun 3X(24 more ribs)

*Lettuce 3 ribs *Lettuce 5 ribs

*Garden/Lettuce *Garden/Bittersweet 2 1/2X

*Garden/Bittersweet 2 1/2X Lettuce/Bittersweet 4 1/2X

Lettuce/Bittersweet 4 1/2 X(19 more ribs) (18 more ribs)

107 ribs total 106 1/2 ribs total

Flip the right front and left back panels bottom to top.

Sew shoulder seams.

Sleeves:

Pick up 55 st along the left back/right front where the Lettuce and Bittersweet end toward

the bottom of the panel. Pick up 1 st in each of 3 ribs and the 2 spaces between, skip the

next between. Repeat to the shoulder seam. Pick up 1 stitch at the seam and pick up 55 st

along th e front using the same spacing as on the back.

Left Right

Pick up with Hibiscus Pick up with Hibiscus

Knit 1 row Knit 1 row

Decrease 1 st at the beginning of each row until there are 48 st

Decrease 1 st every 3rd row until there are 36 st.

*Poppy/Hibiscus 2X *Hibiscus/Lettuce 2 1/2X

*Poppy 5 ribs Daffodil 1 row

*Garden/Poppy 2 1/2(14 ribs) Daffodil/Lettuce 3X

Poppy 1 row Lettuce 1 row (12 ribs)

Bittersweet/Garden 2 1/2X *Sun/Daffodil 2 1/2X

Poppy *Poppy/Sun 2 1/2X

Lettuce/Bittersweet 2 1/2X *Lettuce 3 ribs (25 ribs)

Lettuce 1 row Garden/Bittersweet 2 1/2X

*Lettuce/Hibiscus 3X (31 ribs) Poppy 3 rows

*Lettuce 1 1/2 X Bittersweet/Lettuce 3 1/2X (38 ribs)

Daffodil/Lettuce 3X Poppy 8 1/2 ribs

Daffodil 1 row Garden/Poppy 3 1/2 ribs

*Sun/Daffodil 2 1/2X (44 ribs) Bittersweet/Lettuce 3 1/2X (61 ribs)

*Poppy/Sun 3X Bittersweet 1 row Cast off

*Daffodil 4 ribs61 ribs total

*Hibiscus/Bittersweet 3 1/2X (61 ribs)

Bittersweet 1 row Cast off

61 ribs total

Sew the underarm seams together leaving a 12’’ opening at the sides. Sew the back and

front seams leaving a 4” opening at the neck front.

Finishing: Make 1 row single crochet around the sleeve and side openings, along the

front edges and along the neck back. Make fewer sc along the neck edge to shape it. Make

3,chain 1, buttonholes along the neck opening. Make a 2nd row of sc in reverse into all

row 1 sc. Begin by going into the previous loop, making a sc and continuing to the end.

Weave in all ends.