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With our knitting patterns you start by measuring the person who is going to be wearing the piece. Then you take your yarn and needles and knit a swatch in your chosen knitting stitch. Now, measure your swatch for gauge and you are ready for some simple calculations to get the right fit.

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Our Free Knitting Pattern is Sure To Fit Sweater
SURE-TO-FIT PULLOVER

This is a simple sweater design that can be made from any yarn to fit any person -- any size. Our simple calculation system makes it possible. Measure your gauge, measure yourself and you will be ready to go. This sweater is knit all in one piece from the top down and can be tried on for fit as you go. No seams! A sure success for the beginning knitter; an unlimited pallet for those with creative minds.

The following instructions are for a sweater in plain stockinette stitch, but any knit pattern can be used: knit-purl combinations, colors, cables, lace. Use a sample from your favorite pattern book.

MATERIALS:

20 to 28 ounces of yarn depending on size - best to make sure you have extra yarn

Main needles: Circular in size to fit your yarn in the following lengths: 32, 16

Ribbing needles: Circular, and double pointed 2 sizes smaller than above

Stitch markers: 3 green, 4 black, and 1 red (loops of yarn work well)

Misc. items: Ruler, calculator, scratch paper, tape measure

NOTE: Sweater is knit in one piece, starting at neck, and increasing for raglan sleeves. Any size yarn and needles will do. Start at neck with 16 round needles and change to larger size when piece becomes too big.

NOTE: Colored markers are placed to indicate starting position (red), start and finish of front and back (black) and sleeves (green.)

NOTE: Increases are done by knitting in front and back of st.

CALCULATIONS:

With main size needles, knit a swatch 20 sts wide by 20 rows long and measure the number of sts you get per inch. This is your gauge (G).

MEASUREMENTS: Measure the person who will be wearing the sweater in the following places:

(A) around head.

(R) from point where neck meets shoulder, down to comfortable spot below armpit in a diagonal for a raglan sleeve

(T) arm length from underarm-point to wrist

(V) body length from underarm to hips.

To determine the number of sts to cast on and how to divide for sleeves do the following math on a calculator, I’ve included the calculations for 2 sweaters I made so you can see how it works. My head measurement (A) was 20. Round all numbers. Tip: remember how to round a decimal? If decimal is .5 or above you round up, if it is .4 or less, you round down.

Enter gauge G	4	7
Multiply by A	80	140
X = Subtract 4 seam sts	76	136
Y = divide X in half	38	68
Z = divide Y by 3.5	11	19
S = subtract 2 from Z	9	17
N = multiply Z times 2.5	28	48
B = subtract 2 from N	26	46
C = Z + Z + N + N + 4 (number to cast on)	82	138

NECK:

Start at neck: with 16 ribbing circular needles, cast on C sts. Place red marker to mark beginning. Join being careful not to twist stitches. Work a firm k1, p1 ribbing for 1 1/2 inches. To insure proper fit, slip collar sts to string and try on. Adjust gauge and recalculate if necessary.

Place markers for sleeves:

NEXT ROW: Change to main 16 needles. K1, place black marker, increase in next st, work B sts (body), increase in next st, place black marker, k1, place green marker, increase in next st, work S sts (sleeve), increase in next st, place green marker, k1, place black marker, increase in next st, work B sts (body), increase in next st, place black marker, k1, place green marker, increase in next st, work S sts (sleeve), increase in next st.

YOKE

EVEN ROW: Knit all stitches (or begin pattern stitch of your choice: always knit the st between the double markers).

INCREASE ROW: Increase one st before and after each marker pair, knit st between markers.

Work previous two rows, increasing each side of marker pairs every-other-row, until yoke is length R. Change to 32 main needles when necessary. Seam will be approx. 11 for size 12, 12 for size 14, 13 for size 16-18. To insure correct fit: sl a string through sts and remove needles. Try on the sweater. When seams meet under arms you are ready to divide sleeve and body.

BODY:

K across body sts, slip sleeve sts to holder, cast on G sts, k across back, slip sleeve sts to holder, cast on G sts, join. Keep red marker to mark beginning.

Work body until desired length. (Note: For a tapered fit you may wish to decrease at underarm each side every 2 as you work body.) When correct length, change to ribbing needles and work k1, p1 ribbing for 2 or to taste. Bind off.

SLEEVES:

With main 16 needles, take up sts from one sleeve. Pick up 4 sts from sts cast on for body. Join.

K around, decreasing 2 sts at center seam every 6 rows. Work in this manner until desired length (try it on occasionally).

To get a perfect wrist ribbing, measure your wrist with rib at bottom of body. Count number of sts. Change to ribbing DP needles. Decrease to desired number. Finish off in k1, p1 ribbing. Make second sleeve to match. Work in ends. Wash and block.