Dapper Month 7: A casual tweed cardigan c. late 1940s
Dapper Month seems to have a bit of a tweed thing going on – but tweed knitwear just looks so good!
As a bonus this pattern comes in four sizes, and dates to the late 1940s.
- Sizes: 36, 38, 40 and 42
- Yarn: Fingering weight
- Needles: UK 10 and 12, Metric 3.25mm and 2.75mm
- Published in: Paragon Knitting Book No. 74 Men’s Knitteds
Wolfram
Hi Bex,
I’m not sure how to read the instruction for shaping the armholes.
“Dec 1 st at both ends of next 6 rows and at both ends of the following 4 alternate rows.”
Does that mean:
a: that I cast off 1 st at the beginning and end of each row? -> in 6 rows I decrease by 12 st (the shaping would be 2,5 inch high)
b: that I cast off 1 st at just the end of end of each row? -> in 6 rows I decrease by 6 st (the shaping would be 1,25 inch high)
Do you have any advice for me?
Thanks a lot!
Best from Cologne Germany!
subversivefemme
Hi there Wolfram!
I can’t wait to see your version!
It’s option A – you’ll be decreasing two stitches each row, for 6 rows.
Then you’ll do it 4 more times, but on the alternate row (normally the knit row only) so that would be two stitches each row, across 8 rows.
I hope that makes sense?
Wolfram
Hey Bex,
Thank you! Makes sense! I keep you posted!
Wolfram