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Aran Jumper
I was going to submit this pattern for publication but am too lazy to figure out a bunch of sizes. The though of loosing ownership of the pattern and having to meet a deadline was not appealing either. So, here are the charts, pithy instructions and a picture of what it should look like.

Yarn: Berrella “4“, 100% acrylic, 3.5 oz, 220 yards, 10 skeins
Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm) for ribbing and collar; US 7 (4.5 mm) for sleeves and body
Gauge: Pick a yarn, make a swatch, and figure your gauge. Measure your victim and figure out how many stitches you are going to need to end up with the proper size.

Note on Charts: the notation is standard with the exception of the “Twist 2 to the right”. Aran Paint© doesn’t have a symbol for “knit2tog, then knit the first stitch again, drop both stitches from the needle” so had to use something that looked right. The stitches with the red S, are “knit through the back loop on the right side and slip with yarn in front on wrong sides”.

The sleeves and body are knit flat. The body (make 2) has background stitches (reverse stocking stitch, seed stitch, moss or double moss stitch; take your pick), panel A with 33 sts, panel B with 46 sts, and panel C with 33 sts. Cast on for the body and work the ribbing for about 20 rows (or not), increase to prevent puckering (about 24 sts). Work the pattern from the charts adding as many background stitches as you may need to give you the size you want. Work as many multiples of the patterns as needed for the length you want. On the last two rows, bind off at the beginning of the two rows leaving the center 42 stitches on hold for the neck.

Cast on for the sleeve (make 2), work ribbing for about 20 rows (or not), increase to prevent the pattern from puckering (about 12 sts). Work the sleeve chart over 46 sts plus as many background stitches as you may need; increasing 2 stitches every other right side row. I did the increases were the background meets the cable panel, my choice, did not like how the increases looked in the background stitch. Work until the sleeve is long enough and then bind off at the beginning of the next two rows leaving the center 26 sts for the shoulder strap. Make the shoulder strap as long as the shoulder is wide; leave sts on hold.

Join the sleeves to the body; sew the sleeve seam and the body seam. Transfer the shoulder and neck stitches to a smaller 16 inch circular needle (the one used for the ribbing). Make sure that the number of stitches is a multiple of 4. If this makes too big a neck, work a few decreases to adjust the size. Work 10 rounds of k2, p2 ribbing, purl one row, work 10 rounds of p2, k2 ribbing. Fold collar to the inside and tack on. Weave in all ends, block as needed.

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