Authors: Rachael Herron

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How to Knit a Love Song (38 page)

Sleeves—Make two

Sleeves

Using shorter circular needle, cast on 36 (38, 40, 42) sts loosely enough to join around needle (or use DPNs in correct size). PM and join to work in the round.

Ribbing Row:
* Kltbl, p1; rep from * to end of row.

Repeat this row 8 more times.

Knit one row, increasing 6 (6, 8, 8) sts evenly spaced across row—42 (44, 48, 50) sts.

Row 1:
K18 (19, 21, 22), work Row 1 of Chart A, k18 (19, 21, 22).

Row 2:
K18 (19, 21, 22), work Row 2 of Chart A, k18 (19, 21, 22). Continue in this manner for two more rows.

Increase Row:
K1f&b, work in pattern to last st, k1f&b—2 sts increased.

Continue to repeat Rows 1–10 of Chart A and work 2 increases as above every 8 (8, 7, 6) rows 10(11, 12, 14) more times—64(68, 74, 80) sts.

Work even in pattern until sleeve measures 19½ (20, 20½, 21) inches from beginning. At end of last row, work to 3 (3, 4, 4) sts before marker, slip 6 (6, 8, 8) stitches onto scrap yarn for underarm. Put the rest of the stitches onto stitch holder (or second piece of longer scrap yarn).

Work second sleeve using Chart C instead of Chart A.

Body

Using longer circular needle, cast on 180 (198, 216, 234) stitches. PM and join to work in the round.

Ribbing Row:
^*K1tbl, p1; rep from
^*to end of row.

Repeat this row 10 more times.

Work even in stockinette stitch (knit all rows) until piece measures 14 inches from beginning.

Purl one row.

Knit one row, increasing 2 (0, 2, 0) sts evenly across row—182 (198, 218, 234) sts.

Purl one row.

Knit next two rows.

Row 1:
PM, k16 (20, 25, 29), p1, work Row 1 of Chart A, p1, work Row 1 of Chart B, p1, work Row 1 of Chart C, p1, k16 (20, 25, 29), PM, k91 (99, 109, 117).

Row 2:
Slip marker, k16 (20, 25, 29), p1, work Row 2 of Chart A, p1, work Row 2 of Chart B, p1, work Row 2 of Chart C, p1, k15 (20, 24, 29), slip marker, k91 (99, 109, 117).

Continue in this manner until piece measures 17 inches from beginning.

Join Sleeves to
Body

At end of last row, work to 3 (3, 4, 4) sts before marker, slip 6 (6, 8, 8) sts onto scrap yarn for underarm. Continuing to work sleeves and front of body in pattern, PM and work across 58 (62, 66, 72) sts from first sleeve holder, PM, work across front of sweater to 3 (3, 4, 4) sts before next marker, slip 6 (6, 8, 8) sts onto scrap yarn for underarm. PM and work across 58 (62, 66, 72) sts from second sleeve holder, PM, knit across the back of sweater to end of row—286 (310, 334, 362) sts.

Work even for one inch, keeping in patterns as established.

Raglan Decreases

Decrease Row:
* K1, ssk, work in pattern to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1, slip marker; rep from * to end of row—8 sts decreased.

Repeat Decrease Row every other row 25 (27, 29, 32) more times—78 (86, 94, 98) sts remain. Change to shorter circular needle when necessary.

Back Neck Shaping:

Row 1:
Knit 3 sts, wrap next st and turn.

Row 2:
Purl 3 sts, slip marker, purl to 3 sts past next marker, wrap next st and turn.

Row 3:
Knit to 2 sts before previous wrapped st, wrap next st and turn.

Row 4:
Purl to 2 sts before previous wrapped st, wrap next st and turn.

Knit one row, picking up the wraps as you come to them.

Neck

Ribbing Row:
* K1tbl, p1; rep from * to end of row.

Repeat this row 7 more times.

Bind off all sts loosely in rib.

Finishing

Graft (kitchener stitch) underarms together. Wet-block and dry.

List of Abbreviations

DPNs—Double-point needles

K—Knit

K1tbl—Knit one through the back loop

K1f&b—Knit one front and back (increase stitch)

K2tog—Knit two together (decrease stitch)

P—Purl

PM—Place marker

Rep—Repeat

Ssk—Slip two stitches as if to knit, then knit those two stitches together (decrease stitch)

St(s)- Stitch(es)

Stockinette stitch—in the round, all rows knit.

Acknowledgments

My deepest thanks to Bethany Herron for her cheerful willingness to keep reading and editing before this was even a real book, to Christy Herron for believing in me and for perfume samples, and to Dan Herron for instilling in me a love of cowboys. My love and thanks to Lala Hulse for being my best cheerleader and for opening the champagne, again and again. I am so grateful to my wonderful, amazing agent Susanna Einstein, who believed in me first, to Jenny Arch, who pulled me out of the slush pile, and to my fabulous editor, May Chen, who made it all possible. My thanks to Eddie Dwyer and Bonnie Terra of the esteemed Alameda County Fire Department, for their help with research, and to Charlie and Marilyn Foscalina of Livermore, for regaling me with sheep tales. To the Providers of the Desk, thank you for that beautiful vote of confidence. My thanks to Elizabeth Sullivan for taking my chicken-scratch notes and making Cade’s sweater pattern readable, and to Kiyomi Camp for being my super-speedy test-knitter. To Oakland’s own Chris Baty, thanks for starting NaNoWriMo—you’ve changed the world. And to the readers of Yarnagogo.com, over all these years, I couldn’t have done this without your love and belief. I have the best readers in the world. Thank you.

About the Author

Rachael Herron
has rarely put the needles down since learning to knit at age five, except to pen the popular website
YARNAGOGO.COM.

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Credits

Cover design by Robin Bilardello

Cover photograph © hana/Datacraft/Getty Images

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Herron, Rachael.

How to knit a love song: a Cypress Hollow yarn / by Rachael Herron.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-06-184129-3 (pbk.)

1. Knitters (Persons)—Fiction. 2. Ranch life—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3608.E7765H68 2010

813'.6—dc22 2009045028

EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-198621-5

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