How To Make A The Coziest Cocoon Sweater

by Red Heart |

Item # 312113911P395
Intermediate Varies

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

  • RED HEART® Hygge™: 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6) balls 8381 Indigo
  • Susan Bates® Circular Knitting Needles: 5 mm [US 8] 16" [40 cm] and 32" [91 cm] long and 6 mm [US 10]. 32" [91 cm]
  • long
  • Stitch marker, yarn needle
  • GAUGE: 14 sts = 4" [10 cm]; 20 rows = 4" [10 cm] in Stockinette stitch using larger needle. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
  • RED HEART® Hygge™, Art. E869, available in 5 oz (141g), 132 yd (121m) balls

 

Directions are for size X-Small; changes for sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large 2X and 3X are in parentheses.

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Finished Bust Measurement: 29 (34, 37, 42, 45, 50, 53)" [74 (86, 94, 106.5, 114.5, 127, 134.5) cm] Finished Length: 29 (29, 30, 31, 31, 32, 32)" [74 (74, 76, 79, 79, 81, 81) cm]

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NOTE

Cocoon sweater is worked back and forth in rows in a large rectangle. Circular needle is used to accommodate large number of stitches. Rectangle is folded and sew closed along edge for sleeves, leaving center unsewn for body. Sleeve edging is worked in rounds on sts picked up along sewn edge. _x000B_

 

COCOON

Using smaller needle, cast on 102 (118, 130, 146, 158, 174, 186) sts.

 

Ribbed Border

Row 1 (Wrong Side): [P2, k2] to last 2 sts, p2. Row 2: [K2, p2] to last 2 sts, k2. Repeat Rows 1-2 until 5 rows total have been worked, end with a wrong side row.

 

Body

Change to larger needle. Row 1 (Right Side): Knit. Row 2: Purl. Repeats Rows 1-2 until piece measures 28 (28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31)" [71 (71, 74, 76, 76, 79, 79) cm] from beginning, ending with a right side row.

 

Ribbed Border

Change to smaller needle. Row 1 (Wrong Side): [P2, k2] to last 2 sts, p2. Row 2: [K2, p2] to last 2 sts, k2.

Repeat Rows 1-2 until 5 rows total have been worked, end with a wrong side row. Bind off in pattern.

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FINISHING

With wrong side together, fold body in half lengthwise lining up sts of cast-on and bind-off rows. Sew each side edge together for 8" [20 cm] for sleeves, leaving top and bottom edges unsewn for body.

 

Sleeve Edging

With right side facing and smaller, shorter needle, join yarn at seam and pick up and knit 44 (44, 48, 52, 52, 56, 56) sts evenly spaced around unsewn side edge for sleeve. Join to work in rounds. Place marker for beginning of round. Rounds 1-5 (Right Side): [K2, p2] around. _x000B_ Bind off in pattern. Weave in ends.

 

ABBREVIATIONS

cm = centimeters; 

k = knit; 

mm = millimeters; 

p = purl; 

st(s) = stitch(es); 

[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.

 

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