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.