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Sizes: XS (SMALL, M, L) FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Bust: 30 (33, 36, 40) inches. Length: 12". Materials: 408 (408, 408, 544) yards of Apricot for main color, 136 yards of Ginger for color A, 136 yards of Fern for color B, size 5 striaght knitting needles, size 4 stright needles, a cable needle, and a yarn needle. SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS: M1: Lift working yarn before the next stitch onto left-hand needle and knit in its back loop to make 1 stitch. PW2: Purl, wrapping yarn around needle twice. Tw4B: Slip the next 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at back of work. Slip the next 2 stitches onto right-hand needle purlwise and drop extra loops, knit 2 from the cable needle. Tw4F: Dropping extra loops slip next 2 stitches purlwise onto cable needle and hole at front of the knitted fabric. Knit 2 from cable needle, slip stitches from cable needle back onto right-hand needle. Sl 2: Slip the next 2 stitches to right-hand needle purlwise and with yarn on the wrong side of the knitted fabric. INSTRUCTION: Back: Beginning at the lower edge with smaller needles and main color, cast on 74 (82, 94, 104) stitches. Beginning with a knit row, work 11 stockinette stitch rows. Fold Line: Knit. Change to larger needles. Body Pattern: Row 1 (right side): With main color, knit. Row 2: With main color of yarn, purl 2 (6, 5, 3) *purl 5, (PW2) 4 times, purl 5; repeat from * across, ending purl 2 (6, 5, 3). Row 3: With color A, knit 2 (6, 5, 3) stitches; * knit 3, Tw4B, Tw4F, knit 3; repeat from * across, ending knit 2 (6, 5, 3). Row 4: With color A, purl 2 (6, 5, 3); *purl 3, Sl 2, purl 4, Sl 2, purl 3; repeat from * across, ending purl 2 (6, 5, 3). Row 5: With main color, knit. Row 6: With main color, purl.. Rows 7-8: As Rows 1-2. Rows 9-10: With B, repeat Rows 3-4. Rows 11-12: With main color, repeat Rows 5-6. Repeat Rows 1-12 for Body Pattern. After the first 12 rows of Body Pattter on next row: Knit 1, M1, pattern across, ending M1, knit 1 - 76 (84, 96, 106) stitches. Work 7 rows in Body Pattern. Including new stitches into Body Pattern as they accumulate, increase 1 stitch each edge as established every 8th row 7 times more - 90 (98, 110, 120) stitches. Work even to approx. 12" from beginning, ending with a Row 5 or Row 11. With main coloe, knit across the next row for Fold Line. Change to smaller needles and work 10 rows of Stockinette stitch, beginning with a knit row. Bind off knitwise on right side. FRONT: As for Back. STRAPS (make two): With smaller needles and main color of yarn, cast on 9 stitches. Row 1 (right side): Knit 2l (purl 1, knit 1) 3 times, knit 1. Row 2: (Knit 1, purl 1) 4 times, knit 1. Repeat Rows 1-2 until strap measures approx. 19" from beginning. Bind off. FINISHING: Sew side seams. With the wrong side facing you, turn hems to inside along Fold Line and sew in place. Place markers 3.5 inches from each edge along top of front matching pattern. Beginning at the marker, sew each strap in place.
