Free Pattern: Frankensweater!

Hey Ya'll.

Thanks to a request from one of the fine folks on Ravelry, I have put togeather a pattern for Frankensweater free for your knitting pleasure. It may horrify a tech editor or two, since its my first written pattern, but I'm excited to throw it out there for all to see. If anyone needs any clarification, just let me know and I'll help you as best I can. Well, here it is:

FRANKENSWEATER: THE PATTERN.

Materials:
4 skeins of Paton’s Divine in Soft earth
Size 13 needles straight or circular
Size 6 circular needle
Needle for attaching the pieces together



Frankensweater consists of a total of 5 pieces, 1 large rectangle turned sideways for the main body of the sweater, 2 pieces that create the shoulders and sleeves that are picked up and knit once the main body and shoulder pieces are sewn together. My rough counts are for a 34” bust size, but it is easy to resize this pattern by adding additional stitches to the shoulder increases to match up with the width of the rectangle.


MAIN BODY:

cast on 50 stitches on size 13 needles (cast on more if you would like a longer sweater).
knit 68 rows (or until you have a large enough rectangle to wrap around your torso (from bust line down). My rectangle measures: 24 in long, and 38 in wide. Bind off rectangle, and set aside.

SHOULDER PIECES

Right Side:

Cast on 30 (this will make be the bottom of the back of the shoulder where it attaches to the rectangle.)
K 13 rows
On the next 10 rows, Decrease 1 stitch at the beginning of the row, knit the row (until 20 stitches remain))
K 3 rows
On the next 10 rows, increase 1 stitch per row at the beginning of the row, knit the row. (You will end up with 30 stitches) .

Left Side:

Cast on 30 (this will make be the bottom of the back of the shoulder where it attaches to the rectangle.)
K 13 rows
On the next 10 rows, knit to last stitch, make a k2tog decrease (until 20 stitches remain))
K 3 rows
On the next 10 rows, knit to 1 stitch before end of row, M1 increase. (You will end up with 30 stitches) .

Wet block pieces, pin so edges are straight, allow to dry. Using the sewing needle, sew the bottoms of the shoulder pieces to the body rectangle, aligning the edges so they make a smooth line. Sew the 2 shoulder pieces together at the back, paying special attention to keep the “v”shape (made by decreases in shoulder pieces ) come together to maintain heart shape.


SLEEVES:

Using size 6 circular needle, pick up stitches around the sleeve opening. Knit 3 rows, and then reverse direction of your knitting for 5 rows to make raised ridge detail. Change direction once again, and ktbl (knit through the back loop) until you have a sleeve length that makes you giddy. Bind off loosely. Repeat on other sleeve.

Re-block the edges if you like. Or don’t if you are lazy like me…Like I said before, any questions, concerns, or tech edits, please feel free to hit me up in the comments or pm me on Ravelry… I’m optimystik1.

Wear it in good health!