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Writing instructions for apparel is way more complicated than for a doily or hat! Hence, my underestimating the time it would take to write the instructions. I actually knitted this pullover twice: the first time, instead of sk2p on the small leaf ground, I worked s2kp which is “slip 2 knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over”, on Size 3.75 mm needles. Unexpectedly, the resulting dimensions seem to be the same as for the pullover in the above photo which was worked on Size 3.5 mm needles. Apparently, the s2kp yields a tighter fabric!
As for the pullover being almost seamless, the only seam is on the outer edge of the shoulders! A 3-needle bind off with pattern sides facing was used. The pullover is finished with a 3-stitch i-cord where the leftmost stitch of the i-cord is joined to the edge stitch of the garment using ssk (“slip 2 separately knitwise, return stitches to left needle and knit the 2 together through back loops”), but skp could also be used.
The pullover is not difficult to knit. Below is the CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW for both charted and written formats. After the two bottom center squares are completed, with purl sides facing, the subsequent sections are worked above the upper edges, first on the lefthand side and then on the righthand side. However, note that the “righthand” side becomes the “lefthand” side when the work is turned around so that the second square is facing the knitter!
I may add a photo of the pullover on a full figured gal! It looks more like the photo in the CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW.
Happy Knitting!
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