Dirghagama

alittlebabycardigan
I wanted to make a cardiganthat would be the perfect baby shower gift togive toanyoneexpectinga little girl. Originally made for the baby of a lovely couple, who study theDrghagama, thishadtobe the name of the pattern as well. The Drgha gama means a long (drgha) discourse of Buddha (gama)' in Sanskrit and is a collection of 48 stras, or rather records of the oral teachings of the Buddhafromthe8thcentury.Sonowyouknow!

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Sizes:6months Finished measurements: before blocking: 45cm (18) circumference chest x 23cm (9) long and afterblocking:48cm(19")circumferencechestx23cm(9")long

Materials:
Yarn: Rowan Purelife British Sheep Breeds Chunky 1 ball, 100g (3.53 ounces), 110m (120 yards), ThisdesignusestheBlueFacedLeicestercolourway. Needles:6mm/US10circularneedles(itispossibletousestraightneedlesifyouprefer) Notions: tapestry needle for weaving in ends, blockingwire/pins, 6stitchmarkers(2ofonecolour(A) +4ofanothercolour(B))and100cm(40),1cm(1/2)wideribbon. Gauge:Thestockinetteis12stitchesper10cm/4"afterblocking. It is very important to get the gauge right as this is a 1 ball project and uses exactly 1 ball of the recommendedyarn.

Patternnotes:
Abbreviations:
co:caston bo:bindoff k:knit p:purl rs:rightsideofknitting ws:wrongsideofknitting m1: make 1 stitch by pickingup the yarn between 2 stitcheswiththeleftneedleandknittingitthrough thebackloopwiththerightneedle yo:yarnover(seevideo) k2tog:knit2together(seevideo) p2tog:purl2together M:marker SM:slipmarker PM:placemarker repeat**:repeattheinstructionsbetweenthepreviousstars

Instructions:
The cardiganisknitbackandforthstartingattheneck,creatingraglansleevesandjoiningfor thebody belowthesleevestocreateaseamlessgarment.Thelivestitchesfromthesleevesarethenknitlast. Caston(co)25stitchesandwhiledoingsoplacethe2Amarkersand4Bmarkers(PM)asfollows: co1,PMA,co1,PMB,co5,pPMmB,co11,PMB,co5,PMB,co1,PMA,1co(25) Setuprow:(ws)purltillend

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Mainbody: 1. (rs) k1, m1, SM A, *m1, k1, SM B, k1,m1,ktill1beforeM*(repeat**2moretimes),m1,k1,SMB, k1,m1,SMA,m1,k1(35) 2.purl 3. k1till 1beforeM,m1,k1,SMA,*knittill1beforeM,m1,k1,SMB,k1,m1* (repeat **3 moretimes), ktillM,SMA,k1,m1,knittillend(45) 4.purl STOPandreadthis!DroptheAmarkerswhileknittingrow6. 56.Repeatrow3and4(55) 7.(rs)*knittill1beforeM,m1,k1,SMB,k1,m1*(repeat**3moretimes)(63) 8.purl 916.Repeatrow5and6,4moretimes(95) STOPandreadthis!Whileknittingrow17,dropthestitchmarkersasyougo. 17. (rs) *knit till first marker, put 21 stitches (till nextmarker)ontostitchholder*(repeat **),knittillend (53) Ribbonband: 18.(ws)k53 19.(rs)*k1,p1*(repeat**till1stbeforeend),k1 20.p1,*yo,p2tog*(repeat**tillend) 21.*k1,p1*(repeat**till1stbeforeend),k1 22.knit 23.knit 24.purl Pattern 25.(rs)*k2,yo,k2tog*(repeat**till1stbeforeend)k1 26.purl 27.knit 28.purl 29.k4,*yo,k2tog,k2*(repeat**till1stbeforeend)k1 30.purl 31.knit 32.purl 3340.Repeatrows25to32onemoretime(youcanleaveoutthispartifyouarerunningoutofyarn) Bottomedge: 41.(rs)knit 42.knit 43.*k1,p1*(repeat**till1stbeforeend)k1 44.knit Picot bind off:*co 2with cable caston, bo 4, slip stitchonrighthandneedlebacktolefthandneedle* (repeat**tillend)
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Neckedging: From the right side of the knitting,pick up 20 stitches along the right edge, 20 stitches along the top and20stitchesalongtheleftedge(60) (ws)Knit1row (rs) Bindoff with Jenys Surprisingly Stretchy Bindof: *yo from back to front, k1, pass yo over knit stitch, yo from back to front, k1, pass yo over knit stitch, then pass previous stitch over last stitch to bindoff*(repeat**tillend). Sleeves Fromtherightsideoftheknitting,pickup1stitchfromunderthesleeve(usethistoclosethegap betweenthelivesleevestitchesandthemainbody),movethe21livestitchesfromthestitchholder ontoyourneedle,pickupanotherstitchfromunderthesleeveagain(23) (ws)Knit2rows Picotbindoff:(ws)*co2withcablecaston,bo4,slipstitchonrighthandneedlebacktolefthand needle*(repeat**tillend) Repeatforsecondsleeve. Sewinyarnendsandblock.

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