For A Good Egg

For a Good Egg is a cropped pullover worked from the top down starting with a cast on at the shoulders. After short row shaping, back shoulders are joined at the neckline and worked to the underarms. The back continues with both back and front side shaping and increases along its sloping front edge to the hem where stitches are held. Front panel stitches are picked up at each shoulder and worked in stripes that join at the base of the neckline and continue in a decreasing slope to the hem. Stitches are picked up around the armhole and worked with short rows to the underarm, then in the round to the wrist. I-cord bind off trims both bodice and sleeve hems, and 1x1 ribbing trims the neckline.

This is a quick and fun knit, enjoy!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust:  30½, 34½, 38½, 42½, 46½, 50½, 54½" / 77.5, 87.6, 97.8, 108, 118.1, 128.3, 138.4 cm
Waist:  26½, 30½, 34½, 38½, 42½, 46½, 50½" / 67.3, 77.5, 87.6, 97.8, 108, 118.1, 128.3 cm
High hips:  28¾, 32¾, 36¾, 40¾, 44¾, 48¾, 52¾" / 73, 83.2, 93.3, 103.5, 113.7, 123.8, 134 cm
Length:  21¾, 22¼, 22½, 22¾, 22¾, 23, 23"  / 55.2, 56.5, 57.2, 57.8, 57.8, 58.4, 58.4 cm at center back

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Cascade 220 Heathers by Cascade Yarns (100% Peruvian Highland wool; 220 yards / 200 m; 3½ oz / 100 g skein); main color (MC) – Aspen Heather #8011; 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approx 710, 795, 895, 975, 1075, 1165, 1245 yards / 650, 728, 820, 892, 982, 1065, 1140 m; 
contrast color (CC) – Summer Sky Heather #9452; 1 skein, or for comparable yarn, approx 100, 110, 125, 135, 145, 150, 160 yards / 92, 100, 115, 125, 133, 138, 146 m. 
I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.

Needles
US8 / 5mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24” / 60 cm circ for upper bodice and front panel
• 1 32” / 80 cm circ or longer for back bodice
• 1 16” / 40 cm circ for stitch pickup around armhole
• 1 set double pointed or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round

US6 / 4mm
• 16” / 40 cm circular (circ) for neckline trim

Notions
• Stitch markers (rings and locking) 
• Tapestry needle

GAUGE
20 sts and 23.6 rows = 4” / 10.2 cm in Stockinette stitch

SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, Cable CO, Knitted CO, circular knitting, decreasing (ssk, k2tog), increasing (m1R, m1L), short row shaping at shoulders and sleeve caps, seaming of front and back panels, stitch pick-up around armhole and neckline, and I-cord BO.

13 page PDF includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, instructional links, a row counter for managing at-the-same-time instructions, and definitions for relevant abbreviations.

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