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Quick Child's Magic Cable
Sweater
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Use Ricki Munstock's Magic
Cable & Seed Pattern
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We strongly recommend to you Ricki Mundstock’s
wonderful magic cable books.
Punchcards, detailed directions, and electronic charts are given in
her books, and we do not wish to copy her proprietary information.
This is one of our children’s charity
sweaters. It’s very simplified, and
is an example of modifying a favorite technique for use for charity
knitting.
Yarn: a
2/12 like Trenzado or Trenzi, 2 strands 2/24
Tension 8 - body ribbing and Magic Cables, T6 for
sleeve ribbing
Gauge (relaxed):
9 stitches and 7-1/2 rows per inch in 1 x 1
ribbing
5.8 stitches and 16 rows in cable pattern
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Height
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41"
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43"
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46"
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48"
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50"
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53"
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55"
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57"
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60"
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62"
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65"
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Chest
Meas.
in
Inches
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22.4
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23.2
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24
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24.8
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25.6
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26.4
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27.6
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29.1
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30.7
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32.3
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33.9
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Front
and Back Pieces:
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Width Across in Inches:
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12.1
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12.6
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13.1
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13.6
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14.1
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14.7
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16
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16.3
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17.2
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18
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18.9
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Starting at bottom edge, cast on the following
number of stitches:
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70.00
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74
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76
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78
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82
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84
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92
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94
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100
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104
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110
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Set up for 1 x 1 rib
T 0 Zigzag Row
Hang Comb & 2 lg wts
T2, Circular knit 3 rows
T5
RC 000, and knit this many rows in 1 x 1
ribbing:
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10
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10
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12
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12
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12
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14
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14
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16
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16
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16
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16
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Change to cables; cable following Munstock
directions:
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Length to armholes
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8.50
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8.7
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9
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9.4
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10
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10.4
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10.6
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11.2
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12
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12.7
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13.8
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Rows to knit
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130
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124
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128
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134
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144
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150
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154
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162
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176
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188
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204
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RC #
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134
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140
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146
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156
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164
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168
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178
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192
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204
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220
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Place marker
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Length of armhole
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5.3
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5.5
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5.7
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5.9
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6.1
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6.3
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6.9
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7.1
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7.3
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7.7
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7.8
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Rows to knit for armhole
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84
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88
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92
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94
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98
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100
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110
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114
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116
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122
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124
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Knit to row #
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204
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212
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220
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228
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242
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250
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264
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276
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292
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310
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328
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Switch to 1 x 1, rows to knit:
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10
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10
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12
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12
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12
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14
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14
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16
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16
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16
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16
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RC #
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214
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222
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232
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240
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254
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Mark for neck opening
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15,15
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15,15
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15,15
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15,15
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15,15
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15,15
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15,15
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16,16
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16,16
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17,17
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17,17
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Change to big tension, and cast off
Sleeve:
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Join shoulders, then hang armhole from marker
to marker on this many needles:
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62
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64
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66
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68
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70
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74
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80
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82
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84
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88
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90
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Knit in pattern, and cable following Mundstock
directions.
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Decrease 1 stitch each side every 16 rows until
this many stitches remain:
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42
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44
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44
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46
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46
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48
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50
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52
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54
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56
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56
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Knit to RC#
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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176
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Move EON to ribber
Decrease tension to 6
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#Rows of ribbing
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10
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10
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12
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12
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12
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14
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14
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16
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16
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16
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16
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