Week 6 of a year in stitches series and I'm brought to a movie reference. I'm a fan of Sean Connery movies. I was watching "A Hunt for the Red October ". Way back in the 80s, many knitters were enamored with Alex Baldwin's sweater .
So to that end, the basics of the sweater.
Cast on a multiple of 8. All the cuffing of the sweater is 2x2 ribbing.
Cast on 24.
R1-4: * k2, p2. Repeat to the end.
R5: * k6, p2. Repeat to the end.
R6: * k2, p6. Repeat to the end.
Repeat these 2 rows until the piece measures 3.25 inches.
Now repeat R1-4. Bind off in pattern.
The original sweater was done in natural wool in sport weight. The pattern for this sweater an be found at
www.woolworks.org/patterns/jackryan.txt
Crochet stitches
This is a multiple of 2 plus 1 stitches.
Ch 26.
R1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, * dtr in next st, sc in next st. Repeat from *to the end. Turn.
R2: ch 1, sc in each st. Turn.
R3: ch 1, sc, * sc in next st, dtr in next st. Repeat to the last 2 sts, sc in last 2 sts.
R4: rep R4.
R5: ch 1, * sc, dtr. Repeat from * to the end, end with sc.
Repeat R2 - R5 for desired length. Then repeat R2.
This produces a loopy fabric with lots of texture
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