To make a US size 5 sweater chest 25 inches.
Back
CH 4. Join in a circle with a slip stitch.
Rd 1: CH 3, 2 dc in the ring, ch 1, * 3 dc in ring, ch 1. Rep from * twice more. Join with a sl st
Rd 2: (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in ch 1 sp, 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in each ch 1 sp. Join with a sl st.
Rd 3: ch 3, 2 dc in the first sp between the 3dc sections and 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in each ch 1 sp around and work 3 dc in each sp between the two sections of 3 dc. Join with a sl st.
Rep Rd 3 up to Rd 12.
To add length, sl st to corner ch 1 sp.
R 1: CH 3, 3 dc in each sp between the two sections of 3 dc across, ending with a dc in ch 1 sp.
R 2: ch 3, 2 dc in the sp between the last 2 dc, 3 dc in each sp across, end with 3 dc between the ch 3 and beginning 3 dc.
Repeat r 1 and r 2 as many times as desired or needed to create the length needed . Fasten off.
Sleeve make 2
Repeat back to 7th round. Then lengthen by following the rows 1 and 2 until length needed or from the center of the square you reach 12 rows/rounds. Seam.
Sleeve cap
Sl st across 3 dc. In the space, ch 3, 2 dc, * 3 dc in each of next 5 spaces. Turn. Sl st to the first sp, ch 3, 2 dc in that sp, * 3 dc in each sp. Turn. CH 3, 3 dc in each sp and in the top of ch 3. Turn. CH 3, 2 dc in each sp across. Turn. CH 3, 3 dc in each sp and in the top of ch 3. Turn. Sl st to the second sp, ch 3, 2 dc, 3 dc in the next sp. Fasten off. There should be 2 sections at the top of the sleeve cap and 2 sections of 3 dc between the edges of the sleeve cap.
Fronts
Yoke section
Repeat back to 4 full rounds, sl st to sp before corner, turn. CH 3, 2 dc in sp, work around the block to the last sp before the last corner. Turn and sl st to the first sp. Work around the block to last sp. Turn and repeat last round 2 more times creating a stair step look to fit around the neck. Make 2.
Make 2 squares 7 rds and lengthen by 2 rows.
Seam shoulders. Seam a yoke section to one of the smaller squares opposite of the shoulder seam. Repeat for the other side.
Line up the sleeve cap center and the shoulder seam. Seam down each side of the sleeve cap then down the side seam.
Sew buttons on the front over the holes on the last round starting at the bottom of the V of the neck and going every other or every 3rd hole all the way down.
