BACK: With smaller needles and A, cast on 48 (52, 56, 61) sts. Work in garter st (= k every row) for 6 rows (3 ridges). Change to larger needles.
Row 1 (RS): K.
Row 2 (WS): K 3, p 42 (46, 50, 55), k 3. Rep Rows 1 and 2 keeping 3 sts at each edge in garter st for slit edging and rem sts in St st for 4 in.. Then work even in St st on all sts until piece meas 15 in. from beg. Change to B. Cont in St st until piece meas 16¾ (17, 17¼, 17½) in. from beg, ending with a WS row.
Shape armholes: Bind off 4 (5, 5, 6) sts at beg of next 2 rows – 40 (42, 46, 49) sts. Cont even in St st until piece meas 24½ (25½, 26½, 27) in. from beg, ending with a WS row.
Shape neck:
Next row (RS): K 13 (14, 16, 17) sts, join another ball of B and bind off next 14 (14, 14, 15) sts, k to end of row. Working both sides at the same time with separate balls of yarn, bind off 1 st at each neck edge every other row 3 times. Cont even in St st until piece meas 26½ (27½, 28½, 29) in. from beg. Bind off rem 10 (11, 13, 14) sts each shoulder.
FRONT: Work same as Back until piece meas approx 23 (23½, 24 ¾, 25¼) in. from beg, ending with a WS row.
Shape neck:
Next row (RS): K 18 (19, 21, 22) sts, join another ball of B and bind off next 4 (4, 4, 5) sts, k to end of row. Working both sides at the same time with separate balls of yarn, bind off at each neck edge at beg of every other row: 3 sts once, 2 sts once, then 1 st 3 times. Work even in St st until piece meas same as Back to shoulder. Bind off rem 10 (11, 13, 14) sts each shoulder.
SLEEVES: With smaller needles and B, cast on 21 (23, 24, 25) sts. Work in garter st for 6 rows (3 ridges). Change to larger needles. Work in St st, inc 1 st at each side every 4th row 6 (9, 12, 12) times, then every 6th row 5 (3, 1, 1) times – 43 (47, 50, 51) sts. Cont even in St st until piece meas 20 (20, 20½, 20½) in. from beg. Bind off all sts.
FINISHING: Sew right shoulder seam.
Neckband: With RS facing, using smaller needles and B, pick up and k 58 sts evenly around neck edge.
Next row: K.
Next row: K 2, (k2tog, k 4) 9 times, k 2 – 49 sts. K 3 rows. Bind off. Sew left shoulder/neckband seam. Set in Sleeves. Sew Sleeve seams. Sew underarm seams, leaving lower 4 in. open for slit.
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