Louise Knits

I found a vintage Italian pattern which i did my best to translate,.... Should be fun to see how it turns out!! 800 gms of yarn that works with 4 1/2 mm needles Some velvet ribbon - about 12 yds #4mm and #4 1/2 mm knitting needles. Stitches used: Rib: row 1: k1 p2 row 2 knit as they present themselves (basically a K1P1 rib) Pattern Stitch *Row 1.Slip 1, Knit 2 together, Knit 3 Row 2 Purl row 3 K row 4 P* repeat * to * Plain Stitch Row 1 Knit Row 2 Purl. Back Using # 4 needles, cast on 90 sts Knit 8cms in rib Change to # 4 1/2 increasing 10 sts in 1st row (100 sts) Knit in plain stitch for 38cms total Armhole  shaping: On both sides, in succeeding rows, cast off 6 sts, then 2 sts, then 1 stitch. When you have knitted 21cms from the armhole, start the shoulder shaping One each side cast of 8 sts 3 times then cast off the rest. Front. Work like the back until the armhole shaping.  (38cms) Knit one row in pattern stitch At the same time, cast of...

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Lisa Frey from CT who submitted this cute Bernat pattern for a Dog coat! S ( M -L- XL ) To fit dog chest measurement: 10 ( 13 -16- 24 ) ins [25.5 (33-40.5-61) cm]. MATERIALS Bernat® Super Value (Solids: 197 g/7 oz) (389 m/426 yds) 1 (1-1-2) ball(s) of  #53044 (True Grey) . OR Ombres (251 m/275 yds) / Twists (280 m/307 yds): 142 g/5 oz 1 (1-2-2) ball(s) OR Bernat® Berella 4 (Solids: 100 g/3.5 oz) (197 m/216 yds) 2 (2-2-3) ball(s) OR Ombres (85g / 3oz) (150m / 165 yds) 2 (2-3-4) ball(s) Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) knitting needles. Size 4 mm (U.S. 6) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long  or size needed to obtain gauge . Set of four size 4 mm (U.S. 6) doublepointed knitting needles GAUGE 18 sts and 24 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in stocking st with larger needles. INSTRUCTIONS The instructions are written for smallest size. Larger sizes follow in ( ). With larger needles, cast on 40 ( 46 -58- 82 ) sts. Knit 5 rows, inc 4 sts evenly across last row. 44 ( 50 -62- 86 )...

It is rather early but i have a collection to prepare! comments welcome!