Yep, More Knitting.

Alright, I've seen a lot of people knitting up the so-called '3 Hour Sweater', complaining about how NO, it does NOT take 3 hours to knit, it takes a day or two, blah blah blah. I say these people are modern whiners. Perhaps in ye olden days it really did only take 3 hours to work up this sweater; perhaps women sitting near their radios were so scandalized by a saucy soap opera they gained knitting uber-prowess and by the time that and an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly'd passed by they had a sweater in their lap. In any event it's true that modern knitters lack this ability; we've been so over-scandalized it would take...actually I can't even make anything up for us to be scandalized by, if I type it up here it'll appear on VH1's schedule to fill in for the shows they pulled after their reality star suspected of murdering his wife went on the lam.

In any event, I hereby throw down the gauntlet. I present to you....THE TWO HOUR SWEATER! That's right, this claims to take a whole hour less to work up than the previous 'quickie' vintage sweater everyone's tried a hand at, so translated into modern times that would probably be one long train ride of knittin'. Boy oh boy.



It also makes nice use of the superchunky yarn most knitters have on hand- I myself couldn't resist buying some (so large...so textural!) but had no idea what to apply it to. Most of the Vogue Knitting stuff that utilizes large yarns is so patently ridiculous it's just DARING you to spend time and energy making it, forget wearing it out in public. So, here's a quaint lil' charmer with some nice neck detail. I hope to see myriad examples of it in the near future.



UPDATE!
At the behest of readers who don't wish to go blind just yet, I've typed the pattern into a legible, readable, copy & paste-able version for your printing joy. No no, don't thank me, thank the person who preserved these lovely books (but you can thank me too).

Glengarry & Yorkshire Two-Hour Sweater
Style No. 117

List of Necessary Materials With Instructions for Knitting

SIZE 14

Glengarry, 3 balls, No. 1601
Yorkshire, 2 balls, No. 1406
One pair Wooden needles No. 16 or 3/8 inch
GAUGE: 2 3/4 stitches = 1 inch, 4 rows = 1 inch

BACK: With one thread of each yarn working double cast on 28 stitches, knit 2, purl 2, for 5 inches. Knit next row increasing 5 stitches at equal intervals across row (33 stitches). Continue in Stockinette Stitch until work measures 14 inchs from start. Bind off 2 stitches each side then decrease 1 stitch at both ends on the next knitted row. Work even for 5 inches. On the next purled row *purl 6, knit 15, purl 6. Next row knit. Repeat from * twice. On the last row, knit 9 stitches. Bind off 9 stitches for back of neck. On remaining 9 stitches make shoulder as follows: *knit to shoulder. Next row purl 6, knit 3 stitches at neck edge, repeat from * until shoulder measures 5 inches. Break yarn. Make other shoulder to match, add 12 stitches for front of neck, work across otehr side. Next purled row, purl 7, knit 16, purl 7. Knit next row. Next purled row purl 8, knit 14, purl 8. Knit next row. Continue to purl 1 more stitch eah side of center knit stitches on purled rows until 2 knit stitches remain. Also add 1 stitch at each side 2 1/2 inches from front of neck. Then add 3 stitches each side for underarm (38 stitches). Continue straight for 9 more inches then decrease 6 stitches at equal intervals across row (32 stitches). Purl 2, knit 2 for 5 inches.

SLEEVES: Pick up and knit 35 stitches, decrease 1 stitch at each end every other knit row until 25 stitches remain. Knit 6 rows in Garter Stitch for cuffs.

Neck Trimming: Cut 10 strands of Yorkshire 40 inches long. Start at back leaving 4-inch end. Couch with 1 strand of Glengarry 1 inch apart. Tie ends of Yorkshire at back.

CUFFS: Cut 10 strands of Yorkshire 14 inches long. Start at center, leaving ends to tie, couch same as neck.