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fir cone / Pam Allen
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
30¼ (33½, 36¾, 40, 43, 46¼, 49½, 52¾, 56)" [77 (85, 93.5, 101.5, 109, 117.5, 125.5, 134, 142) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 33½" [85 cm] with 1½" [4 cm] positive ease
YARN:
sparrow / birch 202 / 5 (5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins
NEEDLES:
32" circular in size US 2, US 3, US 4, and US 5 [2.75, 3.25, 3.5, and 3.75 mm]
GAUGE:
23 sts and 31 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with largest needle, after blocking
NOTES:
Apron is knitted from top edge to hem. Button bands are picked up and knitted at each edge. Straps are picked up and knitted at front, worked in garter stitch to end, and are crossed and buttoned at back.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail cast on (link provided), increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches. Charts and line-by-line instructions included.