  by
Ryan Marnell
As a teenage boy who knits, it
is extremely rare that I come across a pattern for guys
that is even remotely cool. I guess that's why I started
designing my own stuff.
This hip-hop inspired cardigan
incorporates a Fair Isle pattern in which a ball of
yarn and knitting needles form skull and crossbones.
The cardigan has baggy sleeves
(because, let's face it, baggy sleeves are cool) that
are three-quarter length so that they don't get in
the way when the wearer is DJing, break-dancing, doing
graffiti, or participating in any other hip-hop related
activities.
Meanwhile, said wearer is
making it clear that he not only has mad hip-hop skills,
but mad knitting skills as well.
Damn right, this knitted
cardigan is strictly for the hardcore.
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model: Ryan Marnell
photos: Brendan
Marnell
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Chest: 38 [40, 42, 44, 46] inches
Length: 24 [25, 26, 27, 28] inches
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TLC Amore [80% acrylic, 20% nylon; 290 yd/265m per
170g skein]
[MC] color: black; 3 [3, 4, 4, 5] skeins
[CC] color: vanilla; 1 skein
1 16 inch US #8/5.0mm circular needle
1 29 inch US #8/5.0mm circular needle
1 spare circular needle, any length, US #8/5.0mm
or smaller
Stitch markers
Four stitch holders
Tapestry needle
5 buttons, 3/4" diameter
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14 sts/20 rows = 4 inches in stockinette
stitch
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[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations
can be found here]
Three-Needle
Bind Off
Hold both pieces
of knitting with right sides together.
*Insert needle into first st on front needle
and first st on back needle, and knit them together.
Repeat this for the next st on the front and
back needles. Draw the first st worked over
the second st.*
Repeat from * to * until all sts have been bound
off. Break yarn and draw through remaining st.
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Body
Using longer needle and MC, CO 132 [140, 146,
154, 160] sts.
Row 1 [RS]: [K1, p1] to end.
Row 2 [WS]: [P1, k1] to end.
Repeat these 2 rows once more.
Next Row [RS]: P4, k to last 4 sts, p4.
Next Row [WS]: P all sts.
Work in patt as set until work measures 4.5
inches, ending with a WS row.
Buttonhole Row 1 [RS]: P4, k to last
4 sts, p1, BO 1, p to end.
Buttonhole Row 2 [WS]: P2, CO 1, p to
end.
Repeat these 2 rows every 4.25 [4.5, 4.75, 5,
5.25] until 5 buttonholes have been made (continues
into yoke).
AT THE SAME TIME: When work measures
3.5 [4, 4.5, 5, 5.5] inches, ending with a WS
row, place Skull Chart as follows:
Next Row [RS]: P4, k32[36, 39, 43, 46],
place marker, work row 1 of Skull Chart, place
marker, work to end in patt as set.
Cont in patt as set until all 71 rows of Skull
Chart have been worked, removing markers on
last row.
Work measures approx. 17.5 [18, 18.5, 19, 19.5]
inches.
Next Row [WS]: P4, k29[29, 31, 32, 33],
place next 12[13, 14, 15, 16] sts on st holder,
p52 [56, 56, 60, 62], place next 12[13, 14,
15, 16] sts on st holder, p to end. Set aside
and work Sleeves.
Sleeves
(Make 2)
Using
shorter needle and MC, CO 55 [57, 59, 61, 63] sts.
Place marker and join to begin working in the round,
being careful not to twist.
Round 1: [K1, p1]
to end.
Round 2: [P1, k1]
to end.
Repeat these 2 rounds once
more.
Work in stockinette st until
work measures 14 [14.5, 15, 15.5, 16] inches.
Next Round: K49[51,
52, 54, 55], place next 12 [13, 14, 15, 16] sts
on holder.
Transfer first sleeve to
spare needle; leave second sleeve on working needle.
Yoke
Join sleeves to body as follows:
With RS facing, work first
28[29, 31, 32, 33] sts of body, work 43[44, 45,
46, 47] sts of one sleeve, work next 52 [56, 56,
60, 62] of body, work 43[44, 45, 46, 47] sts of
rem sleeve, work rem 28[29, 31, 32, 33] sts of body.
194[202, 208, 216, 222] sts.
Next Row [WS]: P27[28,
30, 31, 32], p2tog, p41[42, 43, 44, 45], p2tog,
p50[54, 54, 58, 60], p2tog, p41[42, 43, 44, 45],
p2tog, p27[28, 30, 31, 32]. 190[198, 204, 212, 218]
sts.
Next Row [RS]: P4,
k66[70, 73, 77, 80], place marker, work row 1 of
"Cool Boys Knit" chart, place marker,
work to end in patt as set.
Cont in patt as set until
all 9 rows of "Cool Boys Knit" chart have
been worked.
P 1 row, removing markers.
Next Row [RS]: P4,
k3[2, 2, 3, 3], [k1, k2tog] 59[62, 64, 66, 68] times,
k2[2, 2, 3, 3], p4. 131[136, 140, 146, 150] sts
rem.
Cont in patt as set until
work measures 4.5 [5, 5.5, 6, 6.5] inches from beg
of yoke, ending with a WS row.
Next row [RS]: P4,
k3[3, 3, 3, 2], [k1, k2tog] 39 [41, 42, 44, 46]
times, k3[2, 3, 3, 2], p4. 92[95, 98, 102, 104]
sts rem.
Cont in patt as set until
work measures 6.5 [7, 7.5, 8, 8.5] inches from beg
of yoke, ending with a WS row.
Next row [RS]: P4,
k3[3, 3, 2, 3], [k1, k2tog] 26 [27, 28, 30, 30]
times, k3[3, 3, 2, 3], p4. 66[68, 70, 72, 74] sts
rem.
Hood
Cont in patt
as set for 13.5 [14, 14.5, 15, 15.5] more
inches.
Transfer 33[34,35,
36, 37] sts to spare needle, fold work so
right sides are together, and join, using
Three-Needle Bind Off.
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Turn work inside out and join
underarms using Three-Needle Bind Off.
Sew buttons to button band. Weave in ends.
You may wish to sew a lining into the back to
protect the colorwork.
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 Ryan
moved this year from Marietta, Georgia to Allentown,
Pennsylvania where he spends nearly all of his time
knitting. His new friends in Allentown bought him
the rights to a website, coolboysknit.com,
which he uses to sell some of the stuff he knits.
Unfortunately, he can't sell things nearly so fast
as he knits them and his back stock of knitted stuff
is beginning to expand outwardly from his closet.
He would like to thank his brother, Brendan Marnell,
who designed the original ball of yarn and knitting
needles logo upon which this Fair Isle pattern is
based.
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| Pattern &
images © 2005 Ryan Marnell. Contact Ryan |
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