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{'title': 'Color Block Sweater Knitting Pattern', 'skill_level': 'Intermediate', 'sizes_available': ['S', 'M', 'L', 'XL'], 'materials': {'yarn_weight': 'Medium Worsted', 'recommended_yarn': '100% Wool Yarn', 'quantity': '8 (9, 10, 11) skeins of red yarn, 6 (7, 8, 9) skeins of blue yarn', 'needle_size': {'US': '8 and 9', 'UK': '6 and 5', 'Metric': '5mm and 5.5mm'}}, 'gauge': '18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch', 'stitches_used': ['Knit', 'Purl', 'Ribbing', 'Color Block'], 'instructions': '1. Using smaller needles and red yarn, cast on 100 (110, 120, 130) stitches. Work in K1, P1 ribbing for 2 inches. \n 2. Switch to larger needles. Join blue yarn and knit in stockinette stitch until piece measures 8 (8.5, 9, 9.5) inches from the cast on edge. \n 3. Create color block: switch back to red yarn and knit for 5 (6, 7, 8) inches. Switch to blue yarn and complete sweater in stockinette stitch. \n 4. Continue knitting until the piece measures 18 (19, 20, 21) inches from the cast on edge. \n 5. Shape armholes: Bind off 4 (5, 6, 7) stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows. Then decrease 1 stitch at each edge every other row 3 (4, 5, 6) times. \n 6. Continue knitting until armhole measures 7 (7.5, 8, 8.5) inches. \n 7. Shape Neckline: Bind off center 20 stitches and work each side separately. Decrease 1 stitch at neck edge every other row 5 times. \n 8. Work even until armhole measures same as back. \n 9. Join red yarn and knit 2 rows. Bind off all stitches. \n 10. Sew side and shoulder seams.'}

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