Infant Sizes 1 and 2
MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Baby Wool, 4 balls (¾ oz. balls) for Size 1; 5 balls for Size 2 … Clark's O.N.T. Plastic or Aluminum Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) … Steel Crochet Hook No. 6 … 6 small pearl buttons.
GAUGE: 9 sts make 1 inch; 14 rows make 1 inch.
BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS:
Sizes | 1 |
2 |
Chest | 18" |
20" |
Width across back at underarm | 9" |
10" |
Length from top of shoulder | 9½" |
10½" |
Depth of armhole | 3½" |
4" |
Length of sleeve seam | 7" |
7½" |
BACK … Starting at lower edge, cast on | 92 sts |
100 sts |
Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 18 rows. Work in pattern as follows: 1st to 4th rows incl: K across. 5th row: P across. 6th row: K across. The last 6 rows constitute the pattern. Work in pattern until piece measures in all | 6" |
6½" |
To Shape Armholes: Bind off 3 sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows. Dec 1 st at both ends of every other row twice. Work without decreasing in pattern until piece measures | 3½" |
4" |
from first row of armhole shaping, ending with a p row. |
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To Shape Neck: K across | 27 sts |
29 sts |
bind off the next | 28 sts |
32 sts |
Work across the remaining | 27 sts |
29 sts |
To Shape Left Front: 1st row: Working over the last | 27 sts |
29 sts |
only, knit | 23 sts |
25 sts |
p 2, k 2. 2nd row: K 3, inc 1 st in next st, k to end of row. 3rd row: Work in pattern to last 4 sts, p 2, k 2. Repeat the last 2 rows (2nd and 3rd rows) alternately until piece measures | 3¼" |
3½" |
from first row of neck shaping. |
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To Shape Armhole: Continuing to keep border, pattern and increases as before, inc 1 st at armhole edge every other row twice. Now cast on 3 sts at armhole edge. Continue Front increases, border and pattern as before until there are | 88 sts |
96 sts |
on needle. Work without increasing until piece measures same as Back to ribbing. Keeping the 4 border sts at front edge in pattern as before, work remaining sts in ribbing of p 2, k 2 for 18 rows. Bind off loosely in ribbing. |
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To Shape Right Front: Attach yarn at neck edge. 1st row: K 2, p 2, work in pattern to end of row. 2nd row: K across to last 5 sts, inc 1 st in next st, k 4. Continue as for Left Front, increasing in the 5th st from front edge until work reaches ribbing, ending at side edge. |
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RIBBING … Keeping border pattern as before, work 2 rows of p 2, k 2 ribbing. 3rd row: P 2, k 2, p 2, bind off 2 sts, work in ribbing to last 4 sts, bind off 2 sts, k 2. 4th row: K 2, cast on 2 sts, work in ribbing to last 8 sts, cast on 2 sts (to replace those bound off), k 2, p 2, k 2. The last 2 rows (3rd and 4th rows) are the buttonhole rows. Continue in ribbing, making buttonhole rows every 5th and 6th rows from previous buttonhole until 3 sets of buttonholes in all have been made. Complete as for Left Front. |
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SLEEVES … With right side facing, attach yarn at underarm. Pick up and knit | 66 sts |
74 sts |
around armhole edge. Work in pattern for 9 rows. Dec 1 st at both ends of the next row and every 10th row thereafter until | 52 sts |
60 sts |
remain. Work without decreasing until piece measures | 5½" |
6" |
from first row of sleeve. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for | 18 rows |
20 rows |
Bind off loosely in ribbing. |
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Sew side and sleeve seams. Make a row of sc closely together around front and neck edges. Sew buttons on Left Front opposite buttonholes. Press through a damp cloth. |
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