Size: Newborn – 3 months
Materials: 2 x 50g balls of 4 ply 100% wool, 3 stitch holders, 3 buttons
Needles: 3.25mm
Yoke
Cast on 62 st, using 3.25mm needles
Row 1, and subsequent odd numbered rows are Right Side of garment.
Rows 1 - 4: k
Row 5 (buttonhole): K2, y fwd, k2tog, k to end of row.
Row 6: k
Row 7: k
Row 8: k5, p52, k5
Row 9 (increase row): k6, M1 (lift strand of yarn between two stitches and knit into it), (k2, M1) 25 times until 6 stitches remain, k6. 88 stitches
Row 10: k5, p78, k5.
Row 11: k
Row 12: k (to create garter stitch ridge)
Row 13 (eyelet row): k6, (yfwd, k2tog) 38 times until 6 stitches remain, k6.
Row 14: k
Row 15: k
Row 16: k5, p78, k5
Row 17 (increase row): k6, M1, (k3, M1) 25 times until 7 stitches remain, k7. 114 stitches
Row 18: k5, p104, k5.
Row 19: k
Row 20: k
Row 21 (eyelet row): k6, (yfwd, k2tog) 51 times until 6 stitches remain, k6.
Row 22: k
Row 23 (buttonhole): k2, yfwd, k2tog, k to end of row.
Row 24: k5, p104, k5
Row 25 (increase row): k7, M1, (k4, M1) 25 times until 7 stitches remain, k7. 140 stitches
Row 26: k5, p130, k5.
Row 27: k
Row 28: k
Row 29 (eyelet row): k6, (yfwd, k2tog) 64 times until 6 stitches remain, k6.
Row 30: k
Row 31: k
Row 32: k5, p130, k5
Row 33 (increase row): k8, M1, (k5, M1) 25 times until 7 stitches remain, k7. 166 stitches
Row 34: k5, p156, k5.
Row 35: k
Row 36: k
Row 37 (eyelet row): k6, (yfwd, k2tog) 77 times until 6 stitches remain, k6.
Row 38: k
Row 39: k
Row 40: k5, p156, k5.
Row 41 (buttonhole and increase): K2, yfwd, k2tog, k4, M1, (k6, M1) 25 times until 8 stitches remain, k8. 192 stitches
Row 42: k5, p182, k5.
Row 43 (raglan increases): k28, M1, pm (place marker), k2, pm, M1, k40, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k48, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k40, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k28. 200 stitches.
Row 44: k5, p190, k5.
Row 45: k29, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k42, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k50, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k42, M1, pm, k2, pm, M1, k29. 208 stitches.
Row 46: k5, p198, k5.
Row 47 (divide for left front, left sleeve, back, right sleeve and right front): k31 (includes 1 of the raglan stitches) and place these 31 stitches (left front stitches) on a stitch holder (or thread through a piece of yarn);
K46 (left sleeve stitches),
K54 (Back stitches) and place these 54 stitches on a stitch holder (or thread through a piece of yarn);
K46 Stitches (right sleeve stitches);
Place remaining 31 Stitches (right front) on a stitch holder (or thread through a piece of yarn.
You will now have two sets of 46 stitches on your needle, which will be worked simultaneously, to complete sleeves, before returning to the other three sections to knit the body of the garment.
SLEEVES
(Wrong side). CO 2 st, p to end. Join a new yarn to other sleeve, and CO 2 st, p to end. 48 stitches
(Right side). CO 2 st, k to end. Repeat for other sleeve. 50 stitches
Work three more rows in stocking stitch. Decrease 1 st at each end of the following row, on both sleeves, and then decrease 1 st at each end of every 4th row to 38 st remain. Work straight in stocking stitch until 32 rows (approx 9 cm) from under arm are completed.
Garter band:
K one row (right side)
Next row, k, but decrease 4 st evenly across row.
Work a further 15 rows in garter stitch. Cast off.
BODY OF GARMENT
Return to sections on stitch holders. Firstly, with right side facing, rejoin yarn to underarm side of right front stitches. K31, effectively completing Row 47.
Row 48: k5, p26, turn work and cast on 6 stitches, then p54 from back stitches on stitch holder, CO 6 stitches, p26 from front stitch holder, k5.
Row 49: k31, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k54, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k31.
Row 50 onwards: Continue to work on these 124 stitches in stocking stitch for a further 36 rows, (9 cm).
Rows 87 - 103: k
Row 104 (wrong side facing): Cast off knitwise.
Join sleeve sleeves and underarm. Add buttons.