​Sleeveless Jacket for Baby Girl

You’ll need:

150g of thin violet-pink mélange yarn (100% cotton; 165m/50g);

Knitting needles 3,5 and 4;

3 violet buttons.

Size: 6-9 moths.

Note: work in 2 threads of yarn.

Used Patterns

Garter stitch: all knit sts;

Main pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 8 + 7 + 2 selvage sts. Work due to the scheme, on which both RS and WS rows ate stated. Repeat 1^st-4^th rows.

Stitches control: main pattern: 24 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 65 sts with knitting needles 4 and make 4 rows of garter stitch, then, continue with the main pattern. In 18 cm from the set-up row, bind off 7 sts from both sides = 51 sts. At 29 cm height from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.

Right Front

Cast on 33 sts with knitting needles 4, make 4 rows of garter stitch and continue with the main pattern. In 18 cm from the set-up row, bind off 7 sts from the left side for arm-hole = 26 sts. In 24 cm from the set-up row, bind off 14 sts from the right side for the neck-hole and continue knitting 12 sts of shoulder. In 29 cm from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves

Cast on 49 sts with knitting needles 4 and make 4 rows with garter stitch, then, continue work with the main pattern. At 3 cm height, bind off 3 cm for sleeve cap from both sides and bind off 2 x 7 sts in every 2^nd row and the rest 21 sts. Total height – 5 cm.

Assembly

Make shoulder, side and sleeve seams; sew up the sleeves. Cast on 56 sts with knitting needles 3,5 along the neck-hole line and bind off the sts. Cast on 50 sts along the edges of two halves of front, including the edges of neck-hole placket, make 4 rows of garter stitch and bind off all the sts. Make 3 botton-loops. Sew the buttons.