Knit Jacket for Small Girl
You’ll need:
200g of 100% acryl yarn in dark-peach color;
Knitting needles 5,5 and 6;
4 buttons;
130 cm of velvet lace in brown color.
Size: 3 years.
Stitches control: fancy pattern: 13 sts x 18 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
WS garter stitch: 11 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 44 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and work due to the scheme. At 21 cm height, continue work with WS garter stitch with knitting needles 6, decrease 8 sts in the 1st row = 36 sts. In 2 cm from patterns change, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 2nd row. At 37 cm height, bind off 9 sts for each shoulder and 12 sts for the neck-hole.
Right Front
Cast on 25 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and make 5 sts of WS garter stitch as fastener, make the rest 20 sts of the pattern due to the scheme, start with 3 knit sts instead of 2 purls. At 21 cm height, continue work with WS garter stitch and knitting needles 6, decrease 4 sts in the 1st row = 21 sts. In 2 cm, make arm-hole from the side seam in the same way, as for back. At 31 cm height, bind off 5 sts, 2 sts and 2 x 1 st in every 2nd row from the opposite side. At 37 cm height, bind off 9 sts for shoulder.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right front.
Sleeves
Cast on 24 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and work due to the scheme. At 12 cm height, continue work with WS garter stitch and knitting needles 6, decrease 4 sts in the 1st row = 20 sts. Make increases in the following way: 4 x 1 st in every 6th row from both sides = 28 sts. At 24 cm height, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 2nd row, then, bind off 3 x 2 sts and the rest 10 sts. Total height is about 31 cm.
Assembly
Make seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes. For the collar, cast on the sts along the neck-hole line with knitting needles 5,5, leave open sts for the fastener placket, make 7 cm of WS garter stitch and bind off the sts. Make 4 button-holes on the right front. Sew buttons to the left front. Insert the velvet lace along the line of patterns change.