​Knit Jacket for Girl

You’ll need:

200g of 100% acryl yarn in dark-apricot color;

Knitting needles 5,5 and 6;

4 buttons;

130 cm of thin velvet lace.

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 and knitting needles 6, decrease 8 sts in the 1^st row = 36 sts. In 2 cm from patterns change, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides for arm-holes. At 37 cm height, bind off 9 sts for each shoulder and 12 sts for neck-hole.

Right Front

Cast on 25 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and make 5 sts of WS garter stitch as a fastener, make the rest 20 sts due to the scheme, start with 3 knit sts instead of 2 purls. At 21 cm height, continue work with knitting needles 6 and WS garter stitch, decrease 4 sts in the 1^st row = 21 sts. In 2 cm, make arm-hole in the same way, as for back. At 31 cm height, bind off 5 sts, 2 sts and 2 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from 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 knitting needles 6 and WS garter stitch, decrease 4 sts in the 1^st row = 20 sts. Increase 4 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides = 28 sts. At 24 cm height, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row for sleeve caps, then, bind off 3 x 2 sts and the rest 10 sts. Total height is about 31 cm.

Assembly

Make all the seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes. For collar, cast on the sts with knitting needles 5,5, leave the sts of fastener’s placket open, make 7 cm of WS garter stitch and bind off the sts. Make 4 button-hole on right front and sew buttons on left front. Insert the lace along the patterns change line.