Knitting and Crocheting a Children's Garment

You’ll Need:

250g of light-pink yarn (40% alpaca, 30% sheep wool, 20% mohair, 10% polyamide; 100m/50g).

200g of pink yarn (53% sheep wool, 47% polyamide; 100m/50g).

250g of dust pink yarn (60% polyamide, 25% sheep wool, 15% polyacryl; 85m/50g).

Crochet hook 7.

Knitting needles 8.

1 silver button 20 mm diameter.

Size:

3-4 years (5-6 years) 7-9 years

Used Patterns

Garter Stitch:

knit.

Decorative Increases:

From the right side: 1 selvage stitch, 1 yarn over; from the left side: 1 yarn over, 1 selvage stitch. Make yarn overs as cross-knit stitches in the following rows.

Stitches Control:

9 stitches x 14.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Note:

Work in 3 threads of yarn (1 thread of each type of yarn).

Instructions

Back:

Cast on 40 (42) 44 stitches and work with garter stitch. In 55 (58) 60 cm = 80 (84) 88 rows from the set-up row, bind off 3 stitches from both sides for shoulder chamfers. Then, bind off 1 x 3 stitches and 2 x 4 stitches in every 2nd row. At the same time as the beginning of shoulder chamfers, bind off the central 6 (8) 10 stitches for the neck-hole and finish the left side first. For smooth neck-hole rounding, bind off 3 x 1 stitch in every 2nd row from inwards. Finish the second side in symmetry.

Left Front:

Cast on 22 (23) 24 stitches and work with garter stitch. In 35 (37) 40 cm = 50 (54) 58 rows from the set-up row, make 1 decorative increase from the left side for lapel. Then, increase 4 x 1 stitch with decorative increases = 27 (28) 29 stitches. Make shoulder chamfers from the right side in the same way as for back. At the same time as the beginning of left side chamfers, bind off at first 7 (8) 9 stitches for the neck-hole, then bind off 6 x 1 stitch in every 2nd row for smooth neck-hole.

Right Front:

Make in symmetry to the left front.

Sleeves:

Cast on 19 (21) 23 stitches and work with garter stitch. In 6 rows from the set-up row, increase 1 stitch from both sides for chamfers. Then, increase 4 x 1 stitch in every 6th row = 29 (31) 33 stitches. In 30 (35) 40 cm = 44 (50) 58 rows from the set-up row, bind off stitches in one row.

Assembly:

Make shoulder seams. For collar, cast on 30 (32) 34 stitches and make 12 rows of garter stitch, then bind off stitches loosely. Sew up the sleeves and make sleeve seams. Make side seams. Fasten the whole work with 1 row of single crochets with the help of a crochet hook. Sew the button to the left front at the beginning of the lapel.