Knit Orange Baby Sweater

You'll need:

350g of orange yarn (50% cotton, 50% polyamid; 125m/50g);

Knitting needles 3 and 3,5;

Circle knitting needles 3;

Crochet hook 3.

Size: 80 - 98 cm

Instructions

Neck-Hole Placket

Cast on the sts on outter zone of edging and knit 4 cm with 2 x 2 rib. It's necessary to put frill in upper part. To make frill, knit 2 cm with stockinette stitch. Then, put the frill on the placket, knit them together to the 1 st of frill and 1 st of placket. Concerning the ornament with braids, it's made due to the schem of 16 sts. There are only right side rows on the scheme, wrong side rows are made due to the ornament. You should repeat the pattern from 3rd to 22nd rows in height.

Back

Start making the sweater with the back. Cast on 94 sts, knit 4 cm with 2 x 2 rib, after that leave this part of work. Then cast on 140 sts for the frills, knit 2 cm with stockinette stitch. In the last row it's necessary to decrease the sts on 46 sts. Then, knit the sts of frill and placket together, as it was stated above. After that, knit your cloth between slevedge st of braids ornament due to the scheme. After knitting 28 cm from rib, divide your work in the center in order to form vent. Then, finish both parts separately. After making 4 cm, bind off 8 sts in the neck-hole zone, then in a row 2 times on 6 sts. When you knit 34 cm after the rib, bind of the rest sts of shoulders.

Front

Front is made practically in the same way, as back. The only difference is that neck-hole should be deeper, than on the back. In order to make it, knit 28 cm after the rib, after that bind off 14 central sts and knit each part of the front separately. In the process of making one part of front, bind off along the hole 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts and 3 x 2 sts in a row. When the length of front in shoulder zone is 34 cm from rib, bind off the last sts from shoulder.

Sleeves

Cast on 50 sts for one sleeve, then make 4 cm with 2 x 2 rib. Then, leave this part. Make a frill, cast on 75 sts and knit 2 cm with stockinette stitch. In the final row of frill decrease 25 sts and continue working as described above. Then, knit with ornament with braids due to the scheme in zone from A point.

Sleeves chamfers and Assembly

Forming of sleeve chamfers is made only if you made increases in every 5th row 14 times of 1 st from both sides. Knit 23 cm from the rib, bind off the sts of the final row. Assembly starts with making shoulder seams. Then, cast on 66 sts along the neck hole and make a placket due to the description above. Fasten the vent with crochet hook, making 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of "shrimp stitch". Forming of straps is also made with the crochet hook. Make a chain of chain sts. In the end of work sew the sleeves into the arm-holes, connecting centre with the shoulder seam. Make shoulder, side and sleeve seams.