Baby Outfit Pattern #5254

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Baby Outfit Pattern #5254

Toddler Sizes 2 and 3

MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART BABY WOOL, 5 balls (¾ oz. balls) for each size.
Clark's O.N.T. Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 and 1 pair No. 3.
4 small buttons.
4 snap fasteners.

GAUGE: 15 sts make 2 inches; 10 rows make 1 inch.         
Sizes  
2
3
BACK … Starting at the crotch with No. 3 needles, cast on 12 sts. Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), casting on 3 sts at end of each row until there are on needle
42 sts
48 sts

Now cast on 2 sts at end of each row until there are on needle

82 sts
88 sts
Work straight until piece measures from cast-on sts (measure down center) end­ing with a p row
8½"
9"
Change to No. 1 needles and k, decreas­ing 10 sts evenly across row to
72 sts
78 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 1¼ inches. This completes waistband. Change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette st for 3 inches.

To Shape Armholes: Bind off 3 sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until there re­main

62 sts
66 sts
Work straight on remaining sts until piece measures from 1st row of armhole shaping
3½"
4"

To shape shoulders, bind off at the be­ginning of next 4 rows

8 sts
9 sts

Bind off the remaining 30 sts for back of neck.

FRONT … Work same as Back until waistband is completed. Change to No. 3 needles. Next row: With right side facing, k across

14 sts
17 sts

P 2, k 1, inc in each of the next 2 sts, k 2, inc in next 2 sts, k 1, p 2, k 7.

Take the remaining
39 sts
42 sts

off on a holder to be worked later for Right Front.

Cast on 6 sts for underlap, then turn and work over sts of Left Front only as fol­lows: 1st row: K 6, p 7, k 2, p 2, O, k 2, O, p 4, O, k 2, O, p 2, k 2, purl remaining
14 sts
17 sts
2nd row: Knit
14 sts
17 sts

p 2, k 2, drop the O off needle, with yarn in back of work slip next 2 sts as if to p, drop the O, k 4, drop the O, sl 2, drop the O, k 2, p 2, k 13. 3rd row: K 6, p 7, k 2, p 2, with yarn in front of work slip next 2 sts as if to p, p 4, sl 2, p 2, k 2, p to end of row.

4th row: Knit
14 sts
17 sts
P 2, * k in the front of the 3rd st on left-hand needle, then k the 1st and 2nd sts and slip all 3 sts off tog (right cross made). K in the back of the 2nd and 3rd sts on left-hand needle, then k in the front of the 1st st and slip all 3 sts off tog (left cross made). Repeat from * once more, p 2, k 13. 5th row: K 6, p 7, k 2, O, k 1, p 4, O, k 2, O, p 4, k 1, O, k 2, p to end of row.
6th row: Knit
14 sts
17 sts
P 2, drop the O, with yarn in back of work sl next st as if to p, k 4, drop the O, sl 2, drop the O, k 4, sl 1, drop the O, p 2, k 13. 7th row: K 6, p 7, k 2, with yarn in front of work sl 1, p 4, sl 2, p 4, sl 1, k 2, p to end of row.
8th row: Knit
14 sts
17 sts
P 2, * make a left cross, make a right cross. Repeat from * once more, p 2, k 13. Repeat these 8 rows for pattern until piece measures 3 inches from top of ribbing, ending at side edge.
To shape armhole, bind off 3 sts at the beginning of next row. Dec 1 st at armhole edge every other row
twice
3 times
Work straight on remaining sts until piece measures from 1st row of armhole shaping
2"
2½"
ending at front edge.
To shape neck, bind off 9 sts at the be­ginning of next row. Bind off 3 sts at neck edge every other row twice. Dec 1 st at neck edge every row 4 times. Work straight on remaining st until piece meas­ures from 1st row of armhole shaping
3½"
4"
Bind off at armhole edge
9 sts
10 sts

Work 1 row. Bind off the remaining sts.

Pick up sts of Right Front. Attach yarn to front edge and work as follows: K 13, p 2, k 1, inc in next 2 sts, k 2, inc in next 2 sts, k 1, p 2, k last
14 sts
17 sts
Turn and work to correspond with Left Front, making a buttonhole 2 sts in from front edge at
1"
1½"

above waistband, and thereafter every 1¼" inches until there are 4 buttonholes in all—to make a buttonhole, bind off 2 sts; on following row, cast on 2 sts to replace those bound off. Complete Right Front to correspond with Left Front.

SLEEVES … Sew shoulder seams. With right side facing, using No. 3 needles, pick up around armhole edge
57 sts
61 sts

Work in stockinette st for 2 inches. Dec 1 st at both ends of next row, and on 1 row every inch thereafter until there re­main

45 sts
47 sts
Work straight until sleeve measures in all
9"
9½"

Change to No. 1 needles and work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 1½ inches. Bind off in ribbing.

LEG BANDS … Sew side seams. Us­ing No. 1 needles, with right side facing and starting at end of crotch, pick up along leg opening
81 sts
85 sts

Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 7 rows. Bind off loosely in ribbing.

COLLAR … With wrong side facing, using No. 1 needles and starting at cen­ter of Left Front band, pick up 125 sts around neck, to center of Right Front band. Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for ½ inch. Change to No. 3 needles and work 1 inch more. Bind off loosely in ribbing.

Sew bottom of underlap to top of waist­band. Sew sleeve seams. Work 2 rows of sc along ends of crotch, including ends of leg band. Sew 4 snap fasteners at crotch. Sew on buttons. Press with hot iron through damp cloth.