Suspender Suit Pattern #5050

SIZE 3

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 7 balls (1 oz. balls) of any color.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size).
2 buttons.

Gauge: 8 sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

PULLOVER No. 5050-A

BACK … Starting at bottom, cast on 91 sts. 1st row: Right side—(K 1, p 1) 17 times; (k 3, p 2) 4 times; k 3; (p 1, k 1) 17 times. 2nd row: (K 1, p 1) 17 times; (p 3, k 2) 4 times; p 3; (p 1, k 1) 17 times. Repeat these 2 rows alternately for 2 inches. Then work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for 7 inches.

TO SHAPE ARMHOLES … Bind off 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 81 sts remain. Work straight until armhole measures 3 inches, ending with a p row. Next row: K 30, bind off 21 sts (thus starting neck shaping), k 30. Work over these last 30 sts, decreasing 1 st at neck edge each row until 22 sts remain. Work straight until armhole measures 4 inches. Bind off. Work other side to correspond.

NECK BAND … With right side toward you, pick up 45 sts around neck edge and work ¾ inch in ribbing of k 3, p 2. Bind off.

FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until armhole measures 2½ inches (81 sts), ending with a p row. Next row: K 28, bind off 25 sts (neck shaping), k 28. Work over these last 28 sts, decreasing 1 st at neck edge each row until 22 sts remain. Work straight until armhole measures 4 inches. Bind off. Work other side to correspond.

NECK BAND … Pick up 55 sts and work as for Back.

SLEEVES … Starting at bottom, cast on 55 sts and work ¾ inch in ribbing. Work in stockinette st, increasing 1 st at both ends of next row and every inch 3 times in all (61 sts). Work straight until piece measures 4 inches. Bind off 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Dec. 1 st at end of each row until 51 sts remain. Bind off. Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew in sleeves.

PANTS No. 5050-B

FRONT … Starting at bottom of right leg, cast on 43 sts. 1st row: K 1, p 1, alternately across, ending with k 1. Repeat 1st row for ½ increasing 1 st at end of last row; cast on 20 sts. Break off and slide this piece to end of same needle. Make another piece exactly the same, but omit the 20 cast-on sts. Then work as follows: 1st row: K 1, p 1, k 1, k 41; working across first piece, sl 1, k 1, p.s.s.o., k 16, k 2 tog., k 41, k 1, p 1, k 1 (106 sts). 2nd row: K 1, p 1, k 1, p 41, p 2 tog., p 14, p 1, transfer this st back onto left-hand needle; insert needle in 2nd st and pass it over st just purled, thus decreasing a st; transfer this st back onto right-hand needle (decreases at this side on the p row are always made in this manner); p 41, k 1, p 1, k 1. 3rd row: K 1, p 1, k 1, k 41, sl 1, k 1, p.s.s.o., k 12, k 2 tog., k 41, k 1, p 1, k 1. 4th row: K 1, p 1, k 1, p 41, p 2 tog., p 10, dec. 1 st as before, p 41, k 1, p 1, k 1. Continue decreasing 2 sts and having 2 sts less between decreases on each row until decreases meet at top. Then, on p row, p these 2 sts together, thus forming a point (89 sts). Now work straight in stockinette st, keeping the 3 sts at both ends in moss st, until piece measures 9 inches from the 20 sts cast on.

WAISTBAND … 1st row: (K 1, p 1) 16 times, k 1, (k 3, p 2) 4 times, k 3, (k 1, p 1) 16 times, k 1. 2nd row: (K 1, p 1) 16 times, k 1, (p 3, k 2) 4 times, p 3, (k 1, p 1) 16 times, k 1. Repeat these 2 rows alternately for 1¼ inches. Next row: Make a buttonhole 20 sts in from each end—to make a buttonhole, on one row bind off 3 sts; on next row cast on 3 sts to replace those bound off. Continue until waistband measures 1¾ inches deep. Bind off.

BACK . .. Work exactly as for Front, omitting buttonholes.

STRAPS (Make 2) … Cast on 9 sts and k 1, p 1, alternately across. Repeat this row for 10 inches. Bind off. Block straps to measure 16 inches. Line with ribbon to prevent further stretching.

Sew up crotch and side seams. Sew straps to Back, 2¼ inches in from side seams. Sew buttons on opposite end.