Little Miss Jacket Pattern #538

Size 4-5 Years

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown, 8 balls (1 ounce balls). Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 5 (3¾ mm. size). Milward's steel crochet hook No. 1. 3 buttons.

Gauge: 5 sts make 1 inch; 7 rows make 1 inch.

Starting at lower edge of entire jacket, cast on 147 sts and work in moss st (k 1, p 1) for 1¼ inches. Hereafter work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), keeping the 1st and last 7 sts in moss st, until work measures 7½ inches, ending with a p row. Next row: Work 38 sts in pattern (this is right front), bind off 2 sts, k 67 sts (this is back) bind off: 2 sts, work remaining 38 sts in pattern (this is left front).

Left Front: Continue to work in pattern over these last 38 sts, keeping front edge straight and decreasing 1 st at opposite edge every row, for 6 times. Then decrease 1 st every other row at same edge, until 17 sts remain. To shape neck, bind off 9 sts at front edge, then decrease 1 st at both ends of every other row until all sts are worked off. Break off.

Back. Attach yarn to jacket on wrong side, and work in stockinette st, decreasing 1 st at both ends of each row for 6 times. Then decrease 1 st at both ends of every other row until 18 sts remain. Bind off.

Right Front. Work to correspond with left front.

Sleeves. Starting at cuff, cast on 39 sts and work in moss st (k 1, p 1) for 1¼ inches. Hereafter work in stockinette st, increasing 1 st at both ends of 9th row and every 6th row thereafter until there are 57 sts on needle. Work in pattern straight for 5 rows. Then bind off 2 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Decrease 1 st at both ends of each row until 41 sts remain. Then decrease 1 st at both ends of every other row until 5 sts remain. Bind off.

Collar. Cast on 57 sts and work in moss st for 1½ inches. Then bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then continue in moss st straight until work measures 3 inches in all. Bind off.

Pockets. Cast on 17 sts and work in moss st for 2½ inches. Bind off.

Loop Trimmings. Ch 60, turn. Make s c in 2nd ch from hook, and in each ch to end. Break off. Fold once (forming a double bar) having one end extend about 1½ inches beyond the other, twist this end over the double bar, and sew under. Tack 1 inch in from loop end for button. Make 2 more loop trimmings same as this. Sew to fronts as in illustration. Sew up sleeve seams and sew in position between back and fronts. Sew on collar. Sew on buttons as in illustration.