Overalls Pattern #545

Size 4 Years

Materials: J. & P. Coats Knit-Cro-Sheen, 5 balls of a light color and 5 balls of a dark color. Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size). Milward's steel crochet hook No. 3. 2 buttons, ¾ inch in diameter.

Gauge: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

Thread is used double—1 strand of each color. The trousers and top are made individually and then sewed together at waistline.

TROUSERS

Right Front. Starting at lower edge, cast on 50 sts and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for 6 inches. Then increase 1 st at end of next p row (inner edge) and every 1½ inches thereafter on same edge for 5 times (56 sts on needle). Then increase 1 st at inner edge on every 3rd row for 6 times (62 sts).

To Shape Crotch: Decrease 1 st at end of every p row until 49 sts remain. Then decrease 1 st at inner edge on next row and every inch thereafter until 44 sts remain. Then work straight until piece measures 23½ inches in all. Bind off.

Left Front. Work to correspond with right front, reversing shapings.

Right Back. Starting at lower edge, cast on 56 sts and work as for left front up to shaping of crotch (68 sts on needle).

To Shape Crotch: Decrease 1 st at end of each k row until 54 sts remain. Then decrease 1 st at inner edge on every 3rd row until 40 sts remain and piece measures same as right front. Then on next k row, bind off first 26 sts, k across remaining 14 sts. Work over these 14 sts, decreasing 1 st at both ends of every 6th row until 8 sts remain. Bind off.

Left Back. Work to correspond with right back. Sew up leg, crotch and side seams. With crochet hook work 2 rows of s c around each leg and all around top edge.

Pockets: Cast on 30 sts and work in stockinette st for 1 inch. Decrease 1 st at both ends of next row and every 3rd row thereafter until 22 sts remain, then 1 st at both ends of each row until 8 sts remain. Bind off. Work 2 rows of s c across top edge of pockets and sew them on each side at back.

TOP

Starting at bottom, cast on 86 sts and work in stockinette st, decreasing 1 st at end of each row until 70 sts remain. Then decrease 1 st at both ends of next row and every 3rd row thereafter until 56 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 5½ inches in all. Bind off. Place trousers over top and sew at waistline. Work 2 rows of s c all around edge of top.

Suspenders: Cast on 12 sts and work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 11 inches, making a buttonhole after the 1st inch (To make a buttonhole, on one row bind off center 4 sts; then on next row, cast on 4 sts to replace those bound off.) Bind off. Turn under and sew corners of end with buttonholes. Sew suspenders on as in illustration. Sew buttons on to correspond with buttonholes.