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Size 2 years
Sizes 4 and 6 years in parenthesis

MATERIAL:
2 (3-3) balls Sport Yarn white (2 oz. ball)
1 (1-1) ball Sport Yarn red (2 oz. ball)
or
2 (2-2) skeins Orion Acrylic 2 ply white (2 oz. skein)
1 (1-1) skeins Orion Acrylic 2 ply red (2 oz. skein)
1 pair knitting needles each No. 2 and No. 4
2 stitch holders
6 (6-7) buttons

GAUGE: 6 sts. = 1 inch

BACK:
With red and No. 2 needles cast on 66 (72-78) sts. and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 2 inch. (all sizes). Change to No. 4 needles, white and stock. st. Work even until the entire piece measures 7½ (8½-9½) inch. or any des. length to underarm. Bind off for armhole at the beg. of the next 2 rows 4 (5-5) sts., at the beg. of the next 2 rows 2 sts. (all sizes) (54 (58-64) sts. left). Work even for 5½ (5¾-6) inch. from the first binding off. Bind off for shoulders at the beg. of the next 4 (6-4) rows 8 (6-10) sts., rem. 22 (22-24) sts. bind off for neck.

POCKET LINING: (Make 2)
With white and No. 4 needles cast on 18 (20-20) sts. and work in stock. st. for 3 (3½-3½) inch. ending with a P row. Slip sts. to a holder.

RIGHT FRONT:
NOTE:    For boys work buttonholes in left front border.
For girls work buttonholes in right front border.
With red and No. 2 needles cast on 34 (36-38) sts. and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 1 inch. Cast on 10 sts. at center edge for front border and cont. to work in ribbing on 44 (46-48) sts. for 1 inch. Slip the 10 red border sts. to a holder to be worked later. Change to No. 4 needles, white and stock. st. With 34 (36-38) sts. work even until the entire piece measures 3 (3½-3½) inch. above red border. Pocket: Starting at underarm edge P6 (6-8) sts., slip next 18 (20-20) sts. to a holder and P across 18 (20-20) sts. of pocket lining, P across rem. 10 sts. (all sizes). Work even until the entire piece measures as long as back to under­arm. Bind off at armhole edge at the beg. of the next row 4 (5-5) sts. and at the beg. of the next row at same edge 2 sts. (all sizes) (28 (29-31) sts. left). Work even for 3½ (3¾-4) inch. from the first binding off. Bind off for neck 6 (7-7) sts. at center edge and then 2 sts. at neck edge every other row until 16 (18-20) sts. are left over. Work as high as back and bind off for shoulder at armhole edge 8 (6-10) sts. 2 (3-2) times. Slip border sts. from holder back to No. 2 needles attach red and work in ribbing K1, P1 until piece measures as long as front to neck edge. Slip sts. to a holder.

LEFT FRONT:
Work Left Front to correspond reversing all shapings and work in 5 (5-6) buttonholes evenly spaced apart, plac­ing first buttonhole 1½ inch from beg. and last one 4 rows below neckline. (To make a buttonhole: Work 2 sts., bind off 2 sts., work 2 sts., bind off 2 sts., work 2 sts. On next row cast on 2 sts. over each set of bound off sts. of previous row.

SLEEVE:
With red and No. 2 needles cast on 36 (38-40) sts. and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 2 inch. (all sizes). Incr. 4 sts. (all sizes) at even intervals across last row of ribbing. Change to No. 4 needles, white and stock. st. Incr. 1 st. at the beg. and end of every 6th row until 48 (54-58) sts. are on needle. Work even until the entire sleeve measures 9 (10-11) inch. or any des. length to underarm. Bind off at the beg. of the next 2 rows 3 (4-4) sts. Decr. 1 st. at the beg. of each row until cap measures 2½ (2¾-3) inch. Decr. 1 st. at the beg. and end of every 4th row twice (all sizes). Bind off 2 sts. at the beg. of the next 4 rows. Bind off rem. sts. Work the other sleeve to correspond.

FINISHING:

Sew up side, shoulder and sleeve seams. Sew in sleeves. Sew front borders to fronts. Fold bottom and sleeve borders in half and hem to wrong side. Collar: Wrong side facing you pick up with white and No. 2 nee­dles 64 (68-72) sts. around neck edge inside border sts. and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 2 inch. Break off white, attach red and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 1 inch. Bind off loosely K as K and P as P. Slip 10 border sts. from holder back to No. 2 needles, attach red and work in ribbing K1, P1 until piece measures as long as collar. Bind off. Work the other front band the same way. Sew front borders to each side of collar. Fold front borders in half and sew to wrong side of jacket and right side of collar. Pocket bor­ders: slip sts. from holder back to No. 4 needles, attach red and work in ribbing K1, P1 for 2 inch. Bind off loosely K as K and P as P. Fold pocket borders in half and hem to wrong side. Sew buttons in place and block to size.

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