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REQUIREMENTS:

YARN: 3-ounces of Pompadour or 3-ply Baby Yarn
NEEDLES: 1-pr. #1 single pointed, 1-pr. #3 single pointed.

GAUGE: 7 sts to an inch.

SWEATER BACK: Using the #3 needles, cast on 65 sts. Knit 12 rows, (6 garter st ridges). NEXT ROW: * k 1, yarn over, k 2 tog; repeat from * across row. Purl across next row. Knit 8 rows, (4 garter st ridges). NEXT ROW: From right side of work, * k 1, yarn over, k 2 tog; repeat from * across row. Purl back. Now work in stockinette stitch until the piece measures 5½-inches in all. SLEEVES: Cast on 12 sts at the beginning of the next 6 rows, (3 times at each side). Alternate panels are worked as follows: * Work 4 ridges, then 8 rows of stockinette st * Repeat between *'s until the piece measures 3½ inches from where you last cast on the sts for sleeves. NEXT ROW: Knit 56 sts; bind off 25 sts; place the 56 sts from needle onto a st holder; knit the remaining 56 sts. Now work 4 rows in stockinette stitch. Cast on 14 sts at neck edge. LEFT FRONT: Knit 54 sts; yarn over, k 2 tog; knit 6; yarn over, k 2 tog; k 6, (the last knit 6 sts are for the border). Work alternate rows as on the back; keeping the yarn overs along the front edge until you have the same number of rows as on the back part of the sleeves. From the sleeve edge, bind off 12 sts, 3 times; Work in stockinette stitch, keeping the front knit 6 sts and the yarn over, until the piece measures the same as the back down to the yarn over row, ending with a purl row. NEXT ROW: Knit 6 sts, border; * yarn over, k 2 tog; repeat from * across row. Purl back. Knit 8 rows. Work another yarn over row. Knit 12 rows. Bind off.

RIGHT FRONT: Place the sts from st holder back onto the needle. Tie yarn in and work to correspond to the left front. NECK BAND: Using the #1 needles and with the right side of the work facing you, pick up and knit the sts around neck. Work in garter st for ¾ inches. Bind off. SLEEVE CUFF: With the right side of the work facing you, using the #1 needles, pick up and knit every stitch. Knit 8 rows. Bind off loosely. Make the other cuff the same way. Sew underarm seams.

BONNET: Using the #3 needles cast on 112 sts. Knit every row for an inch, this is the front ruffle. NEXT ROW: Knit across row, decreasing sts by knitting every 2nd and 3rd sts together, (76 sts). NEXT ROW: * k 1, yarn over, k 2 tog, repeat from * across row. Purl back. Work garter alternates as follows: * knit 8 rows; k 1 row, p 1 row, for 8 rows; repeat from * until the piece measures 4½ inches from the yarn over row. Bind off 27 sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows, (once at each side). On the remaining 22 sts, on the next knit row, increase 1 st in every other st across the row, (33 sts). Work even in stockinette st for 4½-inches. Bind off. Sew the 4½-inches to the bound off sts at each side. NECK BAND: With the #1 needles pick up and knit the sts around neck. Knit 11 rows. Bind off.