Baby Outfit Pattern #5306

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Baby Outfit No. 5306 Pattern

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Baby Wool, 4 balls (¾ oz. balls) for Infant Size 2; 5 balls for Infant Size 3 … Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size) … 9 buttons … 1 yard of ribbon, ½ inch wide.

GAUGE: (Stockinette st) 8 sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

Sizes  
2
3

FRONT … Starting at crotch, cast on 16 sts. Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), increasing 1 st at end of each row until there are 20 sts. Now cast on 4 sts at end of each row until there are on needle

44 sts
52 sts

Cast on 2 sts at end of each row until there are on needle

80 sts
88 sts

Cast on 6 sts at end of next 2 rows. There are on needle

92 sts
100 sts

Work straight until piece measures from last cast-on sts

6½"
7"
Next row: Work across, decreasing 20 sts evenly across. There are on needle
72 sts
80 sts
For waistband, work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for ¾ inch. Work top as fol­lows: 1st row: With right side facing, k across. 2nd row: P 7, O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, purl
4 sts
6 sts
O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, purl
34 sts
38 sts
O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, purl
4 sts
6 sts

O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, p 7.

Repeat last 2 rows alternately, increas­ing 1 st at both ends of next row and every 3rd row thereafter until there are on needle

80 sts
88 sts

Note: Work all increased sts in stock­inette st.

Work straight until piece measures 1½ inches from top of waistband.

To Shape Armholes: Keeping con­tinuity of pattern, bind off 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows and 2 sts at beginning of following 4 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain
62 sts
70 sts

Work straight until piece measures from top of waistband

3"
3½"
Next row: With right side facing, k across. Following row: Work in pat­tern across
16 sts
18 st
k across next
30 sts
34 sts
Work in pattern across remaining
16 sts
18 sts
Repeat last 2 rows alternately until piece measures from top of waistband
4"
4½"
Next row: Work across
22 sts
24 sts
bind off for front of neck next
18 sts
22 sts
Work across remaining
22 sts
24 sts

Work in pattern, as established, over this last set of sts only for 1½ inches. Bind off. Attach yarn at opposite side of neck edge and work other side to correspond.

BACK … Work exactly the same as Front to top of waistband. Continue in stockinette st, shaping underarm edges and armholes same as Front. Work straight until piece measures from top of waistband

4½"
5"
Continue straight, only working the center
30 sts
34 sts

in garter st (k each row), until piece measures same as Front. Bind off.

SLEEVES … Cast on
42 sts
50 sts

Work in garter st for ½ inch. Next row: Knit across

16 sts
20 sts
K twice in each of the next 10 sts, k remaining
16 sts
20 sts
Following row: Purl across
14 sts
18 sts
* O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, p 6. Repeat from * once more; O, (k 2 tog) twice; O, p across
14 sts
18 sts
Next row: K across. Repeat last 2 rows alternately, increasing 1 st at end of each row until there are on row
62 sts
70 sts

Work straight until piece measures 2 inches in all.

To Shape Top: Bind off 3 sts at be­ginning of next 2 rows and 2 sts at beginning of following 2 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain
44 sts
52 sts

Bind off.

Press pieces through damp cloth. Sew side seams.

LEG BANDS … With right side facing, pick up and knit along edge of leg opening
98 sts
102 sts

Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for ¾ inch. Bind off in ribbing.

Starting at armhole edge, sew each shoulder seam for ¼ inch. Sew sleeve seams and sew sleeves in, easing in any fullness across shoulder. Work a row of sc along shoulder openings and neck edge, making 3 buttonloops on each shoulder of front. Work a row of sc along edges of crotch, making 3 but­tonloops on front edge. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonloops. Run ribbon through ribbing of waistband and tie in back.