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Size 6 Months

Materials—Fleisher’s Wonderized Babyfair, 5 balls; or Fleisher’s Baby Zephyr, 3-fold, 5 balls; or Fleisher’s Wonderized De Luxe Sock and Sport and Sport Yarn, 6 skeins.

White Knitting Needles, 1 pair Size 2.
White Crochet Hook, Size 1.

Measurements—Chest 20 ins. Length from lower edge to back of neck 18 ins. With of back yoke 8 ins.—of sleeves 7 ins.

Gauge: 17 sts = 2 inches 11 rows = 1 inch

Back—Cast on 150 sts.

Pattern—First row (wrong side)—Purl.

2nd row—Knit.

3rd row—Purl.

4th row—K 6,* twist next 2 sts by inserting needle through first st of left hand needle as to p, k 2nd st drawing it through the first st, slip from needle, k into back of first st, slip off needle, k 6; repeat from * to end.

5th row—Purl.

6th row—Knit.

7th row—Purl.

8th row—K 2, * twist next 2 sts, k 6; repeat from *, end twist 2 sts, k 2. Repeat these 8 rows for pattern, decreasing 1 st each side when 2 ins. from beginning; repeat dec. every 2 ins. 5 times (138 sts). Work even until 13 ins. from beginning or desired length to underarm, end with p row.

Yoke—First row (right side) —* K 2 tog, k 1 *; repeat between *’s 14 times, k 2 tog 24 times in succession, repeat between *’s 15 times (84 sts). K 2 rows, p 1 row.

5th row—K 1, * yo, k 2 tog; repeat from *, end k 1. P 1 row, k 2 rows.

Armholes—K 1 row, p 1 row binding off 4 sts at beginning of each row for underarm. Beginning and ending with k 5, work 4th pattern row. Continue pattern decreasing 1 st each side every 2nd row 4 times (68 sts). Work even until 3 ½ ins. above underarm. Bind off 10 sts at beginning of next 4 rows (20 sts for each shoulder). Bind off 28 sts.

Left Front—Cast on 78 sts. Work pattern as for back. Keeping front edge even, dec. 1 st at side edge (beginning of rows worked from right side), every 2 ins. 6 times (72 sts). Work even until same length as back to yoke.

Yoke—First row—* K 2 tog, k 1 *; repeat between *’s 7 times, k 2 tog 12 times in succession, repeat between *’s 8 times (44 sts). Continue yoke as for back to underarm.

Armhole – Shape as for back. Work even until 3 ins. Above underarm, end at front edge. Bind off 12 sts at beginning of next row for neck. Dec. 1 st at neck edge every row 4 times, shaping shoulder as for back when 3 ½ ins. above underarm.

RIGHT FRONT—Work to correspond to left front, shaping at opposite side.

SLEEVES—Cast on 36 sts. K 5 rows, p 1 row. Work beading as in 5th row of yoke. P 1 row, k 2 rows. Inc. row - * K 1, inc. 1 st in next st; repeat from * 17 times (54 sts). Work pattern as for back increasing 1 st each side every 1 ½ ins. 3 times (60 sts). Work even until 6 ½ ins. from beginning, or desired length to underarm. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of next 2 rows; then 2 sts at beginning of the next 14 rows. Bind off 24 sts.

FINISHING – Sew seams. Sew in sleeves with seam st center underarm. Beginning at lower edge of every 7 rows to top of beading, * 1 s c in next row, 1 s c every 2nd row 3 times, 1 s c in next row, ch 1 for buttonhole, skip 2 rows; repeat from * twice, 2 s c to corner, 3 s c in corner st, 14 s c on neck to shoulder, 26 s c across back of neck; work other side to correspond omitting buttonholes; continue s c around lower edge keeping work flat. Join in first s c.

EDGING—* Ch 3, slip st in 3rd ch from hook, skip 1 s c slip st in next s c, repeat from * around, join. Fasten off. Steam. Run ribbon through beading.

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