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Free Knitting Patterns - Child's Knit Vest

Buttonholes can be made on vest’s left side for a boy or as shown for a girl. Directions are for size 2 with any changes in parentheses for sizes 4 and 6. Use 2 (2, 4) ounces Main Color and 1/2 ounce Contrasting Color nylon medium weight 3-ply sports yarn. You need one pair size 4 standard knitting needles, steel crochet hook size 3, and 4 small buttons.

Abbreviations: k (knit) p (purl) at (stitch) ch (Chain) mc (main Color) inc (increase) dec (decrease) Sc (single crochet) sk (Skip) cc (contrasting color)

Gauge: 6 sts equal 1 inch

Pattern:

Seed St—Row 1: K 1, p 1 across, turn.

Row 2: As they face you, k each p st and p each k st.

Repeat these 2 rows.

Chest—22 (25, 26) inches.

Back: Cast on 64 (68, 72) sts. Work in seed st, inc 1 st each side every 1/2 inch twice—68 (72, 76). Work even until 4 3/4 (5 1/2, 6) or desired inches to underarm.

Shape Armholes: At beginning of next 2 rows, bind off 5 sts. Dec 1 st at beginning and end of every other row 3 times—52 (56, 60) sts. Work even until armholes measure 4 (4 1/2, 5 1/2) inches.

Shape Shoulders: At beginning of next 2 rows, bind off 16 (17, 17) sts. Bind off remaining sts loosely for neck.

Pocket Linings—(Make 2): Cast on 14 (16, 16) sts. Work seed st for 2 1/4 (2 1/2, 2 1/2) inches. Place sts on holder.

Left Front: Cast on 32 (34, 36) sts. Work in seed st, inc 1 st at armhole edge every ½ inch twice—34 (36, 38) sts. Work even until piece measures 2 1/4 (2 1/2, 2 1/2) inches.

Form Pocket: At side edge, work 9 (10, 11) sts, bind off 14 (16, 16) sts for pocket opening, work 11 (10, 11) sts.

Next Row: Work to pocket opening, work pocket lining sts from holder, work across.

Work even until piece measures same length as back to underarm, end armhole edge.

Armhole and Neck Shaping: Bind off 5 sts at armhole edge. Dec 1 st each end of needle every other row 3 times. Keeping armhole edge even, continue to dec 1 st at front edge every third row until 16 (17, 17) sts remain. Work even until armhole measures same as back. Bind off sts for shoulder, same as back.

Right Front: Work to correspond to left front, reversing all shaping.

Finishing: Sew seams. From right side, beginning at corner of left front edge and with CC, work 1 row sc on entire lower edge, ch 1, turn. Sc in each sc across, fasten off. From right side, beginning at the lower right front edge with CC, work 1 row sc on fronts and neck edge, working 3 sc in corner of beginning of V-neck shaping to keep work flat, ch 1, turn. Sc in each st, working 3 sc in V-neck corner, forming buttonholes as follows: (For girl, form buttonholes on right front edge; for boy, on left front edge.)

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