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Free Knitting Patterns - Child's Dress
Instructions are given for size 18 months-2 years.
Materials: 3 (2-oz. skeins blue); 1 (2oz. skein white); 3 small buttons; 1 pair straight
knitting needles #3.
Stitches:
Stockinette St.: K 1 row, P 1 row; Garter St.: K back and forth.
Gauge: 7 sts. =
1".
Front: Cast on
150 sts. with blue yarn. Work in stockinette st. for 9 rows. K 1 row on wrong
side for hem ridge. Work 6 more rows in stockinette st., then 2 rows in reverse
stockinette st., 3 rows in stockinette St., 2 rows in reverse stockinette st., 3
rows in stockinette st., 2 rows in reverse stockinette st., 3 rows in
stockinette st., 2 rows in reverse stockinette st. Change to white yarn, work 7
rows in stockinette st. Change to blue yarn and work 4 bands of stockinette st.,
and reverse stockinette st., as previously. Then work in stockinette st. up to
11" from hem. Work 1 row, taking sts. 2 or 3 at a time so that only 72 sts.
remain on needles. Work even for 3/4".
Shape armhole: Bind off 4
sts. at beg. of next 2 rows, 2 sts. at beg. of following 2 rows. At 1 1/4"
from waistline, start yoke: Work 6 sts. with blue yarn, 48 sts. with
white yarn, 6 sts. with blue yarn, for 10 rows. Then work 6 sts. in blue, 9 sts.
in white, 30 sts. in blue, 9 sts. in white, 6 sts. in blue. At 4 1/4" from
waistline, work 30 center sts. in garter st. for 7 rows.
Shape neckline:
Bind off 22 center sts. and work each shoulder separately for 8 rows. Bind off
sts. on 2 rows.
Back: Work as for front up to armholes.
Omit white yoke but form an opening in following manner: Place first 27 sts. on
st. holder and work on the remaining 33 sts. Work first 3 sts. in garter st., 30
following sts. in stockinette st., forming 3 small buttonholes (1 1/4" apart)
3 sts. from edge. (Bind off 2 sts. Next row cast on 2 sts. over previously bound
off sts.) At 4 3/4" from waistline, work first 18 sts. in garter st. for 8
rows. Shape neckline: Bind off at neck edge 14 sts. Bind off
remaining sts. in 2 times for shoulder. Pick up sts. placed on st. holder and
cast on 6 new sts. on left side of work. Work in opposite manner as for left
side, omitting buttonholes.
Sleeves: Cast on
45 sts. Work in stockinette st. for 5 rows. K 1 row on wrong side. Work 6 more
rows in stockinette st. Double all sts. except 5 first and 5 last sts. Work even
for 3/4". Then form 4 bands of reverse stockinette st. as for skirt. Shape
cap: Bind off on each side 4 sts. once, and 2 sts. 10 times. Work remaining
sts. 2 tog. for 1 row and bind off, still taking sts. 2tog.
Finishing: Sew shoulder and side seams.
Hem skirt. Sew sleeves and attach to bodice. Embroider blue dots on white band
of skirt and on yoke. Sew buttons on.
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