A simple vest for little girls. The body is
knitted in garter stitch while the ruffle is knitted in seed stitch.
Sizes:
3
months (6 months) 12 months (18 months) and 24 months.
Materials:
181
– 543 yards/ 166 – 483 meters of Quince and Co in Chickadee.
Photographed
in Lupine.
Gauge:
16 stitches = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch
with two strands of yarn held together.
22 stitches = 4”/10 cm in seed stitch with one strand of yarn
Needles:
Size
US 8 circular needles (or needle
size to obtain correct gauge)
2
buttons
An
extra needle for the three-needle bind off.
Finished
dimensions/circumference at chest:
3
months: 15”/38 cm (6 months: 16”/41 cm) 12 months: 17”/43,5 cm (18 months:
18”/46 cm) 24 months: 19”/48,5 cm.
Stitch
patterns:
Seed
stitch knitted in the round:
*Knit
1, Purl 1* continue until piece measures appropriate length.
Note:
In seed stitch you knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches as they
appear.
Garter
stitch knitted in the round:
Row
1: purl to marker.
Row
2; knit to marker
Repeat
rows 1-2 for pattern.
Garter
stitch knitted flat:
Knit
every row.
Construction
notes:
The
ruffle is knitted with one strand of yarn, join second strand of yarn when
switching to garter stitch pattern.
Button
holes are made using the crochet loop button hole method. Tutorial found here:
http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-crochet-the-loop-button-hole/
Pattern:
CO
120 (132) 140 (148) 156 stitches and join in the round.
Knit
4 (4) 4,5 (4,5) 5 cm/ 1,5 (1,5) 1,7 (1,7) 2” in seed stitch pattern.
Next
round: *purl 2tog” continue until end of round.
60
(66) 70 (74) 78 st remains on needles.
Next
round: knit garter stitch pattern in the round until piece measures 5,5 (6,5) 7,5 (8) 8,5 cm/2,2 (2,5) 3
(3,1) 3,3” from the beginning of garter st pattern.
Divide
for armholes.
Next
round: bind off 3 stitches, knit 27 (30) 32 (34) 36 st, leave stitches on scrap
yarn (this is the front of the vest), bind off 3 st, knit 27 (30) 32 (34) 36 st
til end of round (this is the back of the vest).
Back:
Knit
flat garter stitch pattern for 2,5 (2,5) 3 (3,5) 3,5 cm/ 1 (1) 1,2 (1,3) 1,3”
making sure to slip the first stitch at the beginning of each row.
Divide
back:
Next
RS row: knit 12 (12) 14 (15) 16 st, bind off 3 (4) 4 (4) 4 st,
knit
12 (12) 14 (15) 16 st.
Place
12 (12) 14 (15) 16 st on scrap yarn.
You
have now divided back into to Back No. 1 (still on needle) and Back No. 2. (on
scrap yarn)
Back
No 1.: continue in garter st until piece measures 10 (11) 12 (12) 13 cm/ 4 (4,3) 4,7 (4,7) 5” from beginning of
armhole. End with a WS row. Remember to slip the first stitch at the beginning
of each row.
Next
RS row: Bind off st until 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 st remain, knit 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 stiches
and slip st to scrap yarn.
Back
no.2: Slip remaining 12 (12) 14 (15) 16 st from back onto needle and knit as
for Back No. 1 until piece measures 10 (11) 12 (12) 13 cm/ 4 (4,3) 4,7 (4,7)
5” ending with a WS row.
Next
row: knit 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 st, bind off until end of round. Slip st to scrap yarn.
Front:
Knit
in flat garter st pattern until piece measures 10 (11) 12 (12) 13 cm/ 4 (4,3) 4,7 (4,7) 5” from beginning of
armhole, slipping the first stitch at the beginning of each row. End with a WS
row.
Next
row: Knit 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 st, bind off until 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 st remain, knit
remaining stitches.
Finishing:
Join
shoulders by using the three-needles bind off. Tutorial found here: http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/knitting/three-needle-bind-off
Button
holes: Use the crochet loop button method. Sew on buttons.
