Child's Sweater Pattern
Original source category: Child Sweater Patterns
Source page: https://freevintageknitting.com/children-pattern/woolco-manual/childs-sweater2
MATERIAL-10 skeins of white and 2 skeins color Woolco Germantown Zephyr. 1 pair No. 4 ½ knitting needles, No. 4 Woolco hook, 4 small buttons, 6 large buttons.
BACK-With white cast on 86 stitches.
1ST ROW-Knit 1, purl 1.
2D ROW-Knit the purl stitch and purl the knitted stitch.
Repeat the 2d row throughout.
Knit 10 rows white. Knit 10 rows color.
Join white. Decrease 1 stitch each side every 6th row, 10 times. 14 rows even.
97-98TH ROWS-Decrease 1 stitch each side.
26 rows even. Bind off.
FRONTS-Cast on 76 stitches.
Shape 1 edge same as back to 97th row, keep the other edge straight. On armhole side bind off 4. Decrease 1 at beginning of row twice.
Work even for 26 rows. Then bind off 30 stitches on front, work to shoulder.
Next row *decrease 1 at end of row, turn, decrease 1 at beginning*.
Repeat between stars until 8 stitches have been decreased. Then bind off.
SLEEVES-Cast on 16 stitches.
Increase 1 each end every row until there are 62 stitches. 10 rows even.
Then decrease 1 each side every 6th row, 10 times. 6 rows even.
Join color. Work 8 rows.
Join white. Make 8 rows. Bind off.
COLLAR-With white cast on 88 stitches. Work 4 rows even.
Join color. Make 4 rows.
Join white. Make 28 rows even.
BELT-With color and crochet hook chain 61. 8 rows even.
With white work a single crochet around belt.
BUTTONS-On fronts, commencing at lower edge, make a slip stitch in every stitch. On right front make buttonholes 4 inches from lower edge and 4 inches apart.