Embroidered Cardigan Pattern #5154
Original source category: Child Sweater Patterns
Source page: https://freevintageknitting.com/child-sweater-patterns/spool178/5154-embroidered-cardigan-pattern
Sizes 2 and 3
MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART BABY WOOL, 4 balls (¾ oz. balls) for size 2; 5 balls for size 3.
Milward's Casein Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Six Strand Cotton, 1 skein each of Pink and Yellow.
6 buttons.
GAUGE: 7½ sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.
PATTERN STITCH … 1st row: K 4, p 1, * k 7, p 1. Repeat from * across ending with k 4. 2nd row: P 4, k 1, * p 7, k 1. Repeat from * across ending with p 4. 3rd row: K 3, p 1, k 1, p 1, * k 5, p 1, k 1, p 1. Repeat from * across ending with k 3. 4th row: P 3, k 1, p 1, k 1, * p 5, k 1, p 1, k 1. Repeat from * across ending with p 3. 5th row: K 2, p 1, * k 3, p 1. Repeat from * across ending with k 2.6th row: P 2, k 1, * p 3, k 1. Repeat from * across ending with p 2. 7th row: * K 1, p 1, k 5, p 1. Repeat from * across ending with k 1. 8th row: * P 1, k 1, p 5, k 1. Repeat from * across ending with p 1. 9th row: * P 1, k 7. Repeat from * across ending with p 1. 10th row: * K 1, p 7. Repeat from * across ending with k 1. 11th row: Same as 7th row. 12th row: Same as 8th row. 13th row: Same as 5th row. 14th row: Same as 6th row. 15th row: Same as 3rd row. 16th row: Same as 4th row. Repeat these 16 rows for pattern.
Sizes |
2 |
3 |
| Chest (garment buttoned) | 20" |
22" |
| Length from shoulder to lower edge | 12½" |
14" |
| Sleeve seam | 10½" |
11" |
| Side seam | 9" |
10" |
Sizes |
2 |
3 |
| BACK … With No. 2 needles cast on | 76 sts |
84 sts |
| Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 1½ inches. Change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette stitch (k 1 row, p 1 row) for | 7½" |
8½" |
| Place a marker at both ends of work to indicate start of armhole. Continue straight until piece measures in all | 12½" |
14" |
| Next row: Work across 25 sts | Both Sizes |
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| Bind off for back of neck the next | 26 sts |
34 sts |
| Work across remaining 25 sts | Both Sizes |
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| Work over these sts in Pattern Stitch for Front for 1½ inches. Cast on, at neck edge | 16 sts |
20 sts |
| There are on needle | 41 sts |
45 sts |
| Buttonholes are made 4 sts in from front edge (on Left Front for boys and on Right Front for girls). To make a buttonhole, on one row, k 2 tog, O; on next row work the O as a st. (O twice when making a buttonhole with No. 2 needles, and on next row work only one O, dropping the extra one). Make the first buttonhole after the first | 2" |
2¼" |
| and every | 2" |
2¼" |
| thereafter (measuring from the 1st buttonhole) until 5 in all are made. | ||
| Continue over these | 41 sts |
45 sts |
| keeping the first 8 sts at front edge in garter stitch (knit each row), and the remaining sts in Pattern Stitch, until piece measures, from marker | 7" |
8" |
| Place another marker (sleeve sts will be picked up between markers). Continue straight until piece measures, from back of neck | 11" |
12½" |
| Dec 1 st on the last row. Change to No. 2 needles and work in ribbing, keeping the 8 sts of front border in garter st, for 1½ inches. Bind off in ribbing. Attach yarn at neck edge and work other side to correspond. | Both Sizes |
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| SLEEVES … With right side facing and No. 3 needles, pick up along outer edge, between markers | 52 sts |
60 sts |
| Work in stockinette stitch for | 9" |
9½" |
| Change to No. 2 needles and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 1½ inches. Bind off in ribbing | Both Sizes |
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| NECKBAND … With right side facing, using No. 2 needles, pick up 90 sts along neck edge. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for ¼ inch. Make a buttonhole in line with previous buttonholes. Work straight until band is ¾ inch wide. Bind off in ribbing. | Both Sizes |
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| FINISHING … Sew up side and sleeve seams in one continuous seam. Sew on buttons. Press lightly through a damp cloth to measurements given. | ||
EMBROIDERY … Using a blunt tapestry needle and Yellow Six Strand Cotton, work 7 French knots in a group midway between buttonholes. With Pink work a flower in lazy daisy stitches about ⅜ inch long around knots. With Yellow work two groups of 6 knots each at upper right and lower left of each flower. |
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