Girl's Pullover I
Original source category: Children Clothes Patterns
Source page: https://freevintageknitting.com/sweater-pattern/jack-frost46/girls-pullover1
Size 8 yr. — Scale 7 ½ sts to 1 in. on Stockinette St.
1 Pr. Standard No. 2 Needles—14 in.
1 Pr. Standard No. 3 Needles—14 In.
1 Size 3 Double Pointed Needle
Gold Medal Fingering Yarn (A Jack Frost Product)—5 1-oz. Skeins
BACK: With No. 2 Needles cast on 90 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 2 ½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 109 sts at even intervals across row. Work even in stockinette st until piece measures 9 ½ in. from lower edge, or desired length to underarm. Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm: decrease 1 st at each end every other row 4 times. Work even until piece measures 5 in. from bound off sts at underarm. Bind off 7 sts at beginning of each of next 8 rows. Change to No. 2 Needles and work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 7 rows. Bind off loosely.
FRONT: With No. 2 Needles cast on 90 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 2 ½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles increasing to 130 sts at even intervals across row. Work even in pattern as given for Matching Cardigan, omitting buttonhole band, until piece measures 9 ½ in. from lower edge. Bind off 10 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 10 times. Work even until piece measure 3 ¾ in. from bound off sts at underarm. Work over 35 sts. Place on st-holder. Bind off next 20 sts for front of neck. On remaining 35 sts, work 2 rows even, then, keeping armhole edge even, decrease 1 st at neck edge every other row 7 times. Work even until piece measures 5 in. from bound off sts at underarm. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 7 sts every other row 4 times. Work other side to correspond.
FRONT NECKBAND: With No. 2 Needles, on right side of garment, pick up 64 sts from shoulder to shoulder, across front of neck. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 7 rows. Bind off loosely. Sew shoulder seams.
SLEEVES: With No. 2 Needles cast on 68 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 1 ½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 72 sts. Work in stockinette st, increasing 1 st at each end every 4th row 4 times. Work even until sleeve measures 4 in. from lower edge. Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 6 times. Bind off 2 sts at beginning of each of next 20 rows. Bind off remaining sts.
Sew underarm and sleeve seams. Sew sleeves in place.