Coat & bonnet Bonnet for Baby

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1 September 1926, Page 18

Coat & bonnet Bonnet for Baby

Coal Materials. —Three and a-half ozs. 2-ply Scotch fingering in pale blue and the same amount in pale pink. A pair of bone knitting needles No. 11, and a long bone crochet hook in rather a large size. Tension. —You should get about five holes across to two inches after being pressed. Measurements. —Length from back neck, 1 Sins. Width all round when fastened, 24ins. Length of sleeves from neck edge, 12ins. ‘Back on 87 stitches in blue. Knit 1 row plain. Ist pattern raze, knit 1, * make 1 slip 1, knit 2. Pass the slipped stitch over the 2 knitted ones. Repeat from * to end of row. 2nd raze, purl 87. 3rd raze, knit 2, * make 1, slip 1, knit 2. Pass slipped stitch over 2 knitted ones. Repeat from * to end of row. 4 lk raze, purl 87. Repeat from Ist row 18 times. Decrease for the armhole by knitting 2 together at both ends of every purl row until you have 71 stitches left. Continue for another 2)ins. and cast off. Right Front on 60 stitches and work the pattern the same as for the back to the armholes, then decrease at the beginning of each purl row, taking off 8 stitches. Continue until the arm-hole is 3)ins. then cast off 18 at the opposite end for the neck.

Work for another inch, decreasing 1 stitch on each row at the neck end, taking off another 8, then slope the shoulder by casting off 8 at the beginning of each purl row 3 times. For the left front work in the same manner, but decrease at the end of the purl rows for the armhole and cast off for the shoulders on pattern rows. Work 5 more patterns. Cast off. Sleeves on 21 stitches. Increase 1 stitch on either side of every row until there are 49 stitches on the needle. Cast on 6 either side (total on the needle 61 stitches). Work five patterns. Decrease 9 stitches gradually on each edge to shape sleeve continuing in pattern. Length from underarm, 15 patterns. Lining For \'Back IV /Take a chain of 70 stitches in pink or a sufficient length to correspond with the width of the back knitting. Ist roz e, slip the hook in each chain and draw the wool through, leaving the stitches on hook, making 70 altogether. 2nd row, draw wool through 2 stitches at a time. Repeat to end. Turn with 1 chain. Repeat these 2 lines to the armholes then miss a stitch at each end lo make a corresponding slope as on the blue knitting. Continue to the neck and break off.

For the front make a chain the width of the blue front and work to the armhole, then shape to correspond with the blue knitting. Work to the neck and shape, then slope the shoulders, or if you find it easier to keep them straight, you can slope them when facing in. 'Bottom Border YAne chain and 1 treble to form holes in blue. Make 6 lines of holes. For the fronts and cuffs make 2 lines of holes. For the collar work 4 rows of holes. You must begin at the slope on one front and work carefully all round to the end of the slope on the other front.

Now work a double crochet stitch round each corner of the spaces in pink to make roses. T he Bonnet Hpo make the bonnet you will re- -*■ quire one ounce of two-ply Scotch fingering in pale blue and loz. in pink. Cast on 30 stitches for the front piece and work 32 patterns. For the centre hack, cast on 21 stitches work 8 patterns, then another 4 patterns, gradually sloping off the ends of the rows. Join with 1 row of spaces and roses. Make a border of 2 lines of spaces and roses to turn hack and 1 line for the bottom of the bonnet. Line the bonnet in pink to match the coat.