A Child’s Knitted Petticoat.
This little petticoat is made to fit a child of from four to five years, and measures 20 inches from the neck to the lower edge of the skirt.
This will fit a child of 4-5 years.
Materials Required.
Five ounces of Messrs. J. & J. Baldwin’s White “Beehive” 4-ply Scotch Fingering, 1 pair of long No. 10 bone needles, and a set of No. 11 steel needles.
Abbreviations Used.
K = knit; P = purl; O = over (put the wool over and make a stitch); N = narrow (knit two stitches together); st = stitch or stitches.
Cast on 291 st.
1st Row.—Plain.
2nd Row.—Purl.
3rd Row.—K 2, * O, K 4, K 3 together, K 4, O, K 1, repeat from * to the end of the row, ending with K 2.
4th Row.—Plain.
Repeat the 3rd and 4th rows 32 times, or until the skirt is the length required.
69th Row.—K 6, K 3 together, * K 9, K 3 together, repeat from * to the end of the row.
70th Row.—Purl.
71st Row.—K 5, K 3 together, * K 7, K 3 together, repeat from * to the end of the row.
72nd Row.—Purl.
73rd Row.—K 4, K 3 together * K 5, K 3 together, repeat from * to the end of the row.
74th Row.—Purl.
You should now have 147 st on the needle. Make a row of holes for the ribbon by repeating K 4, O, N, all the way along and purling a return row.
It measures 20 inches from neck to lower edge.
The Bodice.
Knit 48 plain rows, purling the 6th st from each end of the row on the right side of the work.
Now divide for the armholes thus: K 36 st on to a spare needle, K 75, and slip the remaining 36 st on to a spare needle.
On the 75 centre st continue as follows: K 1, N, K plain to the end of the row. Repeat this row 21 times, then work 40 plain rows without decreasing.
This brings you to the neck of the petticoat. To form the shoulder sections, K 15, cast off 23 st (or up to 15 st from the other end of the row), 1 on the remaining st, K 36 rows. Cast off. Work up the other shoulder in the same way.
Now on the 36 st at each side of the work, knit up the backs to correspond with the front, forming the armhole slopes by decreasing 1 st in the first 9 rows turned from the armhole edge in each case. When working the backs, cast off all the st when the neck is reached. Sew the shoulder strap from each side of the front to the 15 cast-off st from the armhole edge of each back, and finish the neck by picking up all the loops along the edge and working 6 rows of ribbing, making holes for threading ribbon in the third row.
The Sleeves.
Pick up on to the No. 12 needles all the loops round the armhole edge, and work 20 rounds, a plain and a purl round alternately, in every other round decreasing 2 st; these decreasings should be made over the top of the armhole slope at each side, thus forming a gusset for the under-arm. Finish with 6 rows of ribbing.
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under-arm seams, leaving a half-inch opening above the ribbing in the right-hand seam.
The Sleeves.
Pick up the loops round the armhole edge on to 3 needles. Put 18 st from each side of the under-arm seam on to 1 needle (36 st in all), and divide the remaining loops on to the others.
Work 5 rounds, then in the next round decrease 1 st at each end of the under-arm needle. Repeat these 6 rounds twice.
Work for 8 inches without decreasing, then for the next 4 inches decrease 1 st at each end of the under-arm needle in every 6th row. Finish with 30 rows of ribbing, and cast off.
If you wish to have elbow sleeves, finish the sleeve with 15 rows of ribbing after working the 8 inches without decreasing.
The bodice crosses over at the front, and fastens with ribbon ties at the neck and waist. Thread the ribbon from the left front of the waist through the opening in the right-hand seam, and make a slot over the left seam, to correspond by knitting a small strap (12 rows on 4 st), and sewing it on to the seam just above the ribbing; thread the ribbon from the right front through this, and tie the ends together at the back.