No. 804 – COAT AND BONNET – A welcome addition to any young lady’s wardrobe. Notice particularly the treatment of the hat–decidedly new and very young ladyish with hand embroidered grosgrain ribbon on the brim and on the pockets. Just the thing for those cool evenings in Summer or Fall.
Size
2-4 years
Needles
Bone American Standard No. 5.
1 Bone Crochet hook, size 5.
Material
Knitting Worsted, 4 Fold. Coat–10 ounces. Bonnet–3 ounces.
5 yards Hat Cord.
4 Wooden Buttons.
Gauge
6 sts to 1 inch K. 5 sts to 1 inch Cr.
Abbreviations
K – Knit
P – Purl
ch – Chain
h d c – Half double crochet
cr – Crochet
sl st – Slip stitch
rnd – Round
beg – Beginning
tr cr – Triple crochet
s c – Single crochet
d c – Double crochet
tog – Together
st – Stitch
sts – Stitches
y o – Yarn over
p – Picot
P.s.s.o. – Pass slip stitch over
*(asterisk). When this symbol appears, continue working until instructions refer you back to this symbol.
Even means that a row must be worked without increasing or decreasing.
Work means to continue with the stitch as described.
Half Double Crochet – Yarn over, draw up a loop in st, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Slip Stitch – Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook.
Blocking – Pin the garment, with rust proof pins, wrong side out, on a pressing board in exactly the measurements desired. Place a damp cloth over garment and with a moderately hot iron, press lightly, allowing the steam to go through. Lay on a flat surface until thoroughly dry.
Needle Gauge – When making a garment–work a swatch, using the needles called for to determine whether or not your work measures the same number of stitches to the inch as given in the scale. Change size of needles accordingly.
When Using Colors – In changing colors always K the first row on right side regardless of pattern.
Coat
Back
Cast on 108 sts (116 sts, size 4), work in garter st (K each row), for 1 inch.
P 1 row, K 1 row, for 2 inches, 3 inches from bottom.
On next K row, dec 4 sts as follows: K 2 tog, K 33, K 2 tog, K 34, K 2 tog, K 33, K 2 tog (104 sts).
Work 1 inch even.
K 2 tog, K 32, K 2 tog, K 32, K 2 tog, K 32, k 2 tog (100 sts).
Work 1 inch even.
Make another dec in same manner, having decreases come directly above those of previous rows, every inch until you have 9 inches, 80 sts.
Work 2 inches even or desired length to underarm.
Bind off 3 sts at beg of the next 2 rows for under arm, then K 2 tog at beg of the next 4 rows (70 sts).
Work 4 rows even.
On next K row, *K 3, K 2 tog, repeat from *across row but do not K last 2 sts tog.
Yoke is worked in garter st for 3 inches (3-1/2 inches, size 4).
Bind off 4 sts at beg of the next 8 rows, bind off remaining sts for back of neck.
Left Front
Cast on 58 sts (60 sts, size 4), work in garter st for 1 inch.
K 5 sts for border, P across.
K 1 row, P 1 row for 2 inches always K 5 sts on purled rows at front for border.
On next K row, dec 2 sts as follows: K 2 tog, K 24, K 2 tog, K 30 (56 sts).
Work 1 inch even.
K 2 tog, K 23, K 2 tog, K 29 (54 sts).
Work 1 inch even.
Make another dec in same manner, having decreases come directly above those of previous row, every inch, until you have 9 inches, 44 sts.
Work 2 inches even or desired length to underarm.
Bind off 3 sts at beg of the next row that begins at underarm, then K 2 sts tog at beg of every row at underarm, 3 times (38 sts).
Work 3 rows even.
On next K row, *K 2 tog, K 2 repeat from *across row, K last 5 sts.
Work yoke in garter st for 2 inches (2-1/2 inches, size 4).
Bind off 7 sts at neck edge, then K 2 sts tog at beg of every row at neck edge, until you have 20 sts.
Bind off 4 sts on next 4 rows that begin at armhole and dec 1 st on every row that begins at neck edge.
Right Front
Work to correspond until piece measures 8 inches, measuring on border at front.
Work buttonholes as follows: K 3 sts on border side, bind off 2 sts for buttonhole, K across.
On next row, cast on 2 sts over those bound off on previous row.
Continue same as left side and continue buttonholes 1-1/2 inches apart.
Sleeves
Cast on 32 sts, (36 sts, size 4), work in garter st for 2 inches (2-1/2 inches, size 4).
On next row, *K 2, inc 1 st repeat from *across row (42 sts).
*K 1 row, P 1 row for 1 inch, inc 1 st at each end, repeat from * until sleeve measures 6 inches from bottom (50 sts).
Work 2 inches even, or desired length to underarm.
Bind off 3 sts at beg of the next 2 rows, then 2 sts (5 sts off on each side).
K 2 sts tog at beg and end of every 4th row, until you have 28 sts, bind off.
Pockets
Cast on 14 sts, P back.
Inc in first and last st on K rows, until you have 18 sts.
K 1 row, P 1 row, until piece measures 2-1/4 inches.
*K 1, K 2 tog, repeat from *across row. K in garter st for 3/4 inch, bind off loosely.
Sew fronts and back tog,
sew sleeves tog and insert into armholes with seams meeting at underarm.
Sew on buttons.
Collar
Holding wrong side toward you, skip 3 sts, pick up 47 sts to within last 3 sts.
K first 3 sts, P to within last 3 sts, K 3 sts.
On next row, inc in every 4th st across row.
Work 1/2 inch even.
Inc in every 5th st across.
Work 1/2 inch even.
Inc in every 6th st.
Work 5 rows in garter st, bind off on wrong side.
Sew pockets and embroider as shown on illustration.
Bonnet (Crochet)
Crown
Ch 3, join, work 7 sc (UK double crochet) in ring, work 2 s c in each st until there are 24 sts around.
Now inc 1 st in every 5th st, until there are 50 sts around, then every 15th st until there are 100 sts.
Work even until crown measures 5 inches from center to edge.
Dec 3 sts to each rnd but do not have decreases over those on previous rows, until crown measures 5-1/2 inches from center to edge or desired headsize.
Ch 1, turn, work 1 row of s c around bonnet to within 20 sts at beg of row.
*Ch 1, turn, work 1 row of s c in each st across row to within ch 1, at beg of row, repeat from *6 more times.
On next row, sew cord at beg of row, *s c over cord increasing every 4th st. Adjust cord at end of each row, ch 1, turn, repeat from *for 1 more row.
On next 2 rows inc in every 12th st.
On next 2 rows inc in every 20th st.
On next 2 rows, work even.
Cut cord and sew.
Work 1 row of s c over ends of brim and back of cap.
Block lightly.
Embroider flowers on grosgrain ribbon and sew on sides and front of brim.
Sew grosgrain ribbon in same manner on back of brim.
Turn back 5 rows without cord and attach bows on each side as shown on illustration.