Baby Cardigan Pattern #5232

Toddler Sizes 2 and 3

MATERIALS: CHADWICK'S RED HEART BABY BUNTING POMPADOUR, (¾ oz. balls), 4 balls for size 2; 5 balls for size 3. Clark's O.N.T. Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 and 1 pair No. 3. 7 buttons.
GAUGE: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.
Sizes	2	3
BACK … With No. 1 needles cast on	66 sts	70 sts
1st row: K 4, * p 2, k 2. Repeat from * across, ending with k 4. 2nd row: K 2, p 2 alternately across, ending with k 2. Repeat these 2 rows alternately until piece measures 1 inch, ending with 2nd row. Change to No. 3 needles. Next row: K across. Following row: K 2, p across to last 2 sts, k 2. Repeat these 2 rows alternately until piece measures in all	7½"	8½"
Insert a marker at both sides of work. Work 3 more inches. For shoulder, bind off at the beginning of the next 2 rows	18 sts	20 sts
Work straight on the remaining 30 sts for 1 inch. Bind off.
LEFT FRONT … With No. 1 needles cast on	36 sts	40 sts
1st row: K 4, * p 2, k 2. Repeat from * across. 2nd row: P 2, k 2 alternately across. Repeat these 2 rows until piece measures 1 inch, ending with 2nd row. Change to No. 3 needles. Next row: K across. Following row: K 2, p 3, k 1, p across to last 2 sts, k 2. Repeat these 2 rows alternately until piece measures in all	7½"	8½"
Insert a marker at side edge. Work 3 more inches. Bind off.
RIGHT FRONT … Work to correspond with Left Front, reversing borders and making a buttonhole 2 sts in from front edge when piece measures	¾"	1¼"
and thereafter every 1¾ inches until there are 6 buttonholes in all—to make a buttonhole, on one row k 2 tog, O; on following row, work the O as a stitch. Complete Right Front to correspond with Left Front.
LEFT SLEEVE … With No. 3 needles cast on 14 sts for shoulder insert. Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for	2½"	2¾"
ending with a p row. Break yarn.
With right side facing, starting at marker on Left Front and using other needle, pick up 19 sts to top of side edge. K across the 14 sts of shoulder insert, then, starting at top edge, pick up 19 sts along left side of Back. Work in stockinette st, with 2 sts at each side in garter st, on these 52 sts for	8½"	9"
Change to No. 1 needles and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 (still keeping garter st at both sides) for 2 inches. Bind off in ribbing.
RIGHT SLEEVE … Work to correspond with Left Sleeve.
NECKBAND … Sew shoulder insert in place, leaving 2½ inches free for front of neck. Half the cast-on sts of insert are sewn to extension of back, thus leaving 1 inch free for side of neck. Using No. 1 needles, with right side facing, pick up 94 sts around neck edge. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 3 rows. Make a buttonhole in line with previous buttonholes, then work in ribbing until there are 6 rows in all. Bind off in ribbing.
Sew side and sleeve seams with one continuous seam. Work 1 row of sl st along front edges. Press lightly with hot iron through damp cloth. Sew on buttons.

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