Helmet Pattern #156

Size 4 to 6 years

MATERIAL:
1 ball Sportyarn (2 oz. ball)
1 set D.P. Knitting needles No. 3 (3¼ mm.)
1 pair S.P. Knitting needles No. 3 (3¼ mm.)

GAUGE: 7 sts. = 1 inch

Cast on 104 sts. with No. 3 sock needles. Join, being careful not to twist sts. Work in ribbing K2, P2, for 4 inch. Change to all K and increase at even intervals in next round 11 sts. With 115 sts. work even for 1 inch. Slip the next 40 sts. to a stitch holder for face opening. Change to No. 3 straight needles and on rem. 75 sts. work back and forth in stock. st. for 5 inch. Now start shaping: K 50 sts., slip 1, K1 and pass the slipped st. over the K st., turn, slip 1, P25, P2 tog., turn, slip 1, K25, slip-K-and pass. Continue this way to decrease until 27 sts. are left over. Change to No. 3 sock needles, K across these 27 sts., pick up and K 32 sts. along one side of face opening, K across the 40 sts. on the holder, pick up and K 33 sts. along other side of face opening, K2, P2 for 1 inch. Bind off K as K and P as P. Steam lightly.

This pattern was originally published in Fashions in Wool #53, Boys and Girls and has passed into the public domain: the source states these designs "are no longer protected by copyright and you are free to do whatever you would like to do with them." It is reproduced here verbatim, including original vintage terminology, abbreviations, and measurements, which may differ from modern conventions. You can view the original transcription at freevintageknitting.com.