Knitted Sweater Pattern #594

Size 1

Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 3 balls (1 oz. balls).
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size).
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5.
1 button.

Gauge: 7 sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

Back. Starting at bottom, cast on 58 sts and work in garter st (k each row) for 1 inch. Then work in pattern as follows: 1st to 4th rows incl: K 1, * k 4, p 4. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 1. 5th to 8th rows incl: K 1, * p 4, k 4. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 1. These last 8 rows constitute the pattern. Work in pattern until piece measures 6½ inches in all.

To Shape Armholes: Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 42 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 3½ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. To shape shoulders, bind off 6 sts at beginning of each row until 18 sts remain. K 1 row. Bind off loosely.

Right Front. Starting at bottom, cast on 35 sts and work in garter st for 1 inch. Then work as follows: 1st row: K 6, * p 4, k 4. Repeat from * across, ending row with p 4, k 1. 2nd row: K 1, * k 4, p 4. Repeat from * to within last 10 sts, k 10. 3rd and 4th rows: Repeat 1st and 2nd rows. 5th row: K 6 (these 6 sts form center front band), * k 4, p 4. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 5. 6th row: K 1, * p 4, k 4. Repeat from * to within last 10 sts, p 4, k 6. 7th and 8th rows: Repeat 5th and 6th rows. These last 8 rows constitute the pattern. Work in pattern until piece measures 6½ inches in all.

To Shape Armhole: Starting at underarm, bind off 4 sts. Then dec. 1 st at armhole edge every other row until 27 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 1½ inches form 1st row of armhole shaping. On next row, change 7 more sts at center front edge to k sts (13 k sts in all). Hereafter continue as before, but keeping the 13 sts at front edge k sts and making a buttonhole 2 sts in from front edge after the next ½ inch (to make a buttonhole, on one row bind off 2 sts; on next row cast on 2 sts to replace those bound off). Continue in pattern for another ½ inch. Then, starting at front edge, bind off 10 sts, k 3, p 2 tog. (a decrease), and continue in pattern across. Next row: Work in pattern, ending row with k 7. Hereafter continue in pattern for 3 rows, keeping the 7 sts at front edge in garter st and making another dec. as before on 2nd row. To shape shoulder, starting at armhole edge, bind off 6 sts every other row twice, and 3 sts once.

Left Front. Work exactly as for Right Front, but omitting buttonhole and reversing shapings.

Sleeves. Starting at bottom, cast on 34 sts and work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 1½ inches, increasing 8 sts at equal distances apart on last row (42 sts). Then work in pattern as for Back until piece measures 5½ inches (10 blocks). To shape top of sleeve, bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 24 sts remain. Then bind off 2 sts at beginning of each row until 14 sts remain. Bind off. Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew sleeves in. Work a row of s c all around neck edge. Sew on button to correspond with buttonhole.

This pattern was originally published in Spool Cotton #119, Woolies for Babies 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.