Ride a Cock Horse Sun Suit Pattern #5048

SIZE 2-3 YEARS

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 2 balls (1 oz. balls) of any color.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 4 (3½ mm. size).
2 buttons.

Gauge: 6½ sts make 1 inch; 8½ rows make 1 inch.

BACK … Starting at waistline, cast on 60 sts and work 1½ inches in ribbing of k 1, p 1. To shape back, k 50, turn; p 40, turn; k 30, turn; p 20, turn; k to end of row. On next row p across 60 sts. Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) until piece measures 7 inches. To shape leg, bind off 3 sts loosely at beginning of each row until 12 sts remain. Work 7 rows straight. This completes Back. Work 7 more rows straight and work Front to correspond with Back, casting on 3 sts instead of binding off 3 sts to shape leg. Bind off 10 sts at beginning of next 2 rows.

BIB … 1st row: With right side toward you (k 1, p 1) 5 times, k 20, (p 1, k 1) 5 times. 2nd row: (P 1, k 1) 5 times, p 20, (k 1, p 1) 5 times. Repeat these 2 rows alternately for 3 inches. Now work entire row in ribbing for 6 rows. Next row: (K 1, p 1) 5 times, bind off 20 sts, and work in ribbing across remaining 10 sts for 12 inches. Then make a buttonhole 4 sts in from edge—to make a buttonhole, on one row bind off 2 sts; on next row cast on 2 sts to replace those bound off. Work 2 rows straight. Bind off. Work over remaining 10 sts to correspond. With right side toward you, pick up 76 sts around leg shaping and work ¾ inch in ribbing. Bind off loosely. Sew up side seams. Sew on buttons 1½ inches in from side seams.

This pattern was originally published in Spool Cotton #138, Woolies for Infants 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.