Knitted Jacket: Baby's

knitted jacket

Knitted Jacket: Worked in plain knitted fabric, the surface of which is afterwards raised with a Teazle brush until a fluffy effect is obtained, this coat is ideal for warmth. The original measured 14 in. in length. (If a size larger be required, simply make the two fronts and back 2 inches longer and the sleeve 10 inches from the commencement of the cuff before shaping the top of the sleeve).

Knitted Jacket Materials -

8 ozs. white and 2 ozs. coloured.
Teazle wool.
A Teazle brush.
Two no.8 Celluloid Knitting Needles.
One small and three large Pearl Buttons.

Work at a tension to produce about 6 stitches and 11 rows to the inch.

THE BACK -

Commencing at the neck, cast on 20 stitches. Knitting plain, increase once at the beginning and end of the next row, then every following 2nd until 68 stitches are on the needle.

Knit 4 inches without shaping.

Then increase once at each end of the next row, then every following 6th until 80 stitches are on the needle. Continue without shaping until the work measures 14 inches from the work measures 14 inches from the commencement. Cast off.

KNITTED JACKET THE FRONT -

Cast on 2 stitches.

Knitting plain, increase once at, each end of every 2nd row until 12 stitches are on the needle. Then cast on 24 stitches, at the end of the last row, for the neck.

Keeping the front edge (where the 24 stitches are cast on) straight, continue increasing every 2nd row at the other (the armhole) edge until 54 stitches are on the needle. Cast on 6 stitches at the armhole edge, then continue without shaping for 4 inches.

To shape the side seam, increase once in the next row, then every following 6th, until 66 stitches are on the needle. Continue without shaping until the work measures 14 inches from the commencing point. Cast off.

Work the second front like the first.

KNITTED JACKET THE SLEEVES -

Cast on 24 stitches.

Work 3 inches without shaping for the cuff. Then increase once at each end of the next row, then every following 8th, until 54 stitches are on the needle. Knit without shaping until the sleeve measures 9 inches from the commencement of the cuff.

Cast off 6 stitches at the beginning of the next row to start the shaping for the armhole, then decrease once at each end of every 2nd row until only 6 stitches remain. Cast off.

KNITTED JACKET THE COLLAR -

Cast on 76 stitches. Work, in rib of k.1 and P.1, for half an inch. Then work 3 and a half inches in plain knitting. Cast off.

TO MAKE UP THE KNITTED JACKET -

Sew up the side and the sleeve seams. Sew together the sloping sides of the sleeves to the sloping sides of the sleeves to the sloping sides of the back and fronts, placing seam to seam. Sew the ribbed edge of the collar at the neck, leaving 1.5 inches at each front edge. Sew buttons down the left front and make button-hole loops to correspond at the edge of the right front, then a small button and loop at the neck where the collar meets.

Raise the surface of the fabric lightly with the teazle brush until a fluffy effect is obtained.