Seamless baby vest
Size: 0-6 months Description: The vest is knitted upside down. I make the whole vest on a circular needle, but you can use other needles when you make the upper parts if you like. You begin with the upper part of the back, then you continue with the upper part of the front. The two parts are joined below the armhole. When the front parts with button and buttonholes are made you proceed in the round on the circular needle or double-pointed needles. Tecniques: knit, purl, crochet chain provisorial cast-on, cable cast-on, magic loop (or double-pointed needles), stretchy bind-off, Kitchener stitches
Tutorials:
Crochet Chain Provisorial Cast-On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= LfCEWhaaOsk&feature=kp Cable cast-on: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on Magic Loop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mqIqRdJc68 ssk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-yPEcWb2xY Stretchy bind-off: For instance Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abBhe-JYmgI Kitchener Stitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIBfYxNjlbE Yarn: Any yarn with gauge 26-28 stitches on needles no 3 (US 212). If the yarn is a little thicker and the gauge 23-25 stitches, you can make the vest a few centimeters longer, and it will be size 6-9 months. With gauge 26-28 stitches the yardage is approx 175 m. Usually 50 g will be enough. The young mamas say SUPERWASH, please. Needles: A circular needle 80 cm or more or double-pointed needles no 3 (US21/2), crochet hook approx no 3 Pattern: Double rib: K2, P2. On wrong side you do what the stitches show. When the pattern says xx stitches in double rib you always start with K2 unless anything else is specified. Also if you have just knitted other stitches. The pattern is written this way to make it easier to figure out the elements of the pattern. Always do the specified number of double rib stitches no matter if the last stitches are knitted or purled and no matter if you are going on knitting or purling. Abbreviations: CO = cast on db rib = double rib K = knit P = purl R = row sts = stitches RS = right side ssk = slip, slip, knit (decrease 1) WS = wrong side yo= yarn over needle
The back:
Start with the left strap: CO 14 sts using crochet chain provisorial CO. R1 (RS): K2, 6 db rib, K2 R2: K2, 6 db rib, K6 R3: as R1 R4: K2, 6 db rib, P6 R5: as R1 R6: as R2 R7: as R1 Put the 14 sts of the left strap on a stitch holder and make the right strap: CO 14 sts using crochet chain provisorial CO. R1 (RS): K2, 6 db rib, K6 R2: K6, 6 db rib, K2 R3: as R1 R4: P6, 6 db rib, K2 R5: as R1 R6: as R2 R7: as R1 R8: P6, 6 db rib, K2, CO 22 sts using cable cast-on, go on with the sts of the left strap (take care that it is WS) as follows: K2, 6 db rib, P6 You now have 50 sts. Continue like this: R9: K6, 6 db rib, K26, 6 db rib, K6 R10: as R9 R11: as R9 R12: P6, 6 db rib, K26, 6 db rib, P6 R13: K6, 38 db rib, K6 R14: as R13 R15: as R13 R16: P6, 38 db rib, P6 Repeat R13-R16 five more times and finally R13-R14 one more time. Let the back rest and make the front.
The front:
Rightside: CO 14 sts using crochet chain provisorial CO. R1-R7: as R1-R7 of the left strap of the back. R8: K2, 6 db rib, P6 R9: K6, 6 db rib, K2, CO 14 new sts using cable cast-on R10: K16, 6 db rib, K6 R11: K6, 6 db rib, K16 R12: K16, 6 db rib, P6 R13: as R11 R14: K6, 16 db rib, K6 R15 with buttonhole: K6, 16 db rib, K2, y0, ssk, K2 R16: K6, 16 db rib, P6 R17: as R14 R18: as R14 R19: as R14 R20: as R16 R21-R28: Repeat R17-R20 twice R29 with buttonhole: as R15 R30: as R14 R31: as R14 R32: as R16 R33: as R14 R34: as R14 R35-R28:as R31-R34 Let the right side of the front rest and make the left side: CO 14 sts using crochet chain provisorial CO. R1-R7: as R1-R7 of the right strap of the back R8: P6, 6 db rib, K2, CO 14 new sts using cable cast-on R9: K16, 6 db rib, K6 R9: K16, 6 db rib, K6 R10: K6, 6 db rib, K16 R11: K16, 6 db rib, K6 R12: P6, 6 db rib, K16 R13: K6, 16 db rib (begin with P2), K6 R14: as R13 R15: as R13 R16: P6, 16 db rib, K6 Repeat R13-R16 five more times and R13-R14 one more time Now you are going to join the parts From RS : Begin with the left side of the front (the edge that is going to be the middle of the vest): K6, 16 db rib (start with P2), K6 Continue with the RS of the back: K6, 38 db rib, K6 And finally the right side of the front: K6, 16 db rib, K6 R1 of the whole vest (WS): K6, 16 db rib, P12, 38 db rib, P12, 16 db rib, P6 R2: K6, 16 db rib (begin with P2), K12, 38 db rib, K12, 16 db rib, K6 R3: K6, 16 db rib, K12, 38 db rib, 16 db rib, K6 R4: as R2 except the last 6 sts. Put these sts on a cable needle. Place the cable needle in front of the 6 edge sts of the left front and knit the sts together 2 and 2. Take care that the buttonholes will be in front of the vest. Go on in the round using a circular needle and the magic loop technique (or double-pointed needles): 16 db rib. Then: Round 1: K12, 38 db rib, K12, 38 db rib Round 2: as round1 Round 3: P12, 38 db rib, P12, 38 db rib Round 4: as round 1 Repeat round 1-round 4 until the vest measures approximately 16 cm from the armhole. The last round must be a round 4. Next round: K Next round: P Repeat these two rounds 4 more times. Bind off knitwise, very stretchy.
Finishing
Assemble the straps: Pick up without knitting the 14 sts from provisorial cast on the right front. Undo the crochet chain. Do the same with the corresponding back sts. Close the strap using kitchener stitch. Do the same on the left side. Weave in ends. Sew two buttons on the right front. Wash and block slightly.
