BUBBLE TUCK BABY KIMONO for the 4.5mm Knitting Machine
Jane Niemi For the Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative Service Projects
Bubble Tuck Baby Kimono Standard 4.5mm
Yarn suggestions: 4 - 5 ounces of Patons Beehive Baby Sport; Bernat Baby Jacquard: Sensation Cuddle, Cuddle Muffin, Lion Baby Soft, or any similar yarn. This pattern is for standard machines based on an average of 7 stitches and 9 rows per inch, in stockinette, at Tension 10. Adjustments have been made for the Bubble Tuck pattern. All of the baby yarns do not knit well in a four row tuck. Please choose the finer of the baby yarns you find for this pattern. Please note that all the mentioned yarns may not knit to gauge and may knit with more ease on some machines than on others. However with the same stitches and rows indicated you should still have a very nice kimono to donate to charity. Your charitable donations are needed and appreciated. Thank you. Stitch World I #276 The X square = hole to be punched over entire card
This is a 3 x 1 tuck. One stitch will tuck, and 3 knit for 4 rows; two rows will be knit plain; then the pattern will shift over and repeat. The two rows of the pattern that are knit plain can be knit with a second color. 4 stitches x 12 rows With the needle set up indicated and with KC I, you will have 4 stitches knit, not tuck, on each side for the first 4 rows of the pattern; on rows 7 through 10 of the pattern 2 stitches on each side will knit,nottuck.
Hem and Body:
Carriage on the right: Bring 141 (L70-0-R71) needles into working position, and bring every other needle all the way out; e-wrap onto these needles. Hang cast on comb. T 8: Knit 1 row to the left, and then carefully pull all stitches all the way out again and knit back to the right. Knit to RC 9. T10: Knit 1 row for a turning row. T 9: Knit 1 row to the left; engage pattern, KC I, and knit to the right. T 10: Engage tuck buttons. Remember to add additional weight for tuck pattern. Knit to RC 23; all the needles will have knit 1 row. Remove the weights, and from the cast on, pick up the loops and hang onto every other needle; pull all needles all the way out, re-hang the weights. T 10: Continue to knit in pattern to RC 95, ending with the carriage on the left. Disengage patterning. Decrease 1 stitch on the right (140 stitches). Knit 1 row to the right RC 96. Yoke and Sleeves: Note to move the carriage from one side of the needle bed to the other: physically remove the carriage and replace it at the other end of the needle bed; or pass the carriage across the work using part and/or hold buttons - refer to your manual please. RC 000: Put all stitches to hold except 35 stitches (L70-L36) on the left (opposite side of the carriage). Move carriage to the left side and set it to hold; knit 6 rows with scrap yarn of contrast color, 1 row with ravel cord, or fishing line, and 6 rows with scrap yarn and leave the scrap yarn on the needles. Move the carriage back to the right side, remove from hold, thread with the main yarn, and knit 1 row to the left over all the stitches including those with the scrap yarn. Put all stitches to hold, except 35 stitches (R36-R70) on the right (opposite side of the carriage). Move carriage to the right side and set it to hold, and knit 6 rows with scrap yarn of contrast color, 1 row with ravel cord, or fishing line, and 6 rows with scrap yarn and leave the scrap yarn on the needles. Move the carriage back to the left side, remove from hold, thread with the main yarn, and knit 1 row to the right over all the stitches including those with the scrap yarn. RC 2 (adjust the row counter to RC 2): Knit the back sleeve and back yoke section to RC 36. Mark each side at this point to indicate the center of the sleeves. Keeping the center 30 stitches in work put all other stitches into hold positior Neck Shaping, Bodice and Sleeves: Scrap off the center neck stitches and drop from the needles, or Bind off center neck stitches with a separate piece of yarn, for a crochet trim later. Put the empty needles out of work. Carriage on the right, set the carriage to hold, and carefully put the stitches on the right side of the machine into work position, to allow them to knit. ng on one side of the garment have weight on only the side you are working ( RC O: Shape front neck - knit 5 rows straight. Use a 2 or 3 prong tool for a full fashion increase, on the neck edge, increase 1 stitch on the following rows: RC 5, 8, 11, 14. RC 17: e-wrap 11 stitches to 0. Carefully put these needles into work position and knit across. Either add weight at this point or watch carefully for a few rows to make sure they knit, then add weight. Continue knitting the front sleeve and front bodice section to RC 36. Cut the main yarn 5 times the length of the needles in work to use later to latch tool bind off 70 stitches. Scrap off and drop from the machine. Repeat for the other side, reversing the neck shaping and knit to RC 36 for the left sleeve and front bodice section, scrap off, leaving a tail of main yarn 5 times the length of the needles in work. Pull the ravel cord from the scrap yarn and separate the sleeves from the bacl Cuffs: do this before continuing. You willbe picking up a selvedge and double up to gather in; the first row of knitting may be difficult and you may have to hand knit it. Hang the sleeve, purl side toward you, doubling up stitches to 36 stitches tota 1. Carefully knit 1 row and bind off with a double strand of yarn; or 2. Carefully knit 1 row and remove onto scrap and trim with crochet ematic at end of pattern and origami the kimono together as follow With purl side facing you, (garment inside out) on the first section knit, fold the front sections, B-1 & C1, in toward the center of the back, the front edges meeting. Next, fold the last section knit down from the neck and shoulder so all the scrap sections meet. Hang A & B, (sleeve and bodice) right side facing you, onto 70 needles. With right sides together hang A-1 & B-1. Bind off with the yarn piece you left long. Repeat with C & D to C-1 & D-1. Neck and Front Band Trim: Double Strand Bind Off: Neck Trim: hang, purl side toward you, the neck edge, from one front neck edge to the other front neck edge onto 74 needles. You will be picking up raw stitches from the back neck and selvedge stitches around the neck to the front section of increases and e-wraps on the front neck. Knit 1 row and latch tool bind off with a double strand of yarn. Front Bands: do as above for both front bands, picking up the selvedge along the front edges, making sure to pick up the same number of stitches for each
Crochet:
Do a simple crochet from one front edge up and around the neck and down to the other front edge. Hide all ends, lightly block and sew snaps onto the front edge bodice pieces. By Jane Niemi, Midwest Machine Knitters Collaborative Service Projects
Baby Kimono Schematic
Standard 4.5mm Bubble Tuck
