Little Princess Knit Quaker Stitch Baby Ensemble Pattern

Knitting Patterns

Size infant to 6 months

Materials:

3 ply Baby Yarn - 8 oz

Knitting Needles size 1 and 3

Crochet Hook size 0

Gauge:

15 sts = 2 inches, 10 rows = 1 inch

Note:

The beginning parts of the sweater are knit and then placed onto an extra needle in order - right front, right sleeve, back, left sleeve, left front - and then knit across all pieces at once. This can be done a number of ways but the idea is to make sure the pieces are in the right order when you knit the row joining them all together.

Knit Baby Ensemble Sweater Pattern

Right Front:

With size 3 needles, cast on 38 sts.

Work stockinette st (p 1 row, k 1 row) for 4”, ending with a knit row. Slip these stitches onto an extra needle. Break yarn.

Right Sleeve:

With size 1 needles, cast on 35 sts for cuff.

Quaker Stitch:

Row 1: (right side) p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row for first purled stripe.

K 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row for knitted stripe.

Repeat purl and knit stripes once, repeat purl stripe again.

Inc. Row: k 1, * inc 1 st in next st, k1, repeat from * to end (52 sts).

Change to size 3 needles.

P 1 row and continue stockinette st for 3 ¾” above cuff, end with a knit row. Break yarn and slip on the needle with the right front.

Back:

With size 3 needles, cast on 68 sts. Work stockinette st for 4” ending with a knit row (same number of rows as on right front). Slip on the extra needle next to the right sleeve.

Make the left sleeve the same as the right and slip on the extra needle. Make the left front the same as right. Slip sts on the extra needle, next to the left front. Join yarn at right front edge, p 1 row on all sts (248 sts).

Work stockinette st on all sts until 5 ½” from lower edge of back, ending with a purl row.

Short Rows:

Row 1: K to within 10 sts of end.

Row 2: turn, slip 1 st, p to within 10 sts of end.

Row 3: turn, slip 1 st, k to within 14 sts of end.

Row 4: turn, slip 1 st, p to within 14 sts of end.

Continue to work 4 sts less each row for 10 rows more.

Break yarn and slip 34 sts left at the end of the last row onto the right needle with the other sts (all stitches on the same needle). Join yarn on the right front edge. Change to size 1 needle.

Quaker Stitch Yoke:

1st Decrease Row: p6, * p2tog, p1, repeat from *, end with last repeat p6 (169 sts).

K 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row for first purl stripe.

K 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row for knit stripe.

2nd Decrease Row: p8, * p2tog, p6; repeat from *, end last repeat p7 (149 sts).

Finish purl stripe. Work 4 rows of knit stripe.

3rd Decrease Row: p7, * p2tog, p5; repeat from *, end last repeat p7 (129 sts).

4th Decrease Row: p7, * p2tog, p4; repeat from *, end last repeat p6 (109 sts)

Finish purl stripe. Work 4 rows of knit stripe.

5th Decrease Row: p6, * p2tog, p3; repeat from *, end last repeat p6 (89 sts).

Finish purl stripe. Work 4 rows of knit stripe.

6th Decrease Row: p4, * p2tog, p3; repeat from * to end. (72 sts).

Work 3 rows more of purl stripe. Bind off purling tightly (neck should measure 9”). Do not break yarn.

Finishing:

Sew underarm and sleeve seams.

Row 1: Work 17 sc on front edge of yoke (2 sc in each purl stripe and 1 sc in each knit stripe), work 2 sc in every 3 rows to lower corner, 2 sc at corner, 1 sc in each st on lower edge, work right front edge to correspond to left edge.

Row 2: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first sc, * ch 4 for button loop, skip 2 sts, 1 sc in each of next 5 sts; repeat from * twice, continue sc to the left corner of the neck edge, working 2 sc at corners. Fasten off. Sew on 3 buttons.

Baby Booties Pattern

Gauge:

17 sts = 2 inches, 12 rows = 1 inch

With size 1 needles, cast on 36 sts for top.

Quaker stitch:

Row 1: (wrong side) Knit

P 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row for purled stripe.

P 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row for knitted stripe.

Repeat these 8 rows once, repeat the first 4 rows again.

P 1 row.

Beading Row: k2tog, yo, *k1, k2tog, yo; repeat from *, end k1.

P 1 row.

Instep:

Slip first 12 sts to holder, join another strand of yarn, k next 12 sts, slip last 12 sts to holder.

Work stockinette st on 12 sts for 2”, end with a p row.

Break yarn. Slip 12 sts from first holder on to same needle with instep sts; k these 12 sts; pick up and k 16 sts on side edge of instep; k 12 instep sts; pick up and k 16 sts on other side of instep; slip 12 sts from holder on to free needle and k these 12 sts (68 sts).

Repeat 8 rows of quaker stitch twice.

1st Decrease Row: k2tog, k 30, k2tog twice, k 30, k2tog (64 sts).

P 1 row.

2nd Decrease Row: k2tog,k 28, k2tog twice, k 28, k2tog (60 sts)

P 1 row.

3rd Decrease Row: p2tog, p 26, p2tog twice, p 26, p2tog (56 sts).

K 1 row.

Bind off. Sew seam.

12” Baby Cap Pattern

Gauge:

17 sts = 2 inches, 12 rows = 1 inch

With size 1 needles, cast on 95 sts. Work quaker stitch as on sweater until there are 10 purl and 9 knit stripes.

Next Row: Bind off 34 sts, k until there are 27 sts, bind off 34 sts.

Back:

Break yarn, join in last st worked. Work stockinette st on 27 sts for 3 ¼”, ending with a p row.

Decrease Row: k 11, k2tog, k1 (seam st), slip 1, k 1, psso, k 11 (25 sts).

Repeat decreases every 2nd row 4 times, decreasing 1 st each side of center seam st, having 1 st less each side each time (17 sts). Bind off. Sew sides of back part to bound-off edges of quaker stitch.

Tie Cord:

Cast on 191 sts, k 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row. Bind off. Gather up ends and sew. Sew 17 sts at center of cast on row of cord to 17 sts on neck edge of back part of the cap, sew next 22 sts of cord to neck edge of quaker stitch part of each side.

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