I say pattern. Really this jumper is an experiment and a mess and I have no idea if the proportions are correct for the average baby of whatever age. I just wanted to make something nice for the boss' first grandchild, and a teeny jumper seemed like the way to go. I would follow a pattern, but they all rely on specific gague and I utterly cannot be arsed to find the wool/needles to fit a gague when I have non-matching wool and needles waiting to be used. So I made it up.
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| Use these patterns for the contrasting details. |
I think modelled on the man's teddy it looks a bit like a biker jacket. Hopefully on the real Baby Boss it will look just as cool but in a less odd way. Colour was intentionally picked to be gender-neutral, as were the barbed spear/flower patterns on the borders and back.
Baby Jumper From Scratch
You Will Need: Needles 3.5mm, 2 colours of soft DK wool, at least 2 balls of your main colour; 3 small buttons, darning needle (with really large eye), scissors.
Cast on 45 sts.
Row 1 purl.
Six rows of 5 knit 5 purl ribbing.
Knit in stocking stitch until 3 inches long. Insert the large flower/toothy ethnic pattern in a sympathetic colour of the same kind of wool. Finish pattern and continue in plain stst until the whole thing is 7 inches long.
Round off with another six rows of 5 knit 5 purl ribbing.
Cast off.
Front - No Buttonholes
Cast on 25 sts.
Row 1 purl.
Six rows of 5 knit 5 purl ribbing.
3 rows of plain stocking stitch.
Follow the pattern below for the border in your contrasting colour.
Knit another 2 rows of stocking stitch.
Begin decrease rows: begin every knit row with a knit-2-together until you only have approximately 10 stitches. Check for length against your back piece - the front should come up to the bottom of the ribbing.
Finish the front with 6 rows of 5 knit 5 purl ribbing.
Cast off.
Front - with Buttonholes
Cast on 25 sts.
Row 1 purl.
Two rows of knit 5 purl 5 ribbing.
Button row: knit 2, yarnover, knit two together, knit one, finish the ribbing as usual.
Three rows of ribbing.
Button row: stitch two stitches, yarnover, stitch two together, finish the row.
Two rows of stocking stitch.
Insert the pattern; in the third pattern row, add a further yarnover and decrease stitch two stitches in.
Just after the pattern, before you begin the decreases, add another yarnover and decrease stitch two stitches in.
Complete the decrease rows and ribbing to finish, with the two fronts the same length.
Cast off.
Cast on 20 stitches.
5 rows of knit 1 purl 1 ribbing.
3 rows of stocking stitch.
Insert the pattern for the border. In the sixth row of the border, increase 1 at both ends of the row.
*Knit five rows of stocking stitch, then increase the next row at each end.* Continue this pattern until your sleeves are as long as the back is wide.
Assembly
Weave in any loose ends from the different colous on each piece, using the appropriate method for your needle. Using as much of your cast-on and cast-off ends as possible, seam the long edges of the sleeves. Join the top edge of each front to the back, and seam around the round edge of each sleeve. Finish off by joining the back to the fronts, putting extra strong stitches in the armpits which go / \ - across the seams on every piece. Sew on the buttons, using a thin strand untwisted from your main wool colour as thread so that the stitches are invisible and strong. (I hadn't done the buttons when these photos were taken). Do up the buttons and you're ready to hand it on!
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