G-Carriage Infant Sweater
Yarn: Trenzado
Pattern: Moss and garter stitches; adapted from hand knitting pattern
Tension: T.8=body; T.7=collar, front bands, cuffs
Back: CO 55 stitches
T.8 knit 36 rows in moss stitch (1x1 or birds eye)
Mark for armholes
Knit 44 more rows (RC80)
Scrap off: 17 stitches for each shoulder; 21 stitches for neck
Front: Make 2, reversing shaping
CO 25 stitches
T.8 knit 36 rows in moss stitch
Mark for armhole
Knit 24 rows (RC60)
Bind off 5 stitches at neck edge, then decrease 1 stitch, every row, 3x at
neck edge
Knit to RC80; scrap off 17 shoulder stitches
Join shoulders to back
Collar: With wrong side facing, pick up 15 stitches from each side of neck
and 21 stitches from back neck (51 stitches)
Manually knit 1 row to right (G-Carriage on right)
T. 7 knit 30 rows in garter stitch; bind off around gatepegs
Buttonhole band: With wrong side facing, pick up 39 stitches on front edge
plus 5 stitches evenly along first 9 rows of collar (44 stitches)
T. 7 knit 3 rows in garter stitch
Transfer 1 stitch to adjacent needle 5 times for 5 buttonholes (leaving
empty needles in working position) - leave 3 stitches at top end and 4
stitches at bottom and space buttonholes 8 stitches apart
Knit 4 rows garter stitch and bind off around gatepegs
Button band: same as above without buttonholes
Sleeves: make 2
CO 27 stitches
T. 7 knit 10 rows in garter stitch
Take off on scrap or garter bar and rehang increasing to 35 stitches
RC000 T. 8 knit in moss stitch to RC46, increasing 1 stitch each side
every 4 rows, 8x (to 51 stitches)
Finishing: Attach sleeves, sew up seams, sew on buttons.