Sleep Tight

Knitted baby jacket in garter st with raglan in DROPS BabyMerino. Size premature - 4 years.

DROPS Baby 25-33
DROPS design: Pattern no bm-047-by
Yarn group A
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Size: (premature) 0/1 - 1/3 - 6/9 - 12/18 months (2 - 3/4) years
Finished measurements:
Bust: (36) 42-48-52-56 (60-66) cm / (14¼") 16½"-19"-20½"-22" (23½"-26")
Full length: (20) 24-28-30-32 (36-40) cm / (8") 9½"-11"-11¾"-12½" (14¼"-15¾")

Materials:
DROPS BABY MERINO from Garnstudio
(150) 150-150-150-200 (200-200) g color no 23, light beige

DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE (60 or 80 cm / 24" or 32") SIZE 3 mm/ US 2.5 - or size needed to get 24 sts x 48 rows in garter st = 10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4".
DROPS CROCHET HOOK size 3 mm / C - for edge.

DROPS MOTHER-OF-PEARL BUTTON w/HOLES, NO 521: (3) 3-3-3-3-4 (4-4) pieces

GARTER ST (back and forth on needle):
K all rows. 1 ridge = 2 rows K

BUTTONHOLES:
Dec for buttonholes on right band. 1 buttonhole = K tog second and third band st from edge and make 1 YO. Beg buttonholes when all parts have been placed on same circular needle.
Dec for buttonholes when piece measures:
Size premature: 11 and 14 cm / 4½" and 5½"
Size 0/1 months: 14 and 18 cm / 5½" and 7".
Size 1/3 months: 17 and 21 cm / 6¾" and 8¼"
Size 6/9 months: 18 and 24 cm / 7" and 9½"
Size 12/18 months: 19, 23 and 27 cm / 7½", 9" and 10½"
Size 2 years: 22, 26 and 30 cm / 8¾", 10¼" and 11¾"
Size 3/4 years: 25, 29 and 33 cm / 9¾", 11½" and 13"
In addition dec for one buttonhole after first ridge on neck edge.

DECREASE TIP (applies to raglan):
All dec are done from RS with 4 sts in garter st between each dec
Dec as follows before 4 sts in garter st: K 2 tog.
Dec after 4 sts in garter st as follows: Slip 1 st as if to K, K 1, psso
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JACKET:
Worked back and forth on circular needle from mid front.
Cast on (96) 108-124-132-144 (152-168) sts (includes 4 band sts in each side towards mid front) on circular needle size 3 mm / US 2.5 with light beige.
Work in GARTER ST - see explanation above. REMEMBER THE GAUGE!
When piece measures (10) 13-16-17-18 (21-24) cm / (4") 5"-6¼"-6¾"-7" (8¼"-9½"), work as follows from RS: (22) 25-29-31-34 (36-40) sts = right front piece, bind off the next 8 sts, (36) 42-50-54-60 (64-72) sts = back piece, bind off the next 8 sts, (22) 25-29-31-34 (36-40) sts (= left front piece).
Put piece aside and knit the sleeves.

SLEEVE:
The sleeve is worked back and forth on circular needle.
Cast on (36) 38-38-38-40 (42-44) sts (includes 1 edge st in each side for seam) on needle size 3 mm / US 2.5 with light beige and work in garter st.
AT THE SAME TIME when piece measures 4 cm / 1½", inc in each side as follows: Inc 1 st every (10) 8-8-6-6 (8-8) rows (3) 5-7-10-11 (12-14) times in total = (42) 48-52-58-62 (66-72) sts.
When piece measures (10) 14-17-18-21 (24-29) cm / (4") 5½"-6¾"-7"-8¼" (9½"-11½"), bind off 5 sts in each side = (32) 38-42-48-52 (56-62) sts.
Put piece aside and make another sleeve.

YOKE:
Slip sleeves on to same circular needle as body where armholes were bound off = (144) 168-192-212-232 (248-276) sts.
Insert 1 marker in all transitions between sleeves and body (= 4 markers). Dec for BUTTONHOLES on right band - see explanation above. After 2 rows dec for raglan – READ DECREASE TIP, with 4 sts in garter st between dec, dec 8 sts per row.
Dec before and after markers as follows:
Dec every 4 rows (9) 8-9-8-8 (9-8) times in total, then every other row (0) 4-5-9-11 (12-16) times – i.e. (9) 12-14-17-19 (21-24) dec in total.
AT THE SAME TIME when 2 dec remain, slip the outermost (8) 8-10-9-10 (10-11) sts in each side on stitch holders for neck.
Then dec 1 st towards the neck every other row 2 times in total in each side. After all dec for raglan and neck, (52) 52-56-54-56 (56-58) sts remain on needle.

ASSEMBLY:
Pick up approx. 68 to 86 sts around the neck (includes sts on needle and stitch holders at the front) on needle size 3 mm / US 2.5 with light beige.
Work 4 ridges - AT THE SAME TIME after 1 ridge dec for 1 buttonhole over the others on band. Bind off. Sew tog sleeve seams inside 1 edge st.
Sew tog the openings under the sleeves.
Sew the buttons on to left front piece.

CROCHET EDGE:
Work an edge around the opening on jacket on hook size 3 mm / C as follows: * 1 sc, ch 1, skip approx. 0.5 cm / ¼" *, repeat from *-* and finish with 1 sl st in first sc.

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