Candy Bar Jacket

Knitted jacket for children with stripes in DROPS Air, Nepal or Paris. The piece is worked top down with round yoke and raglan. Sizes 1-10 years.

DROPS Children 34-24
DROPS Design: Pattern no ai-016-bn
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
(12/18 months) – 2 – 3/4 – 5/6 – 7/8 – 9/10 years
Size equivalent to child’s height in cm:
(80/86) - 92 - 98/104 - 110/116 - 122/128 - 134/140 

MATERIALS:
DROPS AIR from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
(50)-50-50-50-50-100 g colour 20, rose
(50)-50-50-50-50-100 g colour 08, light pink
(50)-50-50-100-100-100g colour 22, yellow
(50)-100-100-100-100-100 colour 27, sea green
Or use:
DROPS NEPAL / PARIS from Garnstudio (belong to yarn group C)
(50)-50-50-100-100-100 g colour 8909, coral / 38, raspberry
(100)-100-100-100-100-150 g colour 3720, medium pink / 59, old pink
(100)-100-100-100-150-150 g colour 2923, goldenrod / 41, mustard
(100)-100-150-150-150-150 g colour 7120, light grey green / 62, sage green

KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 33 rows in height with garter stitch and 17 stitches in width and 22 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.

NEEDLES:
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5 MM.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 60 cm or 80 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 4 MM for rib.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4 MM: Length 60 cm or 80 cm for neck and rib.
Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

DROPS MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS, Flower (red) NO 617: 6-6-6-7-7-7 items.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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STRIPES:
Stripes are worked on the whole garment as follows:
Work (10½)-11-12-13-14-15 cm with rose, (8½)-9-10-11-12-13 cm yellow and (8½)- 9-10-11-12-13 cm sea green. Then complete the garment with light pink.

RIDGE/GARTER STITCH (worked back and forth):
1 ridge in height = Knit 2 rows.

BUTTONHOLES:
Work buttonholes on the right band (when garment is worn). Work from the right side when there are 3 stitches left on the row as follows: Make 1 yarn over, knit 2 together and knit the last stitch. On the next row knit the yarn over to leave a hole. The first buttonhole is worked when the piece measures approx. 1 cm. Then work the next (5)-5-5-6-6-6 buttonholes with approx. (5)-5½-6-6½-7 cm between each one.

INCREASE TIP (evenly spaced):
To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g. 47 stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g. 40) = 1.1. 
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after each stitch. Do not increase on bands. On the next row knit the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

RAGLAN:
Increase to raglan in each transition between body and sleeves. All increases are worked from the right side! Start 1 stitch before the marker, make 1 yarn over, knit 2 (the marker sits between these 2 stitches) and make 1 yarn over. On the next row purl the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The yoke is worked back and forth with circular needle, top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued back and forth with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.

YOKE:
Cast on (47)-53-55-57-61-61 stitches with circular needle size 4 mm and Air - the whole piece is worked in STRIPES – read description above. Work 3 ridges; the first buttonhole is worked after approx. 1 cm - see description above.
Change to circular needle size 5 mm and insert 1 marker; THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE. On the next row increase (40)-42-42-44-48-50 stitches evenly spaced – READ INCREASE TIP in explanations above = (87)-95-97-101-109-111 stitches. Work garter stitch until the piece measures (3)-3-3-3-3-3 cm. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! On the next row increase (36)-38-38-40-46-48 stitches evenly spaced = (123)-133-135-141-155-159 stitches. Work garter stitch until the piece measures (7)-7-7-7-7-7 cm. On the next row increase 30-32-38-40-42-42 stitches evenly spaced = (153)-165-173-181-197-201 stitches. Work garter stitch until the piece measures (11)-11-12-12-13-13 cm.
Now insert 4 markers in the piece without working the stitches as follows: Insert 1 marker after (25)-26-27-28-30-31 stitches (= front piece), the next marker after (31)-35-37-39-43-43 stitches (= sleeve), the next marker after (41)-43-45-47-51-53 stitches (= back piece) and the last marker after (31)-35-37-39-43-43 stitches (= sleeve). There are 25-26-27-28-30-31 stitches left after the last marker (= front piece).
Continue with stocking stitch (the outermost 5 stitches in each side are continued in garter stitch to finished length) and on the first row from the right side increase stitches to RAGLAN – read description above (8 stitches increased on row). Increase on each row from the right side a total of (2)-3-3-4-4-5 times = (169)-189-197-213-229-241 stitches on needle. Continue working until the piece measures (13)-14-15-16-17-18 cm from the marker. The yoke is now divided for body and sleeves as follows: Work (27)-29-30-32-34-36 stitches (= left front piece), place the next (35)-41-43-47-51-53 stitches on a thread for sleeve, cast on 6 new stitches on the needle (= side under sleeve), work (45)-49-51-55-59-63 stitches (= back piece), place the next (35)-41-43-47-51-53 stitches on a thread for sleeve, cast on 6 new stitches on the needle (= side under sleeve) and work the remaining (27)-29-30-32-34-36 stitches (= right front piece). Body and sleeves are finished separately. THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE!

BODY:
= (111)-119-123-131-139-147 stitches. Continue with stocking stitch (bands in garter stitch) and stripes as before until the piece measures (12)-14-16-19-22-25 cm from the division (or to desired length; there is approx. 2 cm left to finished length). Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Work the bands in garter stitch and the rest of the stitches in rib (knit 1/ purl 1) for 2 cm. Loosely cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl. The jacket measures approx. (30)-33-36-40-44-48 cm from the shoulder down.

SLEEVE:
Place the (35)-41-43-47-51-53 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6 stitches cast on under the sleeve = (41)-47-49-53-57-59 stitches. Insert a marker thread in the middle of the 6 stitches under the sleeve; beginning of round. Work in the round with stocking stitch and stripes until the piece measures (12)-16-21-24-27-31 cm (or to desired length; there is approx. (4)-4-4-4-5-5 cm left to finished length). On the next round decrease (13)-17-17-21-23-25 stitches evenly spaced = (28)-30-32-32-34-34 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 4 mm and work rib (knit 1/ purl 1) in the round for approx. (4)-4-4-4-5-5 cm. Loosely cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl.

Work the other sleeve in the same way.


ASSEMBLY:
Sew buttons onto left band.

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