Jacob's Sleeping Bag of Many Colours
This is a vintage baby-bag pattern probably intended for babies up to 3 months in age. It's very simple to knit and fastened around the edge with easy poppers. It's tempting to knit this in beautiful, soft, lofty yarns - however, it does need to be washable, if not so very hard wearing.
OK - maybe not so many colours - but so cute!
InstructionsThe striped pattern is worked as follows: 1st row: Knit in main shade These 22 rows are repeated to form the striped pattern. BodyThe body is worked in one piece; you start off knitting short, shaped pieces for the back and front separately then join them both onto one needle. The pattern as written should work out that the stripes match up when you join them together - make sure they do - and you may want to use a circular needle for the 86 stitches in chunky yarn. Back: With No 4 (6mm) needles and second contrast (Pink), cast on 25 sts and
purl one row. 1st row(right side): Cast on 3, knit
to end. Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to blue yarn for 9 rows: Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to pink yarn and work in sts for 5 rows starting with a purl row. Front: With No 4 (6mm) needles and first contrast (Sky Blue), cast on 23 sts
and purl one row. 1st row(right side): Cast on 3, knit
to end. Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to pink yarn: [Editor's note: You have ended with right side facing about to start your 6th row in pink yarn.] Right side facing, continuing in pink yarn, knit 41sts from front, and then 45 sts from back (stitches on holder). [86 sts] Continue straight until work measures 20 inches (51cm) - (measure the
back segment), ending with a wrong side row. Right side facing, tie coloured thread or place marker, between the 41st and 42nd sts and between the 84th and 85th sts. Next row (right side facing): Cast
off 4sts, work to end, and increase (cast on) 3 sts. [85sts] [Editor's note: You are now about to start the raglan shaping on the front, having completed 7 rows in colour blue with right side facing to begin 8th row in blue.] Next row(right side facing and keeping striped sequence correct): Cast off 3 sts, k 33 (34sts on needle). Turn, leaving remaining 48sts on a spare needle. 2nd row: Cast off 2 sts, purl to
end. [32sts] Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to pink yarn for 10 rows: Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to blue yarn for rest of front: The front should now measure 4¾ins (12cm) from beginning of raglan
shaping, and 2 sts remain. Back raglan shaping: With right side facing, take up 43sts of the back and leave the remaing
5 sts at the end of the row on a holder. Keeping striped sequence correct work as follows: cast off 2 sts at the
beginning of the next 6 rows, and one stitch at the beginning of the next
16 rows. With right side facing, take up the remaining 5 sts on the holder, and
keeping striped sequence correct work as follows: 1st row (right side facing): Cast
off 2 sts, knit to end. Change to white yarn for 1 row: Change to pink yarn for 10 rows: Change to blue yarn to complete: The work should now measure 4¾ins (12cm) from beginning of raglan
shaping, and 2 sts remain. Here's a photo of what it looks like (Figure 1):
Sleeves:With No 6 (5mm) needles and main shade, cast on 26sts. and work 4 rows in k1/p1 rib, ending with a wrong side row. Change to No 4 (6mm) needles and striped stocking stitch starting with 1 row of main shade (White). Then work in blue as follows: 2nd - 10th row: Stocking stitch in
blue yarn 12th row: Purl one row in white. 13th - 20th row: Stocking stitch
in blue yarn 23rd row: Knit one row in white. Work 7 rows straight in blue. Work measures 7ins (18cm), ending with
right side facing to start raglan shaping. Shape raglan by casting off 3sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows, 1st at each end of every following 3rd row, twice, 6 sts remain. Cast off. HoodWith No 4 (6mm) needles and first contrast, cast on 17 sts and work in
striped pattern starting with 3 rows of the first contrast. Cast on 22sts at the beginning of the next right side row. [39 sts] Continue straight until work measures until work measures 11½ins (29cm), ending with wrong side row, and 2 rows of second contrast. Cast off 22sts at the beginning of the next right side row. [17 sts] Continue straight until work measures until work measures 18ins (46cm), ending with wrong side row, and 2 rows of first contrast. Cast off. Here's a photo showing how the hood looks (Figure 2):
Front and Hood Band:With No 6 (5mm) needles and main shade, cast on 211sts and work 4 rows in k1/p1 rib, arranged as follows: 1st row: K2 *
p1, k1, repeat from * to last stitch;
k1. End with a wrong side row. Next row: Knit and leave sts on a holder. To Make UpSew up sleeve seams, and sew raglan seams together. Sew up hood seams, bringing together points G and H to make the hood
shape as shown in Figure 2 and then sew the back of
the hood to the back neck of the body between points G and H in Figure
1. With No 6 (5mm) hook and main shade work 2 rows dc along edge of sleeping
bag back from E to D and all around to C (refer back to Figure
1), working tightly across the bottom of the back section so that
it is slightly gathered and curls up to form the bottom of the bag. Here's a photo of the bottom section of the back of the bag (Figure 3):
Sew on front and hood band stitch by stitch from C all around to A and then around edge of hood from A to E fitting the edge of the band into the corner by the edge of the hood, at point E. Sew on snap fasteners evenly from C to D to E on right side of work and from A to B to C on wrong side edge of front. Press all seams heartily. (That is: carefully with a damp cloth). Sew on decorative buttons if required. |
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