First Outing

This is a simple vest for a newborn baby. I designed it for a very young friend of mine. A great beginner project, strategically placed garter stitch gives the appearance of curves without the difficulty of curves. With buttons on the side and straps, it will be easy to put on. Based on the weather in October (in the American South), it should be an ideal layer over a little shirt and pants for his first outing.

First Outing

Materials:

Worsted weight yarn (less than 110 yards)

Size US 8 knitting needles

5 half-inch buttons

Darning needle and scissors

Needle and thread

Size: Newborn

Cast on 70 stitches.

Slip all first stitches. A slipped stitch counts as a knit stitch. 

Knit back and forth in garter stitch for 8 rows.

Row 9: K 5, P 60, K 5.

Row 10: K 2, YO, K2tog, K to end of row.

Row 11: K 5, P 60, K 5.

Row 12: K to end of row.

Repeat rows 11 and 12 four times.

Row 21: K 5, P 60, K 5.

Row 22: K 2, YO, K2tog, K to end of row.

Repeat rows 11 and 12 four times.

Row 31: K 9, P 18, K 15, P 18, K 10

Row 32: K to end of row.

Row 33: K 10, P 16, K 17, P 16, K 11

Row 34: K 2, YO, K2tog, K to end of row.

Row 35: K 11, P 14, K 19, P 14, K 12

Row 36: K to end of row.

Row 37: Bind off 7, K 5, P 12, K 5, bind off 12, K 5, P 12, K 5, bind off 7, break yarn and pull through.

                Begin knitting on left set of live stitches.

Row 1b: K to end of row.

Row 2b: K 5, P 12, K 5.

                Repeat rows 1b and 2b once.

Knit back and forth in garter stitch for 4 rows.

Row 9b: K 3, YO, K2tog, K 12, ssk, YO, K 3.

Knit back and forth in garter stitch for 2 rows.

Row 12b: Bind off all stitches, break yarn and pull through.

                Begin knitting on the right set of stitches.

Row 1c: K to end of row.

Row 2c: K 5, P 12, K 5.

                Repeat rows 1c and 2c twice.

Knit back and forth in garter stitch for 8 rows.

Row 15c: K 11

Row 16c: K2tog, K 9

Row 17c: K 10

Row 18c: K2tog, K 8

Row 19c: K 9

Row 20c: K2tog, K 7

Row 21c: K 8

Row 22c: K2tog, K6

Knit back in forth in garter stitch for 31 rows.

Bind off all stitches, break yarn and pull through.

Repeat for other strap, reversing the shaping so that the straps come down to a V in the middle. Weave in all ends. Block lightly. Sew on buttons.