Pleats Aplenty by Lynne Leblanc

Pleats Aplenty

Knitting
Aran (8 wpi) ?
12 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in /10cm in Mesh pat with larger needle.
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
3.75 mm (F)
5.5 mm (I)
1274 - 1862 yards (1165 - 1703 m)
Child’s size 2 (4, 6, 8)
English

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Measurements
Top
Chest: 26 (28, 30, 32) inches (tied)
Length: 131/4 (141/4, 151/4, 161/4) inches (back neck to bottom of pleats)
Shorts
Length: 141/4 (15, 153/4, 161/2) inches (includes pleat and waistband)

Materials

  • Knit One, Crochet Too Nautika (worsted weight; 85% micro-fiber acrylic/15% nylon; 98 yds/ 50g per skein): 7 (8, 9, 10) skeins chalk #658 (A), 6 (7, 8, 9) skeins marine #687 (B)
  • Size 5 (3.75mm) 24-inch circular and double-point needles or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Size 9 (5.5mm) 32-inch circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Stitch holders
  • Stitch markers

Gauge
12 sts and 24 rows = 4 inches/10cm in Mesh pat with larger needle.
20 sts and 28 rows = 4 inches/10cm in St st with smaller needle.