Two Color Baby Jacket by Natalia Blank

Two Color Baby Jacket

Knitting
June 2014
S.R. Kertzer Angel Baby
Sport (12 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in garter
US 5 - 3.75 mm
500 - 550 yards (457 - 503 m)
3, 6/9, 12 months
English
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Give a new arrival the warmest of welcomes with this beautiful jacket. It is quite easy to knit since it is worked in one piece, with simple but effective stitches that even a beginner can manage. The functional two-color design opens to a realm of possibilities: you can even match it to your new baby’s nursery colors!
Give your love to a little love bug with this jacket.

Materials
Yarn: Angel Baby or any fingering weight (50 g /185 yards)
Size 3 6/9 12 months
Color 1 (Pink) 50 50 50 grams
Colors 2 (Green) 100 100 150 grams
5 buttons

Needles: circular US 5 (3.75 mm) or size needed to obtain correct gauge
Gauge: 21 st x 40 rows = 4x4 inches 10x 10 cm in garter stitch
Bust: 19 ¾ (22, 24 ¼) inches 50 (56, 62) cm

Notes: The jacket is knitted top down: circular yoke worked first, then back and fronts as one piece. Instructions are written for size 3 months, with 6/9 and 12 months in brackets (,). If only one number is given it applies to all sizes. Pink yarn is referred to as Color 1; Green yarn - Color 2. Make sure your cast on is somewhat loose, as it will go over the baby’s neck.