Knitted jacket for a girl

Contents
Knitting description
Body of the jacket
Back
Front
Neckline
Placket
Sleeve
Knitting description
For sizes: 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, corresponding to the chest circumference: 48.5/51/56 cm.

Length of the finished jacket: 25.5/28/30.5/33 cm.

You will need:

Cascade Yarns yarn (100% wool, 200m/100g) – 200 grams;
Needles No. 3.75;
3 buttons.
Abbreviations:

2KLT – 2 sts together left, insert the needle into the 1st, then into the 2nd st. on the left needle and knit them together frontwise through the back loop;
2KPT – 1 st together right, insert the needle into the 2nd, then into the 1st st. and knit them together through the front loop;
DK – double decrease, insert the needle into the 2nd, then into the 1st st. and slip them onto the right needle without knitting, knit 1 front, pass the slipped stitches over the knitted one;
YO – yarn over.

main lace pattern with eyelets:

Row 1 (RS): *YO, DK, YO, 7K.* – repeat from * to the last 3 sts, YO, DK, YO;
Rows 2 and all even: all purl;
Row 3: as row 1;
Row 5: *3K, YO, 2KLT, 3K, 2KPT, YO*, at the end 3K;
Row 7: *4K, YO, 2KLT, 1K, 2KPT, YO, 1K.*, 3K;
Row 9: *5K, YO, DK, YO, 2K.*, 3K;
Row 10: as row 2.
Alternate rows 1 to 10.

Body of the jacket
Cast on 85/89/95/99 sts and knit 5 rows in knit stitches.

In the next row, distribute the sts as follows: 1/3/1/3K, then continue with the lace pattern until the last 1/3/1/3 sts, 1/3/1/3K.

Continue knitting 1/3/1/3 sts in the beginning and end of the row in stockinette stitch, the remaining sts – in eyelet pattern. Total 18/19/20.5/21.5 cm and stop on a purl row.

Separate 21/22/24/25 sts on each side – these are the fronts and place markers.

Knit to the last 5 sts before the 1st marker and bind off 10 sts for the armhole, then continue until 10 sts before the marker and turn. Slip the remaining 26/27/29/30 sts onto a stitch holder.

Back
Knit the back straight for 6.5/7.5/9/10 cm from the division, bind off the middle 11/11/11/13 sts for the neckline. Then bind off 1 st from the neckline side in every 2nd row twice (=9/10/11/11 sts).

Front
On the left front, bind off 10 sts for the armhole and finish the row with the pattern. and at the end 1/3/1/3 sts in stockinette stitch.

When you knit 4/5/5/6.5 cm, start shaping the neckline. For this, in every 2nd row make the following decreases: Row 1 3/3/4/5 sts, Row 2 2 sts (=9/10/11/11 sts).

At the height of the back, finish the work.

Knit the second piece as a mirror image.

Neckline
Pick up 1 st from each st for 3 sts from every 4 rows. Work 4 rows in garter stitch.

Placket
Pick up sts along the front pieces. 2 rows of garter stitch. Position the buttonholes at such distances, starting from the neckline: 2p., 2 together purl, YO, (8purl, 2 together purl, YO) – 2 times, remaining sts – purl. Knit 2 rows in garter stitch.

Knit the second placket in 4 rows of garter stitch.

Sleeve
Cast on 25/25/35/35 sts and work 5 rows in garter stitch.

Distribute the sts as follows: the first and last st – stockinette stitch, the remaining sts – eyelet pattern. Do this for 10 rows. Continue in stockinette stitch and at the same time increase 1 st on each side.

Repeat the increases every 8 rows total 2/3/2/3 times (=29/31/39/41 sts).

At a height of 16.5/19/20.5/21.5 cm from the start of the sleeve. Then knit straight for another 6 rows, bind off all sts.

And this same sweater can be knitted with 3/4 sleeves – for spring.