Jacket for girl

Author - Natalia P.

You will need: 150 g of Pekhorka yarn "Children's novelty", 100% bulky acrylic, 50 g – 200 meters, needles No. 3

For a height of 80-86 cm.

Knit until the armholes in one piece.
Cast on 209 stitches (including edge stitches), knit three rows of garter stitch.
Then distribute the stitches as follows: edge stitch, 7 garter stitch stitches for the placket, 1 purl stitch, 8 repeats of the pattern, 7 placket stitches, 1 edge stitch.
Knit according to pattern No. 1, repeating the pattern from row 1.

After 20 cm from the start of knitting, decrease 64 stitches (every 3rd stitch). There should be 145 stitches left on the needles (including plackets and edge stitches).
Distribute the stitches on the needle as follows: edge stitch, 7 placket stitches, 26 stitches for the front, 7 stitches to close for the armhole, 63 stitches for the back, 7 stitches to close for the armhole, 26 stitches for the front, 7 placket stitches, edge stitch.
Now knit each part separately.

Right front:
Knit as follows: edge stitch, 7 placket stitches, 1 purl stitch and then according to pattern No. 2, finish the row with 1 purl stitch and edge stitch. After 9 cm from the start of knitting the yoke, decrease for the neckline in each right side row: 1 time 8 stitches, 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 3 stitches. At a height of 14-15 cm from the start of the yoke, close the remaining 18 shoulder stitches.
Do not forget to knit buttonholes on the right front. Make the first buttonhole at the level of the start of the yoke, the second – 4.5 cm later (approximately 20 rows), the third buttonhole will be on the neckline edging.
The buttonholes on the placket of garter stitch are made as follows: edge stitch, 3 knit stitches, yarn over, 2 knit together, 2 knit stitches.

Left front: knit symmetrically to the right, but without buttonholes.

Back:
Knit as follows: edge stitch, 1 purl stitch, then according to pattern No. 2, finish the row with 1 purl stitch and edge stitch. At a height of 11-12 cm from the start of the yoke, close the middle 11 stitches and finish each half separately. For the neckline, decrease in each right side row: 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 3 stitches. There should be 18 stitches left for each shoulder on the needle. Knit straight until a height of 14-15 cm.

Sleeve: cast on 51 stitches, knit 10 rows of 1x1 ribbing. Then distribute the stitches as follows: edge stitch, 9 knit stitches, 1 purl stitch, 29 stitches of pattern No. 3, 1 purl stitch, 9 knit stitches, edge stitch.
For the sleeves' slopes, increase 8 times by 1 stitch on both sides in every 6th row. After 15 cm from the start of the pattern, there should be 67 stitches on the needle. For the sleeve cap, close on both sides in each right side row: 1 time 4 stitches, 4 times 3 stitches, 3 times 2 stitches. Close the remaining 23 stitches in the last row.

Assembly:
Sew the shoulders. Cast on 80 stitches around the neckline and knit 10-12 rows of garter stitch, remembering to make a buttonhole.
Set in the sleeves, sew on the buttons. Decorate as your imagination suggests.

And here is the result:

 

The model was made by elebojko
 

 

 

 

This is the back

 

 

 

 

Work by Galina K.