Child's jumper #1 by Margery Winter

Child's jumper #1

Knitting
October 1989
Patons Yarn Pure Wool Superwash
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
792 - 1056 yards (724 - 966 m)
23, 24, 26 inches
English

Slip-over jumper with fitted bodice to fit girls 4 -8 years (approximately). Jumper is made with a turnover hem from the bottom to the waist, finished with knitted pleats, then bound off. Bodice is picked up from bound-off stitches.

Measure at underarms for given size.

Also need a set of DPNs to make pleats, and a size F crochet hook for crab stitch border around neck and armholes.

Rated Intermediate by VK editors.

Pattern in magazine includes instructions for a pullover to be worn under the jumper. Yardage given is for jumper (pinafore) only.