Volume 4 — Baby's Three-Piece Crocheted Set

No. 802

Size 6 months

1 Bone Crochet hook, size 3.

Material—Baby Zephyr Pompadour. 3 one ounce balls pink. 1 one ounce ball, blue. For Sacque, Cap and Booties.

SACQUE

Row 1—With pink, ch 62 sts (to measure 9½ inches, loosely), work 1 s c in 2nd ch from hook, 1 s c in next st, 2 s c in next ch, 1 s c in each of the next 2 ch, *skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 2 ch, 2 s c in next st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 ch, repeat from *across row, ending with 3 s c (10 points).

Row 2—Ch 1, turn, work 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts (picking up back loop only), 2 s c in next st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts, *skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts, 2 s c in next st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from *across row, ending with 3 s c, do not break thread.

Row 3—With blue, ch 1, turn, repeat row 2 for 2 rows of blue. Alternate pink and blue every 2 rows, until you have 18 rows.

Row 19—Ch 1, turn, follow pattern for 3 points and end with 3 s c (19 s c for shoulder) work on these 19 sts for 9 rows. Ch 12 sts loosely at neck edge. S c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in next st, *2 s c in next st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts, skip 1 st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from *across row, ending with 3 s c (5 points). Work on these 5 points for 15 rows, break thread. With blue, attach yarn at neck edge and work over 3 points, ending with 3 s c. Work to correspond to other front. The front just completed will have 1 more row than the other side. Continue with pink, ch 4, turn, *skip 2 sts, work 4 d c in next st, picking up both threads, skip 3 sts, 1 d c in next st, 1 d c in last st just skipped (making an X), repeat from *across front, ending with 4 d c in last st, ch 10, work 4 d c in first st on back, skip 3 sts, 1 d c in next st, 1 d c in st just skipped, repeat between **across back, ending with a shell. Ch 10 for underarm and continue across front, beg with a shell ending row with 1 d c in last st. Ch 4, turn, *skip 2 d c, d c in next st, d c in st just skipped, 4 d c between the X pattern, repeat from *across front. Skip 1 ch, work 4 d c in next ch, skip 3 ch, d c in next ch, d c in st just skipped. Skip 2 ch, 4 d c in next ch. Follow pattern across back, underarm and front; end row with 1 d c in ch 3 at beg of row. Ch 4, work remainder of sacque same as last 2 rows for 8 more rows. Break thread.

No. 802

Baby Graduates with highest honors from Style 801 to this set for that afternoon stroll with mother. Just the thing to wear to get those beneficial sunrays. Made in delicate pink and blue of Baby Zephyr Pompadour.

Scallop—With blue, fasten thread at left hand corner, ch 1, *work 6 d c in center of X pattern, s c in center of next pattern, repeat from *end row with a shell and s c in corner.

With pink, fasten thread at front edge on right side and s c up front, then ch 3 at neck edge, *skip 1 st, d c in next st, repeat from *around neck, s c down left front. Work picot on bottom as follows: *ch 1, loosely, sl st into next st, repeat from *around bottom, break thread.

Sleeves—With pink fasten thread at underarm, work 1 s c around armhole. Row 1—Ch 4, *skip 2 s c, work 4 d c in next st, skip 3 s c, d c in next st, d c in st just skipped, repeat from *around row, ending with d c in same st as ch at beg of row (8 shell, 8 X patterns), sl st in 3rd ch. Sl st 3 more sts, ch 4. Row 2—Work 4 d c between next X pattern, continue pattern around row and end row same as Row 1. Work 11 more rows in same manner. On 14th row, work 3 d c in X pattern and an X pattern in each shell.

Cuff—Work 2 rows of s c with pink (decreasing every 5th st on first row).

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