Directions for CHILD’S SLEEVELESS FILET SLIP-ON AND CAP

2 to 4 years

Materials:

3 Skeins LION BRAND Shetland Floss; 1 Hook, No. 3 or No. 2.

Directions:

M: Mesh. B: Block.

Back: Ch. 61 sts., work 29M on ch.

Second Row—1B, 8M, 5B, 1M, 5B, 8M, 1M.

Third Row—2B, 6M, 2B, 3M, 3B, 3M, 2B, 6M, 2B.

Fourth Row—1M, 1B, 6M, 1B, 1M, 2B, 5M, 2B, 1M, 1B, 6M, 1B, 1M.

Fifth Row—1M, 3B, 2M, 3B, 2M, 2B, 1M, 1B, 1M, 2B, 2M, 3B, 2M, 3B, 1M.

Sixth Row—3M, 4B, 5M, 2B, 1M, 2B, 5M, 4B, 3M.

Seventh Row—29M all across row.

Repeat seventh row 6 times more.

Fourteenth Row—Start to decrease 1M at each end of every row until there are 23M in row. Then work diagram for chickens, then 7 more rows of M. This finishes back.

Front: Work 6M, 1B, ch. 3, turn. Block is always at neck end.

Work 15 rows of 6M, 1B for shoulder. Make the other shoulder the same. Add a ch. of 18 sts., or if work is tight add a ch. of 27 sts. On next row work d. c. on ch. added at neck.

Next Row—23M. Then work the diagram for chickens. Start and add 1M at each end until there are 23M in row; then work as long as back. Repeat the first 7 rows backwards for bottom. Sew up sides and finish around neck, armholes, and bottom with a picot edge.

CAP

1 Skein LION BRAND Floss.

Ch. 3, join in a ring. 12 d. c. in ring.

Second Row—2M in first d. c., * 1M in next d. c., 2 in next d. c., repeat from star across row.

Third Row—Same as second row, only 1 more M between the double M. Continue this until the cap fits top of head, then no more double M, all single until size required.

Scallops: 4 d. c. in every other M.

Second Row—6 d. c. in the center of the 4 d. c. in first row, 2 d. c. between the 4 d. c. Repeat across row.

Third Row—Turn work and work 6 d. c. in each space between the 4 d. c. in first row. Finish top and bottom rows with a ch. of 4 in every other d. c., fasten off.

Child’s Slip-on and Tam (10 to 12 years)