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Knit jacket for a child

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Yarn - Bernat Handicrafter (color: cool grey ombre) / medium 4 / 12 oz (340 g) / 608 yards (556 m) / less than 1ball needed
Knitting Needles - Circular 29" Size 5 (3.75 mm), circular 16" Size 5 (3.75 mm), and double pointed US 3 (3.25 mm) or other size needles needed for the gauge
Gauge - About 16 stitches go into 4 inches
Jacket Size - 3T – 4T
Complexity - Beginner friendly pattern

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Jacket knitting pattern – long-sleeve sweater with a zipper
Step-by-step knitting instructions
Knit the jacket from the top (neck line) to bottom.
Step 1
Cast on loosely (or using two knitting needles) 41 stitches or multiples of 2 sts plus 1 additional st. Make as many sts as necessary to fit around the neck line.
Step 2
1st row (wrong side) – sl.st.1, [k1, p1] to last 1st; k1 and turn the work to the right side
Starting from the second row, increase 10 sts every other row making about even intervals between each increase.
2nd row (right side) – sl.st.1, [p1, k1, inc1, k1] to end
3rd and all odd rows – sl.st.1, knit all k sts and purl all p sts
4th row – sl.st.1, [inc1, k1, p2, k1] to end
6th row – sl.st.1, [p2, k1, p1, inc1, k1] to end
8th row – sl.st.1, [p1, inc1, k1, p3, k1] to end
10th row – sl.st.1, [p3, k1, p2, inc1, k1] to end
12th row – sl.st.1, [p2, inc1, k1, p4, k1] to end
14th row – sl.st.1, [p4, k1, p3, inc1, k1] to end
16th row – sl.st.1, [p3, inc1, k1, p5, k1] to end
18th row – sl.st.1, [p5, k1, p4, inc1, k1] to end
20th row – sl.st.1, [p4, inc1, k1, p6, k1] to end
22th row – sl.st.1, [p6, k1, p5, inc1, k1] to end
24th row – sl.st.1, [p5, inc1, k1, p7, k1] to end
26th row – sl.st.1, [p7, k1, p6, inc1, k1] to end
28th row – sl.st.1, [p6, inc1, k1, p8, k1] to end
29th row = 3rd row
You should have 181 stitches in total.
Step 3
Join the back and two front parts together
30th row – sl.st.1, p8, (k1, p8) x 2, slide 37 sts onto a safety pin, p8, (k1, p8) x 5, slide 37 sts onto a second safety pin, (p8, k1) x 3
31st row – sl.st.1, k17, p1, k16, p1, (k17, p1) x 2, k16, p1, k18
Step 4
Stockinette stitch
32nd row (right side) – sl.st.1, k to end
33rd row – sl.st.1, p to end
Alternate the 32 and 33 row for about 50 rows or until you knit the desire length of the jacket.
Step 5
Ribbing
Knit 10 rows – k1 x p1
Cast off all the stitches. Cut the yarn and secure it.
Step 6
Sleeves
Slide the sts from a safety pin onto circular needles or double pointed needles, attach the yarn, and pick up about 5 sts underarm in order not to develop a hole.
Knit all sts in the round decreasing 1st every 5 rounds until you reach the desire length of the sleeve or have about 32 sts left. Then work the ribbing – k1 x p1. Cast off all the sts, cut the yarn, and secure it.
Step 7
Collar
Pick up loosely 41 sts using other loops of the initial cast on sts. Then work the ribbing – k1 x p1 for about 20 rows. Cast off all the sts, cut the yarn, and secure it.
Step 8
Zipper
Fix a 16 inch long zipper (or as long as necessary) into place from the bottom of the jacket to the middle of the collar with safety pins. Fold the other half of the collar to wrap it around the zipper to the neck line and hand sew all the way around the neck line from the wrong side of the garment. Then sew the zipper onto the garment permanently (hand sew or use a sewing machine).

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Abbreviations
inc – increase – make above one purl stitch two p sts. For that, place a loop of the previous row onto a left needle then purl these two loops
k – knit stitch
p – purl stitch
sl.st. – slip stitch – slide one stitch from the left needle to the right one without knitting it
st – stitch

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Hi Sana, my gauge is same as

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as urs. I am using 3.75 mm needle. Plz help me with the pattern for 14-15 years old boy. How many loops I need to take and how many increases I need to do. Plz explain

Hi rashmi,

Hi rashmi,
I used 41 sts to work 20 repeats. For each front and shoulder part, I used 3 and 4 repeats respectively. I used 6 repeats for the back part. To make the jacket bigger, I would use 53 sts for work 26 repeats. I'd use 4 and 5 repeats for each front and shoulder part respectively, and I'd use 8 repeats for the back part. I would work more rows increasing sts before joining front and back parts together. Happy knitting!

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as urs. I am using 3.75 mm needle. Plz help me with the pattern for 14-15 years old boy. How many loops I need to take and how many increases I need to do. Plz explain

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as urs. I am using 3.75 mm needle. Plz help me with the pattern for 14-15 years old boy. How many loops I need to take and how many increases I need to do. Plz explain

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as

Hi Sana, my gauge is same as urs. I am using 3.75 mm needle. Plz help me with the pattern for 14-15 years old boy. How many loops I need to take and how many increases I need to do. Plz explain

Hi.

Hi.
Very clear instructions Sana.
I was wondering which decreasing method should I use?

Hi sucheta1390,

Hi sucheta1390,
I'm not sure what you mean by "decreasing". The pattern requires to increase sts. In the video I showed how I did the increase. Happy knitting!

Hi Sana, for the sleeve bit u

Hi Sana, for the sleeve bit u have asked us to decrease every 5th round. So I was wondering which decreasing method should we use . Thank you :)

Hi sucheta1390,

Hi sucheta1390,
Thank you for clarifying this for me. It is necessary to knit two stitches together to decrease one stitch. I did not show it in this video, but you may watch the decreasing method in the other video https://youtu.be/Qgjek0aF4XU on this webpage https://interunet.com/knit-sweater. Watch the video starting from about 7:45. Happy knitting!

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