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Copyright by Knits4Kids 2011 StarShaped Baby Vest This pattern is a part of the most gorgeous free pattern collection from the international multilingual portal http://knits4kids.com . Knits4Kids is a platform for those looking for something special and unique and wants to spend money on the yarn and not on the patterns!!! This pattern is universal: you can make any size, adjust width/length without many computations; you can make a jacket, a tunic, a coat, a dress, a vest, etc. (see photos on the next pages). Material: for a 912 month old baby jacket (photo above) the total of 150 to 200 g of cotton yarn (50g=120m, such as Catania Cotton). You need 9 matching colors, like on the photo or any others you find. Crochet hook 3, one button. If you do not have 9 colors, you can use 3 or 4 by repeating them. The vest is worked as one piece from the top (neck opening) towards the bottom. The finished vest is added a row of picot along all edges.

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Star-­Shaped  Baby  Vest  

This   pattern   is   a   part   of   the   most   gorgeous   free   pattern   collection   from   the   international  multilingual  portal  http://knits4kids.com  .    

Knits4Kids  is  a  platform  for  those  looking  for  something  special  and  unique  and  wants  to  spend  money  on  the  yarn  and  not  on  the  patterns!!!  

 

This   pattern   is   universal:   you   can   make   any   size,   adjust   width/length   without   many  computations;  you  can  make  a  jacket,  a  tunic,  a  coat,  a  dress,  a  vest,  etc.  (see  photos  on  the  next  pages).    

Material:  for  a  9-­‐12  month  old  baby  jacket  (photo  above)  the  total  of  150  to  200  g  of  cotton  yarn  (50g=120m,  such  as  Catania  Cotton).  You  need  9  matching  colors,  like  on  the  photo  or  any  others  you  find.  Crochet  hook  3,  one  button.  

If  you  do  not  have  9  colors,  you  can  use  3  or  4  by  repeating  them.  

The  vest  is  worked  as  one  piece  from  the  top  (neck  opening)  towards  the  bottom.  The  finished  vest  is  added  a  row  of  picot  along  all  edges.  

 

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To  get  the  right  size,  measure  the  desired  total  length  of  the  neck  opening,  make  a  gauge  of  10  dc  and  calculate  how  many  stitches  you  need  to  chain  for  the  first  row.  Since  the  vest  consists  of  14  corner  patterns,  round  this  number  up  to  a  number  dividable  by  14  without  rest.  So,  a  valid  number  could  be  42,  56,  70,  84,  etc.  

 

 

chain stitch

double crochet

2 dc into 1 st

2 dc together

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The  chart  above  shows  the  main  pattern  (3  repetitions).  You  need  14  repetitions  (2x2  for  2  front  parts  +  4  for  the  back  plus  2x3  for  the  sleeves.  

With  the  1st  color,  chain  the  desired  number  (suppose  56).  Each  row  is  started  by  ch3  and  is  finished  be  2  dc  together,  as  shown  on  the  chart.  

Each  color  is  used  for  2  rows,  row  1  facing  the  front  and  row  2  facing  the  back  of  the  work.    

If  you  have  56  st  in  total,  you  have  4  st  per  each  of  the  14  corner  patterns,  so  you  can  proceed  according  to  row  1  of  the  chart.  

If  you  have  84  st  in  total,  you  have  6  st  per  each  of  the  14  corner  patterns,  so  your  first  row  would  bet  he  3rd  row  of  the  chart.  

If  you  have  70  st  in  total,  you  have  5  st  per  each  of  the  14  corner  patterns,  so  your  first  row  would  bet  he  2nd  row  of  the  chart.  

Make  2  rows  and  fasten  off.  

Join  next  color.      Each  first  row  of  the  next  color  is  worked  stitching  to  the  back  loop  of  the  stitch,  like  this:  

 

Continue  crocheting  2  rows  of  each  next  color  till  you  have  the  total  of  10  rows  (=5  colors).  Here  you  separate  the  piece  into  front,  sleeves  and  back  as  follows:  

Attach  the  next  color  and  work  2  corner  patterns,  skip  the  next  3  corner  patterns  (sleeve)  and  work  the  next  4  corner  patterns  (back),  skip  the  next  3  corner  patterns  (sleeve)  and  work  the  remaining  2  (front).  Continue  working  till  you  have  the  desired  length  (8  more  rows  fort  he  model  on  the  photo).  

You  are  almost  done.  Now  add  the  edging  with  any  color  you  wish.  The  edging  around  the  bottom,  the  sides  and  the  neck  opening  consists  2  rows,  both  facing  the  right  (i.e.,  front)  side  of  the  work.  Just  work  these  2  rows  in  a  circle.  

Row  1:  You  work  in  sc  with  some  adjustments  for  the  neckline  and  the  bottom  edge.  See  the  next  chart  (top  row)  for  the  bottom  edge.  Basically,  you  continue  working  in  sc,  with  2  sc  together  in  the  inward  corners  and  2  sc  into  the  same  st  in  the  outward  corners.  For  the  neckline:  sc  into  each  st  skipping  each  5th  (or  6th,  etc.)  st  to  make  it  a  little  tighter.  

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Row  2:  *2  sc,  1  picot*;  repeat.  

Picots  are  created  by  chaining  the  number  of  stitches  called  for  in  the  pattern  and  then  working  a  slip  stitch  in  the  indicated  stitch  or  space.  To  work  a  picot  in  this  version,  work  as  follows.    Picot:  Ch  3,  insert  hook  through  front  loop  of  base  st  and  left  vertical  bar  of  base  st,  yarn  over,  pull  through  all  loops  on  hook.  

 

Edging  for  the  sleeves  consists  only  of  the  2nd  row  (with  picots)  described  above.  

 

 

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chain stitch

double crochet

2 dc into 1 st

2 dc together

2-single crochet cluster/decrease

2-single crochet increase