Bubble Bobble

Jacket
By Martin Storey
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Bubble Bobble
Jacket
by Martin Storey

YARN with RS facing for next row.

To fit age Shape armholes
0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-18 months Keeping patt correct, cast off 3 sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Wool Cotton 4 ply 65 [67: 69: 73: 75] sts.
A Cloudy 505 Dec 1 st at each end of next and foll 3 alt rows. 57 [59: 61: 65: 67] sts.
2 3 3 3 3 x 50gm Cont straight until armhole meas 10.5 [11: 11.5: 12: 12.5] cm,
B Dark Lime 503 ending with RS facing for next row.
1 1 1 1 1 x 50gm Shape shoulders and back neck
Next row (RS): Cast off 4 [4: 4: 5: 5] sts, patt until there are 11 [11:
NEEDLES 12: 12: 13] sts on right needle and turn, leaving rem sts on a holder.
1 pair 23/4mm (no 12) (US 2) needles Work each side of neck separately.
1 pair 31/4mm (no 10) (US 3) needles Keeping patt correct, dec 1 st at neck edge of next 3 rows and at
same time cast off 4 [4: 4: 5: 5] sts at beg of 2nd row.
BUTTONS 5 x BN1624 from Bedecked. Please see information Cast off rem 4 [4: 5: 4: 5] sts.
page for contact details. With RS facing, slip centre 27 [29: 29: 31: 31] sts onto a holder,
rejoin yarn and patt to end.
TENSION Complete to match first side, reversing shapings.
28 sts and 36 rows to 10 cm measured over patt using 31/4mm (US
3) needles. LEFT FRONT
Using 23/4mm (US 2) needles and yarn A cast on 35 [36: 37: 39: 40] sts.
SPECIAL ABBREVIATION Work in g st for 10 rows, ending with RS facing for next row.
MB = make bobble as folls: (K1, P1, K1) all into next st, turn and Change to 3 1/4mm (US 3) needles.
P3, turn and K3, turn and P3, turn, sl 1, K2tog, psso. Beg and ending rows as indicated, cont in patt from chart as folls:
Cont in patt until left front matches back to beg of armhole shaping,
BACK ending with RS facing for next row.
Using 23/4mm (US 2) needles and yarn A cast on 71 [73: 75: 79: 81] Shape armhole
sts. Keeping patt correct, cast off 3 sts at beg of next row.
Work in g st for 10 rows, ending with RS facing for next row. 32 [33: 34: 36: 37] sts.
Change to 31/4mm (US 3) needles. Work 1 row.
Beg and ending rows as indicated, using the intarsia technique as Dec 1 st at armhole edge of next and foll 3 alt rows.
described on the information page and repeating the 20 row patt 28 [29: 30: 32: 33] sts.
repeat throughout, cont in patt from chart, which is worked mainly Cont straight until 8 [10: 10: 10: 12] rows less have been worked
in st st beg with a K row, as folls: than on back to beg of shoulder shaping, ending with RS facing
Cont in patt until back meas 12.5 [13.5: 14.5: 15.5: 16.5] cm, ending for next row.
Shape front neck MAKING UP
Next row (RS): Patt 18 [19: 20: 21: 23] sts and turn, leaving rem Press as described on the information page.
10 [10: 10: 11: 10] sts on a holder (for collar). Join both shoulder seams using back stitch, or mattress stitch if
Keeping patt correct, dec 1 st at neck edge of next 4 rows, then on preferred.
foll 1 [2: 2: 2: 3] alt rows. 13 [13: 14: 15: 16] sts. Button band
Work 1 row, ending with RS facing for next row. With RS facing, using 23/4mm (US 2) needles and yarn A, pick up
Shape shoulder and knit 55 [59: 63: 67: 71] sts evenly along one front opening edge
Cast off 4 [4: 4: 5: 5] sts at beg of next and foll alt row and at same (left front for a girl, or right front for a boy), between neck shaping
time dec 1 st at neck edge of next row. and cast-on edge.
Work 1 row. Work in g st for 8 rows, ending with WS facing for next row.
Cast off rem 4 [4: 5: 4: 5] sts. Cast off knitwise (on WS).
Buttonhole band
RIGHT FRONT Work to match button band, picking up sts along other front
Work to match left front, reversing shapings and working first row opening edge and making 5 buttonholes in row 4 as folls:
of neck shaping as folls: Row 4 (buttonhole row) (RS): K5, *yfwd, K2tog (to make a
Shape front neck buttonhole), K9 [10: 11: 12: 13], rep from * 3 times more, yfwd,
Next row (RS): Patt 10 [10: 10: 11: 10] sts and slip these sts onto a K2tog (to make 5th buttonhole), K4.
holder (for collar), patt to end. 18 [19: 20: 21: 23] sts. Collar
With RS facing, using 23/4mm (US 2) needles and yarn A, starting
SLEEVES and ending halfway across top of front bands, pick up and knit 3 sts
Using 23/4mmm (US 2) needles and yarn A cast on 37 [39: 41: 45: from top of right front band, then K across 10 [10: 10: 11: 10] sts on
47] sts. right front holder, pick up and knit 9 [11: 11: 11: 13] sts up right
Work in g st for 10 rows, ending with RS facing for next row. side of front neck, then 3 sts down right side of back neck, K across
Change to 31/4mm (US 3) needles. 27 [29: 29: 31: 31] sts on back holder, pick up and knit 3 sts up left
Beg and ending rows as indicated, cont in patt from chart as folls: side of back neck, and 9 [11: 11: 11: 13] sts down left side of front
Inc 1 st at each end of next [next: 3rd: 3rd: 3rd] and every foll alt neck, K across 10 [10: 10: 11: 10] sts on left front holder, then pick
[alt: 4th: 4th: 4th] row to 51 [45: 61: 59: 53] sts, then on every foll up and knit 3 sts from top of left front band. 77 [83: 83: 87: 89] sts.
4th [4th: -: 6th: 6th] row until there are 57 [59: -: 65: 67] sts, taking Row 1 (WS of body, RS of collar): K6 [7: 7: 7: 8], inc in next st,
inc sts into patt. (K3, inc in next st) 16 [17: 17: 18: 18] times, K6 [7: 7: 7: 8].
Cont straight until sleeve meas 11 [13.5: 16: 18: 20] cm, ending with 94 [101: 101: 106: 108] sts.
RS facing for next row. Work in g st until collar meas 6 [7: 7: 8: 8] cm from pick-up row,
Shape top ending with WS of collar facing for next row.
Keeping patt correct, cast off 3 sts at beg of next 2 rows. Cast off knitwise (on WS).
51 [53: 55: 59: 61] sts. See information page for finishing instructions, setting in sleeves
Dec 1 st at each end of next and foll 2 alt rows, then on foll row, using the shallow set-in method.
ending with RS facing for next row.
Cast off rem 43 [45: 47: 51: 53] sts.
(9 [10: 10: 11: 12] in)
24 [25.5: 27: 28.5: 30] cm
11 [13.5: 16: 18: 20] cm
(4 [5: 6: 7: 8] in)
(1 in)
2 cm

25.5 [26: 27: 28: 29] cm

(10 [10: 10: 11: 11] in)
 20
S

20 row patt rep

10

0-3 0-3
3-6 right front left front
3-6
6-9 6-9
9-12 9-12
12-18 12-18
0-3 0-3
months 3-6 3-6 months
6-9 6-9
9-12 9-12
12-18 12-18
months months
sleeves sleeves

Key 20
using yarn A, K on RS, P on WS

20 row patt rep

using yarn B, P1 tbl
using yarn B, MB
10

0-3 0-3
3-6 right front left front
3-6
6-9 6-9
9-12 9-12
12-18 12-18
0-3 0-3
months 3-6 3-6 months
6-9 6-9
9-12 9-12
12-18 12-18
months months
sleeves sleeves

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