When my children were babies (a long time ago now) a jacket with hood and matching leggings was called a pram set. Hence the name of this design. Those were the days when most new mothers had a shiny new pram with matching bag at the front and either a quilted cover or checked Otterburn rug.
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| silver cross pram |
When one of my visitors suggested a jacket and trousers for Annabell to wear in her stroller I came up with this pattern. I tend to be bit old fashioned with my knitting (or as my daughter would say, very old fashioned in everything) and this design is no exception. Its knit in rows to the armholes then in one piece for the shaping, with short seams to sew for the sleeves and sides. The trousers are also knit in rows and seamed along the inner edge.
I used King Cole Cherish which is a lovely smooth yarn to work with but any dk would do, just check your tension. A budget yarn would be ideal too as it knits up nice and thick.
This pattern has been tested and checked but mistakes can easily happen when transferring the typed pattern to this blog. So if you find any errors or have any queries please let me know either by commenting below or contacting me. thanks
Actual measurements:
Jacket: Chest 14”, Length centre back 7”, Sleeve seam
3”
Leggings: waist to toe: 10.5”
Materials: 150 g double knitting yarn. 80g jacket and
50g trousers (I used King Cole Cherish, orchid)
Needles size 3.25
and 4mm, 4 small buttons
Tension: 22sts - 30 rows to 10cm (4in) in stocking
stitch using 4mm needles
Abbreviations: Ss:
stocking stitch (one row knit, one row purl), gs: garter stitch – every row
knit, k: knit, p: purl, inc: increase, dc: decrease, beg: beginning, sts:
stitches, tog: together, re: repeat. Yf: yarn forward, ssk: slip next 2 sts
onto right hand needle, insert left hand needle into the front part of both
stitches then knit them together (or use s1k1psso)
wrt
k (wrap and turn
knitwise): yf, slst from left hand needle onto
right hand needle, yb, slst back onto left hand needle, turn (pull yarn firmly
to avoid a hole)
wrt p (wrap and turn
purlwise): yb, slst from left hand
needle onto right hand needle, yf, slst back onto left hand needle, turn (pull
yarn firmly to avoid a hole)
Sleeves
Using 3.25m needles cast on 25sts
Garter stitch 6 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Row 1: (p1,
k2) rep to last st, p1
Row 2: purl
These 2 rows form the pattern
continue in pattern, inc 1 stitch at both ends of next and every 6th
row to 31sts
Work 9 rows in pattern
Shape Armholes
Keeping pattern correct
Cast off 3sts at beg of next 2 rows
Leave 25sts on a holder
Back
Using no 3.25 needles cast on 43sts
Garter stitch 6 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Row 1: (p1, k2)
rep to last st, p1
Row 2: purl
These 2 rows form the pattern, repeat until work measures
5”
Shape Armholes
Keeping pattern correct
Cast off 3sts at beg of next 2 rows
Leave 37sts on a holder
Left front
Using 3.25 needles cast on 26sts
Garter stitch 6 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Row 1: (p1, k2)
rep to last 8sts, k8
Row 2: k8, purl
to end
These 2 rows form the pattern with garter stitch front
border. Repeat until work measures 5”
ending on a wrong side row
Shape armhole
Keeping pattern correct
Cast off 3sts patt to end
work 1 row
leave 23sts on a holder
Right front
Using 3.25 needles cast on 26sts
Garter stitch 6 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Row 1: k8,
(k2, p1) rep to end
Row 2: p to
last 8sts, k8
These 2 rows form the pattern with garter stitch front
border. Repeat until work measures 4
rows less than left front ending on front edge (right side facing)
Buttonhole row:
k2tog, yf, k4, yf, k2tog pattern to end
Pattern 4 rows
(Wrong side facing)
Shape Armholes
Cast off 3sts patt to end 23sts, do not fasten off yarn
Join Pieces and shape raglan
On left hand needle, with right side
facing slip sts of left front, sleeve, back, sleeve and right
front working yarn should be at the beg of row 133sts
work across all sts as follows:
Row 1: K8, pattern
12, k2tog, p2tog (this is one st from right front and 1 from sleeve) ssk,
pattern 19, k2tog, p2tog, ssk, pattern 31, k2tog, p2tog, ssk, pattern 19,
k2tog, p2tog, ssk, pattern 12,
k8 (121sts)
Row 2: k8, purl to last 8sts, k8
It may be easier to place a marker before and after each decrease to keep
track of raglan shaping
Row 3: K8, patt 11, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 17, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 29,
k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 17, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 11,
k8 (113 sts)
Row 4: k8, purl to last 8sts, k8
Row 5: K8,
patt 10, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 15, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 27, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt
15, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 10,
k8 (105 sts)
Row 6: k8, purl to last 8sts, k8
Row 7: buttonhole
row k2tog, yf, k4, yf, k2tog, patt 9, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 13, k2tog, p1,
ssk, patt 25, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 13, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 9,
k8 (97sts)
Row 8: k8, purl to last 8sts, k8
Row 9: k8, patt 8, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 11, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 23, k2tog, p1,
ssk, patt 11, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 8, k8 (89sts)
Row 10: k8, purl to last 8sts, k8
Row 11: Cast off 8sts, patt 7,
k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 9, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 21, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 9, k2tog,
p1, ssk, patt 7, k8 (73sts)
Row 12: Cast off 8sts purl to end (65sts)
Row 13: k2tog, patt 4, k2tog, p1,
ssk, patt 7, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 19, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 7, k2tog, p1, ssk,
patt 4, k2tog (55sts)
Row 14: p2tog, purl to last 2sts,
p2tog
Row 15: k2tog, patt 1, k2tog, p1,
ssk, patt 5, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 17, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 5, k2tog, p1, ssk,
patt 1, k2tog (43sts)
Row 16 p2tog, purl to last 2sts, p2tog 41sts
Row 17: k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 3, k2tog,
p1, ssk, patt 15, k2tog, p1, ssk, patt 3, k2tog, p1, ssk (33sts)
Fasten off
yarn and leave 33sts on holder
Hood
Using 4mm needles and right side facing re-join yarn at
right front neck edge, miss 7 cast off sts. Knit into 8th st then
pick up and knit 6sts up right front, knit across 33sts on holder as
follows: k12, inc in next 4sts, k1, inc
in next 4sts, k12, pick up and knit 6sts down left front, knit into 8th
cast off st 55sts
Next row : k4 purl
to last 4sts, k4
Shape sides
Row 1: k6,
p1, wrt k
Row 2: purl to
last 4sts, k4
Row 3: k4 (k2, p1)
2 times, wrt k
Row 4 purl to
last 4sts, k4
Row 5 K4 (k2,p1)
15 times, k6
Row 6 k4,
purl 3, wrt k
Row 7 p1, k2, k4
Row 8 k4,
purl 6, wrt k
Row 9 (p1, k2) 2
times k4
Row 10 k4, purl
across all sts, k4
Row 11 K6 (p1,
k2) 15 times, k4
Row 12 k4, purl
to last 4sts k4
Rep last 2 rows 15 times
Shape top
K6, (p1, k2) 6 times, p1, k2tog, p1 ssk, p1, (k2, p1) 6
times, k6
K4, purl to last 4sts, k4
Continue decreasing as set in last 2 rows to 47sts
Next row: purl 23,
p2tog, purl to end 46sts
Cast off using 3 needle cast off
Or cast
off and sew top seam
To finish
Sew sleeve and side seam, sew on 4 small buttons to match buttonholes
Leggings
Right Leg
Using 4mm needles cast on 16sts
Next row K1, m1,
k6, m1, k2, m1, k6, m1 k1
Next row Purl
Next row K1, m1,
k8, m1, k2, m1, k8, m1 k1 24sts
Work 9 rows ss *
Heel (right side facing)
Row 1: K 22, wrt k
Row
2: p8, wrt p
Row
3: k7, wrt k
Row
4: p6, wrt p
Row
5: k5, wrt k
Row
6: p6, wrt p
Row
7: k7, wrt k
Row
8: p8, wry p
Row
9: knit to end
Row
10 Purl across all sts
Change
to 3.25 needles and work 6 rows in garter stitch
Change
to 4mm needles
Increase
row: k2, (m1, k4) 5 times, m1, k2 30sts
Next
row: purl
Continue
in stocking stitch inc 1st at each end of next and every following 4th
row to 44sts, then every alt row to 50sts.
Purl
1 row
Shape
leg (right side facing)
Cast
off 2sts knit to end
Cast
off 4sts purl to end 44sts
Leave
44sts on holder
Left leg
As
right leg to *
Heel
Row 1: K11, wrt k
Row
2: p8, wrt p
Row
3: k7, wrt k
Row
4: p6, wrt p
Row
5: k5, wrt k
Row
6: p6, wrt p
Row
7: k7, wrt k
Row
8: p8, wrt p
Row
9: knit to end
Row
10 Purl across all sts
Change
to 3.25 needles and work 6 rows in garter stitch
Change
to 4mm needles
Increase
row: k2, (m1, k4) 5 times, m1, k2 30sts
Next
row: purl
Continue
in stocking stitch inc 1 stitch at each end of next and every following 4th
row to 44sts, then every alt row to 50sts.
Purl
1 row
Cast
off 4sts knit to end
Cast
off 2sts purl to end 44sts
Do
not fasten off yarn
Join legs
rows begin at centre back
Row
1: knit across 44 sts of left leg then
continue across right leg 88sts
Row
2: purl
Row
3: knit 20, wrap turn
Row
4: purl to end
Row
5: knit across all sts
Row
6: purl 20, wrap turn
Row
7: knit to end
Row
8: purl across all sts
Row
9: knit 19, wrap turn
Row
10: purl to end
Row
11: knit across all sts
Row
12: purl 19, wrap turn
Row
13: knit to end
Row
14: purl across all sts
Row 15: knit 18, wrap turn
Row
16: purl to end
Row
17: knit across all sts
Row
18: purl 18, wrap turn
Row
19: knit to end
Row
20: purl across all sts
**Continue
in ss dec 1 stitch at each end of next and every alt row to 78sts
Next
row: purl
Decrease
row: k2, (k2tog, k6) 9 times, k2tog,
k2 68sts
Change
to 3.25 needles and work 5 rows k1, p1 rib
Cast off. Fasten
off yarn
(for other dolls omit first 20 rows. Stocking stitch 10 rows then continue from **)
To finish sew centre back, inside leg and under leg seams, fasten off ends
Keeping pattern correct