Up and Over Baby Jumper

I called this up and over because you start at the back bottom edge and work up and over to the front edge. It's all worked in one piece, sleeves and all, purely because I hate sewing up so there's as little of that as possible. All terms are UK. You won't use the full 100gs of wool and the finished item should fit a 0 – 3 month old.

Need to Have100gs Double Knitting Wool5mm crochet hookDarning needle for sewing up2 buttons

Need to Knowch – chainst – stitchyo – yarn overslst – slip stitchdc – double crochethtc – half treble crochet

tc – treble crochet

ftc – foundation treble crochet ch 4, yo, insert hook in first chain of chain 4, *yo, draw up loop (3 loops on hook); yo, draw through first loop (ch 1 made - 3loops on hook); yo, draw through 2 loops; yo, draw through last 2 loops (tc made). YO,insert hook in ch 1 of previous stitch repeat from * till foundation is required length

Need to Do

Foundation Row - ftc 24 st (note the 3 ch at the start counts as 1st tc here)

Rows 2 – 9 – ch 2 (does not count as 1st st) tc in each st across (24sts)

Increasing for the sleeves

Row 10 – ch 14, tc in 3rd ch from hook, 1 tc in each ch, (12 sts added), 1 tc in each st across body, ftc 12 sts, (12 sts added), (48 sts total)

Rows 11 – 14 – ch 2, 1 tc in each st across

Neck opening

Row 15 – ch 2, tc in each of the next 13 sts, ch 22, skip 22 sts, tc in the next 13 sts

Decreasing for body

Row 16 – ch 2 tc in each of the next 13 sts, tc in each ch of the 22 ch, tc in each of the next 13sts

Rows 17 – 19 – ch 2 tc in each st across

Row 20 – loosely slst in the next 13 sts, ch 2 , tc in same st, tc in each of the next 23 st, leave remaining 12 sts unworked

Rows 21 – 27 – ch 2, tc in each st acrossSee the picture below. This is what you'll have made.

Fasten off and sew up the side seams.

Button tabs

With back facing you join yarn in 1st st of neck opening. Ch 2, tc in same st and tc in each of the next 4 sts. Turn, ch 2, tc in same st, tc in next 4 sts. Turn, ch 1, dc in same st, dc in next st, ch 1, skip 1, (button hole made), dc in last 2 sts, fasten off.

Work another button tab in the same way in the last 5 sts of the neck opening.

Sew two buttons on front of jumper in position with button holes.

Sew in loose ends and you're finished.