Lino’s Coat

Size : 9/12 months
Materials :
1 skein of Cascade Ecological Wool
6mm needles (or 5.5 mm if you’re a loose knitter)
4 big buttons
2 markers
The pattern is knitted all in garter stitch, in one piece, starting from one sleeve.
With the 6 mm needles, cast on 28 stitches. Knit, increasing 1 stitch (2 stitches
from the border), every 8 rows (4 ridges), 4 times (=36 st).

Continue straight until sleeve mesures 19 cm, then cast on 34 more stitches on
each side of the sleeve (=104 st).
Knit those 104 st. for 8 cm. Let the 52 st on the left on hold, and continue knitting
on the 52 st on the right for 10 cm. Break the yarn & let those 52 st on hold.
Start knitting the 52 st you’ve left on hold for 11 cm, bind off.
Cast on 52 st, knit for 8 rows. Row 9 : make two 4 stitches buttonholes – or size
needed for your buttons (I highly recommend the one row buttonhole technique)
at 14th and 28th stitch of the row. Repeat those 2 buttonholes on row 25. Knit until
it measures 11 cm.
Then continue knitting adding the 52 st you’ve kept on hold (=104 st) for 8 cm.
Bind off 34 stitches on each side of your garment to shape the second sleeve. Knit
it in the opposite way you did the first sleeve, knitting 2 stitches together instead
of increasing.
Bind off.
Hood : pick up 54 stitches around the neck (18 on the first front panel, 18 on the
back neckline, 18 on the second front panel). Knit increasing 1 stitch every 5
stitches on the first row (=64 st). Place a marker before the 31st and after the 33rd
stitch, and then increase 1 stitch before the first marker & 1 stitch after the
second marker as follow :
Every even row – 4 times, then
Every 6 rows – 3 times, then
Every 8 rows – 3 times
=84 stitches
When the hood is 19 cm height, bind off (using the 3 needles bind off is a good
idea, it will save you a seam !).
Weave in ends. Sew under the arms & the sides, sew the buttons and add a
pompom at the top of the hood.