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lots offun variations! Now you can crochet a surprise sweater and add stripes, ruffles, a hood, a collar, or other sweet details.
Like the original Baby Surprise Jacket, the crachet pattern is worked in one easy piece, then folded and qu
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create its final shape, hese darling cardigans
Darla Sims's Inspiration:
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The Original Baby Surprise Jacket
I purchased my copy of Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting
Workshop about thirty years ago,” says crochet expert
Darla Sims. "I'm still amazed at Zitamermann’s percentage
system for designing knitted garments based on one’s bust,
measurement, She was a mathematical genius! She cveated
she first knitted Baby Surprise Jacket in 1968. More than
forty years later, her pattern remains in constant demand.”
st was Elizabeth Zimm
new desigas by Darla
-mann’s jacket that inspired these
_As Darla says, “I've always thought it would be wonderful
to develop a crochet sweater in the same style. I made six
crochet sweaters before I got the percentages right, as they
Giffer from Zimmermann’ knit percentages. I'm certainly
not the first to do a crochet Baby Surprise Jacket, but to my
‘knowledge I'm the first to create it with these variations.
“Tve found that the crochet version works up quickly. T's,
easy in Single Crochet. It’s a great way to use up yarn scraps,
and you can stripe it any way you like. Try making the
sweater with different necklines and edgings, or add a collar
corhood, or lengthen the sleeves!
“This book is my ode of praise in crochet to celebrate
Ekzabeth Zimmermann original jacket and its versatility!”
When, Datla isn’t designing new patterns or writing
articles for a crochet magazine, the Washington state
native happily crochets layettes and sweaters for her
sgreat-grandchildren. To see more of Darla’ extensive
collection of innovative patterns, visit LeisureArts.com.
LEISURE ARTS, INC.
Little Rock, Arkansas Basic Sweater
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IID easy
Size Finished Chest Measurement
months ——-214/2" (54.5 em)
12 months
24months 26"
2338/4" (60.5 em)
(66cm)
Size Note: Instructions are written for size 6 months with
sizes 12 months and 24 months in braces { }. Instructions
will be easier to read if you circle all the numbers pertaining
to your child’s size. If only one number is given, it applies to
all sizes,
MATERIALS oe
‘Medium Weight Yarn
[3.5 ounces, 200 yards
(100 grams, 182 meters) per skein]
2{2-3} skeins
Crochet hook, size H (S mm) or size needed for gauge
Split-ring stitch markers - 2
Safety pin
Yarn needle
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GAUGE: 14 scand 16 rows = 4" (10cm)
Gauge Swatch: 4" (10 cm) square
Ch 1s.
Row I: Sc in back ridge of second ch from hook (Fig. 1,
‘page 35) and in each ch across: 14 sc.
Rows 2-16: Ch 1, turn; scin each sc across.
Finish off.
STITCH GUIDE
DECREASE (uses next 3 sts)
Pull up aloop in each of next 3 sts, YO and draw
through all 4 loops on hook (counts as one sc).
BODY
Ch 130{142-154}.
Row 1: Working in back ridge of beginning ch (Fig. 1,
page 35), sc in second ch from hook and in next,
28{30-32} chs, decrease, place split-ring marker in sc just.
‘made, scin next 65{73-81} chs, decrease, place split-ring
‘marker in sc just made, se in last 29{31-33} chs:
125{137-149} sc.
Instructions continued on page 4
