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Baby Dress, Jacket, Bonnet & Bootees — DK lace set

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What you’ll make A classic baby four-piece set in double-knitting weight: a lace-pattern dress with eyelet waist ribbon, matching jacket with eyelet cuffs, neat bonnet with turned brim, and simple bootees. Clean lines, soft texture, and easy finishing for an heirloom look with everyday practicality.

Sizing / Measurements To fit chest 46 cm (18 ins). Dress length 36 cm (14¼ ins). Jacket length 31 cm (12¼ ins). Jacket sleeve seam 16 cm (6¼ ins). Dress sleeve seam 5 cm (2 ins).

Yarn Double-knitting (DK) weight. Approximate quantities (40 g ball equivalents): Dress 4 balls; Jacket 3 balls; Bonnet 1 ball; Bootees 1 ball; or whole set 8 balls. Choose a soft, washable baby yarn (e.g., acrylic, acrylic/nylon, or superwash wool/nylon) that matches gauge.

Needles & notions 3¼ mm and 4 mm knitting needles; 3.00 mm crochet hook (bonnet edging); 2 small buttons (dress), 4 small buttons (jacket); 3 m narrow ribbon (dress waist and jacket wrists); 1 m wider ribbon (bonnet ties).

Tension (gauge) 22 stitches × 30 rows = 10 cm (4 ins) over stocking stitch on 4 mm needles. Adjust needle size to obtain gauge.

Yarn suggestions (no links)
UK: Rowan Baby Cashsoft DK; Sirdar Snuggly DK.
US/Canada: Berroco Vintage DK; Cascade Cherub DK.
Antipodean: Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic 8-ply.

Construction notes Dress and jacket are worked flat with an easy 16-row lace pattern repeat; armholes shaped conventionally; back neck opening on dress for easy dressing; simple picked-up neckbands with integrated buttonholes; sleeves are set in. Bonnet is worked flat with a turned brim and crown shaping; finished with a round of double crochet at the neck. Bootees feature a stocking-stitch foot with garter-stitch cuff and tidy instep shaping. All pieces are seamed; ribbons are threaded through eyelets to finish.

Skill level Confident beginner to intermediate: cast on/off, knit/purl, yarn forward, knit/purl two together, slip-1 knit-1 pass slipped stitch over, simple shaping, picking up stitches, basic crochet edging.

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