Free Knitting Pattern: Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Baby Kimono Page 1 of 4

Free Knitting Pattern

Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
®

Baby Kimono
Pattern Number: 70352AD
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Free Knitting Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn

Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
®

Baby Kimono
Pattern Number: 70352AD
SKILL LEVEL: Easy

SIZE:
12-18 months (2 years, 3 years)
Finished Chest 23 (24, 26) in. (58.5 (61, 66) cm)
Finished Length 12 (13, 14) in. (30.5 (33, 35.5) cm)

CORRECTIONS: (applied Mar 28, 2008)

Left Front
Repeat last 2 rows until there are 33 (36, 39) sts on needle. Sleeve should measures 10 (11, 12)
in. (25.5 (28, 30.5) cm) from cast-on edge, end with a RS row.

Shape Sleeve
Next Row (WS): Bind off 7 (8, 9) sts, purl to end last 2 sts, yo, p2 . Continue even in St st
working yo increases at neck edge every row until there are 26 (28, 30) sts on needle. Continue
even until piece measures 24 (26, 28) in. (61 (66, 71) cm) from beg, end with a WS row.

MATERIALS
• 640-099 Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick Yarn: Fisherman
2 2, 2 Balls
• Lion Brand Knitting Needles- Size 13 [9 mm]
• Lion Brand Crochet Hook - Size K-10.5
• Lion Brand Stitch Holders
• Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6)

GAUGE:

9 sts + 13 rows = 4 in. (10 cm) in Stockinette st (k on RS, p on WS). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR
GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the
pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you less stitches
and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more
stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

NOTES:

Kimono is worked in one piece starting at lower edge of Back, worked over the shoulders and
ending at lower edge of Fronts.

KIMONO
Back
Cast on 26 (28, 30) sts. Work in St st (k on RS, p on WS)
for 7 (7 1/2, 8) in. (18 (19, 20.5) cm) from beg, end with a
WS row.
Shape Sleeves
Cast on 7 (8, 9) sts at beg of next 2 rows - 40 (44, 48) sts.

Continue in St st until piece measures 11 1/2 (12 1/2, 13

1/2) in. (29 (32, 34.5) cm) from beg, end with a WS row.
Shape Neck
Next Row (RS): K15 (16, 18) sts and slip to stitch holder
for Right Front, join 2nd ball of yarn and bind off next 10
(12, 12) sts for Back neck, k to end for Left Front.
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Left Front
Working on 15 (16, 18) sts of Left Front only, work 5 more
rows in St st.
Next Row (RS): K2, yo, knit to end - 16 (17, 19) sts.
Next Row: Purl to 2 sts before end of row, yo, p2 - 17
(18, 20) sts.
Repeat last 2 rows until there are 33 (36, 39) sts on
needle. Sleeve should measure 10 (11, 12) in. (25.5 (28,
30.5) cm) from cast-on edge, end with a RS row.
Shape Sleeve
Next Row (WS): Bind off 7 (8, 9) sts, purl to end.
Continue even in St st until piece measures 24 (26, 28) in.
(61 (66, 71) cm) from beg, end with a WS row. Bind off all
sts.

Right Front
Slip sts for Right Front from stitch holder to needle.
Starting with a WS row, work as for Left Front reversing
shaping.

TIES
Using crochet hook, join yarn on end of Right Front neck shaping and ch 10 in. (25.5 cm) for Tie, fasten off.
Join yarn at same spot on the Left Front and ch 24 in. (61 cm) for Tie, fasten off.

FINISHING
Fold piece in half at shoulder. Sew side and Sleeve seams, leaving 1/2 in. (1.5 cm) unsewn on right side
seam 6 (6 1/2, 7) in. (15 (16.5, 18) cm) up from lower edge for tie opening. Weave in ends.

ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES
Click for explanation and illustration

beg = begin(s)(ning) ch(s) = chain(s)

k = knit p = purl
RS = right side St st = Stockinette stitch
st(s) = stitch(es) WS = wrong side
yo = yarn over

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Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of
individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes.

*Wool -Ease® Thick & Quick® (Article #640) is the super bulky member of the Wool-Ease family. It has the feel,
warmth and softness of wool with the easy care of acrylic. It is packaged in 6 oz/170g, 106 yd/97m skeins. Solids,
Heathers, Twists: 80% acrylic, 20% wool; Wheat: 86% acrylic, 10% wool, 4% rayon
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