Pattern notes

• Row 1 is right side facing.

• The ch1 at the beginning does not count as a stitch.

• The ch1 on the increases counts as a stitch.

• The shell pattern may need to be altered depending on your stitch counts. The shell pattern is multiples of 5 and when I got near the end, I adjusted to not skip 1 a couple of times so that I ended on the right stitch to finish.

• Before dividing the armholes, the sides will start to decrease and keep decreasing until the end.

• My example is a size 0-3 months.

• You may want to add more buttons to the bigger sizes and mark them out on row 2 of the eging.

Size 7-8 Years

Ch86

Row 1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc 13, [2 hdc, ch1, 2 hdc] in the next, hdc 11, 

[2 hdc, ch1, 2 hdc] in the next, hdc 30, [2 hdc, ch1, 2 hdc] in the next, hdc 11, [2 hdc, ch1, 2 hdc] in the next, hdc 14. (100) Turn

Row 2: ch1, hdc 16, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 15, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the next, hdc 34, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 15, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 16. (108) Turn

Row 3: ch1, hdc 17, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 17, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 36, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 17, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 17. (116) Turn

Row 4: ch1, hdc 18, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 19, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 38, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 19, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 18. (124) Turn

Row 5: ch1, hdc 19, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 21, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 40, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 21, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 19. (132) Turn

Row 6: ch1, hdc 20, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 23, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1, space, hdc 42, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 23, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 20. (140) Turn

Row 7: ch1, hdc 21, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 44, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in ch1 space, hdc 21. (148) Turn

Row 8: ch1, hdc 22, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 27, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 46, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 27, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 22. (156) Turn

Row 9: ch1, hdc 23, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 29, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 48, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 29, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 23. (164) Turn

Row 10: ch1, hdc 24, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 31, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 50, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 31, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 24. (172) Turn

Row 11: ch1, hdc 25, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 33, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 52, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 33, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25. (180) Turn

Row 12: ch1, hdc 26, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 35, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 54, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 35, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 26. (188) Turn

Row 13: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 25, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 37, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 56, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 37, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25, hdc2tog. (194) Turn

Row 14: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 25, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 39, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 58, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 39, [hdc, ch1, hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25, hdc2tog. (200) Turn

Row 15: (Divide for armholes) ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 25, [2 hdc] in the ch1 space, skip 41, [2 hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 60, [2 hdc] in the ch1 space, skip 41, [2 hdc] in the ch1 space, hdc 25, hdc2tog. (120) Turn

Row 16: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 116, hdc2tog. (118) Turn

Row 17: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 114, hdc2tog. (116) Turn

Row 18: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 112, hdc2tog. (114) Turn

Row 19: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 110, hdc2tog. (112) Turn

Row 20: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 108, hdc2tog. (110) Turn

Row 21: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 106, hdc2tog. (108) Turn

Row 22: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 104, hdc2tog. (106) Turn

Row 23: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 102, hdc2tog. (104) Turn

Row 24: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 100, hdc2tog. (102) Turn

Row 25: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 98, hdc2tog. (100) Turn

Row 26: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 96, hdc2tog. (98) Turn

Row 27: ch1, hdc2tog, hdc 94, hdc2tog. (96) 

Don’t fasten off, continue to the edging.

Edging

Using main colour

Row 1: ch1, sc in the same, sc all around and slst to first. (I did 3 sc per 2 rows of hdc up the sides)

Mark out the row below where the decreasing started at each side. (see below photo)

Sc up the side, around the neck, back down the other side and across the bottom and slst to the first.

Using contrasting colour (or you can use the same colour)

Row 2: ch1, *skip 1, [5 dc] in the next, skip 1, slst in the next* repeat until you reach the first marker, sc up to the top, when you reach two stitches before the top, ch2, skip 1 (to create a button hole), continue to sc around until you reach the second marker, *skip 1, [5 dc] in the next, skip 1, slst in the next* repeat to the end, slst to first. (ensuring you do your first shell in the same row as the last at the other side)

Armholes

Using contrasting colour

Row 1: ch1, *skip 1, [5 dc] in the next, skip 1, slst in the next* repeat to the end, slst to first. Fasten off.

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