Sunday Suit

The Sunday Suit is closed with buttons down the front and it is worked from the top down. The circular yoke is worked in rib with increases, while the rest of the suit is worked in stockinette stitch. The yoke and body are worked back and forth on circular needles, while the sleeves and legs are worked in the round on double-pointed needles or on a circular needle using the Magic Loop technique. The Sunday Suit requires very little finishing, as the button bands (plackets) are worked along with the body, so that there is no need to pick up stitches at the end.

Sizes: 0-1 months (1-2 months) 2-4 months (4-6 months) 6-9 months (9-12 months) 12-18 months (18-24 months) 2-3 years

Measurements: Bust circumference suit: 43 (44) 45 (48) 50 (54) 57 (61) 64 cm [17 (17¼) 17¾ (19) 19¾ (21¼) 22½ (24) 25¼ inches]

Length from neck to crotch: 32 (34) 35 (38) 41 (44) 48 (51) 53 cm [12½ (13½) 13¾ (15) 16¼ (17¼) 19 (20) 21 inches] measured mid back

Total length: 44 (48) 52 (55) 60 (65) 71 (75) 79 cm [17¼ (19) 20½ (21¾) 23½ (25½) 28 (29½) 31 inches] measured from neck to foot

Gauge: 28 sts x 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] in stockinette stitch on 3 mm [US2½] needles

Needles: Circular needles: 3 mm [US2½] / 40 and 60 cm [16 and 24 inches]; Double-pointed needles: 3 mm [US2½] and 2.5 mm [US1½]

Materials: 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 (250) 250 g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m [257 yds]), 8 (8) 9 (10) 11 (12) 13 (13) 14 buttons (ø 13 mm) 

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5)

See the classification of difficulty here. 

This pattern is digital and will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.

Buttons can be found here.

The brown Sunday Suit is knitted in Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Chocolate truffle [2564].

Video

M1K / M1L:

M1P:

k2tog:

Yarn over:

Put the sleeves to rest:

Join overlapping front edges:

M1R:

k2tog tbl:

Avoid hole at startup on sleeve:

Sewing a button onto knitwear:

Kitchener stitch: