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Crochet an Olivier cardigan

Your little girl is bound to look angelic in this little top. There's a band of really quick and simple motifs around the hem and the rest of the top is worked in just trebles. Complete the pretty look with a clever scalloped edging and neck ties

Excerpted from Easy to Crochet - Cute Clothes For Kids by Sue whiting, priced £14.99, published by New Holland Publishers.

Measurements

age	0-3	3-6	6-12	12-18	months
chest	41	46	51	56	cm
actual chest (at underarm)	43	47	53	57	cm
full length	20	24	28	32	cm
sleeve seam	2	2	2	2	cm

Materials

• 2 [3:3:4] x 50 g balls of Rowan 4 ply Cotton in Bleached 113
• h 2.50 mm crochet hook

Abbreviations

tr2tog - *yarn over hook and insert hook as indicated, yarn over hook and draw loop through, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops, rep from * once more, yarn over hook and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
tr3tog - *yarn over hook and insert hook as indicated, yarn over hook and draw loop through, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops, rep from * twice more, yarn over hook and draw through all 4 loops on hook.
tr4tog - *yarn over hook and insert hook as indicated, yarn over hook and draw loop through, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops, rep from * 3 times more, yarn over hook and draw through all 5 loops on hook.

Tension

24 stitches and 121?2 rows to 10 cm measured over treble fabric using 2.50 mm hook.
Change hook size if necessary to obtain this tension.

• See here for general stitch diagram
• See here for motif stitch diagram

Motif

With 2.50 mm hook, make 6 ch and join with a ss to form a ring.
1st round (RS) : 4 ch (counts as first tr and 1 ch), (1 tr into ring, 1 ch) 11 times, ss to 3rd of 4 ch at beg of round.
2nd round: Ss into first ch sp, 3 ch (does NOT count as st), tr3tog into same ch sp, 3 ch, *tr4tog into next ch sp, 5 ch, (tr4tog into next ch sp, 3 ch) twice, rep from * twice more, tr4tog into next ch sp, 5 ch, tr4tog into next ch sp, 3 ch, ss to top of tr3tog at beg of round.
Fasten off.
Motif is a square shape with 12 'petals'. In each corner of square there is 5 ch sp, and along sides there are a further two 3 ch sps. Join Motifs whilst working 2nd round by replacing corner (5 ch) with (2 ch, 1 ss into corner ch sp of adjacent Motif, 2 ch) and side (3 ch) with (1 ch, 1 ss into corresponding ch sp of adjacent Motif, 1 ch).

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