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Boss Baby Vest Knitting Pattern



Materials:
4 mm knitting needle
Suitable yarn for 4 mm (I used DK yarn, 25 stockinette stitch measures 10 cm)
4 buttons

 With these instructions, you can make a vest suitable for 3-6 months old baby.

 Cast on 50 stitches for back

 1-(RS)  k all stitches
2- k32 Turn your work
3- k16 Turn your work
4- k18 Turn your work
5- k20 Turn your work
6- k22 Turn your work
7- k24 Turn your work
8- k26 Turn your work
9- k28 Turn your work
10- k30 Turn your work
11- k32 Turn your work
12- k34 Turn your work
13- k36 Turn your work
14- k38 Turn your work
15- k40 Turn your work
16- k42 Turn your work
17- k43 Turn your work
18- k44 Turn your work
19- k45 Turn your work
20- k46 Turn your work
21- k47 Turn your work
22- k48 Turn your work
23- k49 Turn your work
24- k50 Turn your work

Put the stitches on hold. This piece will be the back of the vest. 
For the front piece cast on 30
1- (RS) k30
2- k20 Turn your work
3- k12 Turn your work
4- k14 Turn your work
5- k16 Turn your work
6- k18 Turn your work
7- k20 Turn your work
8- k22 Turn your work
9- k23 Turn your work
10- k24 Turn your work
11- k25 Turn your work
12- k26 Turn your work
13- k27 Turn your work
14- k28 Turn your work
15- k29 Turn your work
16- k30 Turn your work

 break the yarn and put stitches on hold and make another front piece following rows 1-16. Do not break the yarn in the second piece, turn your work. k30 from the front piece; facing the right side of the back part to you, knit 50 stitches from the back piece; k30 from the second front piece. Make sure the right side of all pieces face to you. We have joined the pieces so we won`t have any side seams :)

knit on both right and wrong side until you have 6 garter ridges from the row that we joined all pieces.

 On the right side, knit until you have 5 stitches left, k2tog, yo, k3. This is our first buttonhole on the left front piece. Continue knitting in garter stitch. After 6 garter ridges from the first buttonhole, make the second buttonhole same as the first one. After another 6 garter ridges make the third and fourth buttonhole. 

LEFT FRONT: On the next row of the 4th buttonhole, knit 30 stitches for the left front. Turn your work k2, p1, k2tog, turn your work, k4. Repeat that 2 rows until you have 26 stitches left for the front piece. 
RS: k2, p1, k2tog, knit to the end. 
WS: knit all stitches. Repeat that two rows until you have 23 stitches. We shaped the underarm for left front. Continue k2, p1, knit to the end on the right side and on the wrong side knit all stitches until you have 15 garter ridges from the 4th buttonhole. 
On the wrong side cast off 11 stitches for neck, knit to the end. Continue k2, p1, knit to the end on the right side and on the wrong side knit all stitches until you have 8 garter ridges from the neck cast off row. Cast off all stitches. 

 BACK: Wrong side facing to you attach your yarn and k50 for the back.
Turn your work, k2, p1, k2tog, knit until you have 5 st left, k2tog, p1, k2. On the wrong side knit all stitches. Repeat these 2 rows until you have 38 stitches left.
Continue to k2, p1, k32, p1, k2 on the right side and knit all stitches on the wrong side until you have 20 garter ridges from the row we joined the yarn to knit the back piece.
On next row k2, p1, k9 Turn your work and k12. Repeat these 2 rows for 3 times and cast off.
Attach your yarn to the remaining back piece stitches on the right side (26 st) Cast off 14. k9, p1, k2. Turn your work and k12. Repeat these 2 rows for 3 times and cast off.

RIGHT FRONT: attach your yarn to the remaining 30 stitches and knit same as the left side. 

 Sew shoulder seams.



We will pick up 43 stitches for the collar from the right and left front and back. Start picking up stitches on the row after we casted off 11 stitches on the front parts. knit for 12 garter ridges and cast off loosely.
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