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L e i s u r e A r t s L i b r a r y. c o m #800906

Design by
Jennine Korejko

Approx Size:
0-3 months

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 Cotton Candy Bunting
Size: 0-3 months
MATERIALS
Sport Weight Yarn
[7 ounces (700 yards) per skein]:
Pink - 2 skeins
Baby Fingering Weight Yarn
[13/4 ounces (270 yards) per skein]:
White - 3 skeins
Crochet hooks, sizes G (4.00 mm) and
H (5.00 mm) or sizes needed for gauge
Tapestry needle
20" Zipper
Sewing needle and thread
GAUGE: With smaller size hook,
8 sc and 9 rows = 2";
With larger size hook,
10 sc or 5 3-dc groups and
each pattern repeat
(8 rows) = 31/4"
BODY
With one strand of Pink and one strand of White held
together and larger size hook, ch 96 loosely.
Row 1 (Right side): Sc in second ch from hook, (dc in
next ch, sc in next ch) across: 95 sts.
Note: Mark last row as right side.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc, now and throughout),
turn; dc in same st, (skip next dc, 3 dc in next sc) across to
last 2 sts, skip next dc, 2 dc in last sc: 142 dc.
To decrease, pull up a loop in next 2 sts, YO and draw
through all 3 loops on hook (counts as one sc).
To work Front Post double crochet (abbreviated
FPdc), YO, insert hook from front to back around post
of dc indicated, YO and pull up a loop, (YO and draw
through 2 loops on hook) twice.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn; sc in first dc, decrease, (work FPdc
around next dc, decrease) across to last dc, sc in last dc:
95 sts.
Row 4: Ch 1, turn; sc in Front Loop Only of each
st across.
Row 5: Ch 1, turn; working in both loops, sc in first sc,
(dc in next sc, sc in next sc) across.
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Rows 6-41: Repeat Rows 2-5, 9 times; finish off
White only.
Change to smaller size hook.
Row 42: Ch 1, turn; sc in first 4 sts, (decrease, sc in
next 5 sts) across: 82 sc.
Row 43: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across; do not finish off.
LEFT FRONT
Row 1: Ch 1, turn; sc in first 19 sc, leave remaining
63 sc unworked.
Rows 2-11: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.
Row 12: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across, place marker
around last sc made for Trim placement; do not finish off.
NECK SHAPING
Row 1: Turn; slip st in first 3 sc, ch 1, sc in next sc and
in each sc across: 16 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across to last 2 sc,
decrease: 15 sc.
To work beginning decrease, pull up a loop in first
2 sc, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook (counts
as one sc).
Row 3: Ch 1, turn; work beginning decrease, sc in
each sc across: 14 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across to last 2 sc,
decrease: 13 sc.
Row 5: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across; finish off leaving
a long end for sewing.
BACK
Row 1: With wrong side facing and smaller size hook,
skip next sc from Left Front on Row 43 of Body and
join Pink with sc in next sc; sc in next 41 sc, leave
remaining 20 sc unworked: 42 sc.
Rows 2-17: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.
Finish off leaving a long end for sewing.
RIGHT FRONT
Row 1: With wrong side facing and smaller size hook,
skip next sc from Back on Row 43 of Body and join
Pink with sc in next sc; sc in each sc across: 19 sc.
Rows 2-11: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.
Row 12: Ch 1, turn; sc in first sc, place marker around
sc just made for Trim placement, sc in each sc across;
do not finish off.
NECK SHAPING
Row 1: Ch 1, turn; sc in first 16 sc, leave remaining
3 sc unworked.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn; work beginning decrease, sc in
each sc across: 15 sc.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across to last 2 sc,
decrease: 14 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, turn; work beginning decrease, sc in
each sc across: 13 sc.
Row 5: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across; finish off.
Sew shoulder seams.
SLEEVE
Rnd 1: With right side facing and larger size hook, join
one strand of Pink and one strand of White held together
with sc in skipped sc at underarm; work 27 sc evenly
spaced around armhole opening; join with slip st to first
sc: 28 sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, do not turn; sc in same st, dc in next sc,
(sc in next sc, dc in next sc) around; join with slip st to
first sc.
Rnd 3: Ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same st, skip next dc, (3 dc
in next sc, skip next dc) around; join with slip st to first
dc: 42 dc.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, turn; pull up a loop in same st and in
next dc, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook
(counts as first sc), work FPdc around next dc,
(decrease, work FPdc around next dc) around; join with
slip st to Back Loop Only of first sc: 28 sts.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, turn; sc in Front Loop Only of same st
and each st around; join with slip st to both loops of
first sc.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, turn; working in both loops, sc in same
st, dc in next sc, (sc in next sc, dc in next sc) around;
join with slip st to first sc.
Rnds 7-13: Repeat Rnds 3-6 once, then repeat Rnds
3-5 once more; finish off White only.
Change to smaller size hook.
Rnd 14: Ch 1, turn; working in both loops, sc in same
st and in next sc, decrease, (sc in next sc, decrease)
7 times, sc in last 3 sc; join with slip st to first sc: 20 sc.
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Rnds 15 and 16: Ch 1, turn; sc in same st and in
each sc around; join with slip st to first sc.
Rnd 17: Ch 2, turn; hdc in second ch from hook, skip
next sc, Hslip st in next sc, ch 2, hdc in second ch from
hook, skip next sc; repeat from H around; join with
slip st to joining slip st, finish off.
Repeat for second Sleeve.
TRIMS
RIGHT FRONT
Row 1: With right side facing, smaller size hook, and
working in end of rows, join Pink with sc in Row 1
of Body; work 74 sc evenly spaced across ending in
marked row, remove marker: 75 sc.
Row 2: Turn; slip st in first sc, Hch 2, hdc in second
ch from hook, skip next sc, slip st in next sc; repeat
from H across; finish off.
LEFT FRONT
Row 1: With right side facing, smaller size hook, and
working in end of rows, join Pink with sc in marked row,
remove marker; work 74 sc evenly spaced across: 75 sc.
Row 2: Turn; slip st in first sc, Hch 2, hdc in second
ch from hook, skip next sc, slip st in next sc; repeat
from H across; finish off.
NECK BAND
Row 1: With right side facing and smaller size hook,
join Pink with sc in end of Row 1 on Right Front Trim;
work 10 sc evenly spaced across to Back, sc in each sc
across Back, work 10 sc evenly spaced across to Left
Front Trim, sc in end of Row 1 on Trim: 38 sc.
Rows 2-4: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.
Finish off.
HOOD
Row 1: With right side facing and smaller size hook,
skip first 8 sc on Neck Band and join Pink with sc in
next sc; sc in same st, 2 sc in each of next 20 sc, sc in
next sc, leave remaining 8 sc unworked: 43 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.
Change to larger size hook.
Row 3: Holding working strand of Pink and one strand
of White together, ch 1, turn; sc in first sc, (dc in next
sc, sc in next sc) across.
Row 4: Ch 3, turn; dc in same st, (skip next dc, 3 dc in
next sc) across to last 2 sts, skip next dc, 2 dc in last sc:
64 dc.
Row 5: Ch 1, turn; sc in first dc, decrease, (work FPdc
around next dc, decrease) across to last dc, sc in last dc:
43 sts.
Row 6: Ch 1, turn; sc in Front Loop Only of each st
across.
Row 7: Ch 1, turn; working in both loops, sc in first sc,
(dc in next sc, sc in next sc) across.
Rows 8-15: Repeat Rows 4-7 twice.
TRIM
Row 1: With right side facing and smaller size hook,
join Pink with slip st in first slip st on Row 2 of Right
Front Trim (at base of Neck Band), ch 1; working in end
of rows on Neck Band, slip st in first row, ch 1, (slip st
in next row, ch 1) 3 times; working in unworked sc on
Row 4 of Neck Band, slip st in first sc, ch 1, (slip st in
next sc, ch 1) 7 times; working in end of rows on Hood,
sc in first row, place marker around sc just made for
st placement, work 36 sc evenly spaced across Hood,
place marker around last sc made for st placement,
ch 1; working in unworked sc on Row 4 of Neck Band,
slip st in first sc, ch 1, (slip st in next sc, ch 1) 7 times;
working in end of rows on Neck Band, slip st in first
row, ch 1, (slip st in next row, ch 1) 3 times, slip st in
last slip st on Row 2 of Left Front Trim; finish off.

Row 16: Ch 1, turn; sc in each st across; finish off
leaving long ends for sewing.
Fold Row 16 in half with right sides together; with long
ends and working through both thicknesses, whipstitch
Hood seam.
Row 2: With wrong side facing and smaller size hook,
join Pink with slip st in first marked sc, remove marker;
Hch 2, hdc in second ch from hook, skip next sc,
slip st in next sc; repeat from H across working last
slip st in next marked sc, remove marker; finish off.
With Pink, sew bottom seam.
Use sewing needle and thread to sew zipper in place
along wrong side of Row 1 on Front Trims.

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