A wide and lovely sun suit will fit your doll superb
on a warm summer day

A wide and lovely sun suit will fit your doll superb on a warm summer day. The yoke is knitted in garter sts and along the arms, it has nice ruffles.

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Sun suit
1^st leg:
Cast on 36 sts in white and knit 1 row.  Change to pink and knit 1 row.  Continue knitting a rib, k1, p1 alternatively 5 rows.  Change to white. Knit 2 rows garter sts = folded edge.  Change to pink and knit 1 row.  Continue knitting 8 rows st st inside 2 edge sts at each side knitted in ga.  On next row do the following increases: K2 edge sts, k4, increase 1 sts in every sts until 6 sts are left on row, k4, k2 edge sts. = 60 sts on row. Continue knitting 3 rows st st and edge sts.  Put work aside and knit the other leg in the same way.
Continue knitting both legs on to a circular ndl or 4 double pointed ndls. Place a marker for center back and center front. Always begin row from center back.  Continue knitting st st until work measures 9 cm before knitting the pants back longer like this: K20, turn, purl 40, turn, k30, turn, purl 20. Continue knitting st st over all sts until work measures 15.5 cm (measured front) On next row decrease 1 sts in every 3^rd sts = 80 sts on row in total. Continue knitting front and back separately.
Front: Continue knitting 7 rows ga. On next row cast off the 8 first and the 8 last sts on row = 24 sts on row. Continue knitting  ...

Bonnet
Cast on 128 sts in white and knit 1 row. Change to pink and knit 2 rows st st inside 4 sts at each side knitted in ga. On next row K2tog across row inside edge sts = 60 sts + edge sts on row. On next row knit an eyelets at each side like this: K2, k2tog, yon, knit st st until 4 sts are left on row, yon, k2tog, k2. Continue knitting st st and 4 sts ga with an eyelet every 4^th row until work measure 8 cm. (8 eyelets at each side) On the next 2 rows cast off the 4 first sts on row. Continue knitting 6 rows st st before doing decreases like this: ... 

Small shoes
Cast on 32 sts in white and knit 1 row. Change to pink and knit 2 rows st st. On next row do the following increases: K14, increase 1 sts in the next 4 sts, knit 14 = 36 sts on row. Purl 1 row. Next row: K16, increase 1 sts in the next 4 sts, k16 = 40 sts on row. Purl 1 row. Next row: K18, increase 1 sts in the next 4 sts, k18 = 44 sts on row. Change to white and knit 2 rows ga over all sts before decreasing for the sole like this:
1^st row: K3, k2tog TBL, k10, k2tog TBL, k10, k2tog, k10, k2tog, k3.
2^nd row: Purl
3^rd row: K3, k2tog TBL, k9, k2tog TBL, k8, k2tog, k9, k2tog, k3. ...

Small shoes knitted in garter sts.
Cast on 32 sts in pink and knit 1 row. Continue knitting 2 rows st st. Change to white and knit 2 rows ga. Change to pink and do the following increases: K14, increase 1 sts in the 4 nest sts, k14 = 36 sts on row. Knit next row. Next row: K16, increase 1 sts in the 4 next sts, k16 = 40 sts on row. Knit next row. Next row: k18, increase 1 sts in the 4 next sts, k18 = 44 sts on row. Knit ...