1 Sacque made from part wool flannel, or knitted or crocheted. 1 Pair Mittens. 2 Wrapping Blankets, each one yard square. 12 Cotton Bird’s-eye Diapers, each 27” square. Diapers to be pinked or hemmed (by hand or machine). 12 Safety Pins, 6 large and 6 small. It is recommended that the dresses and sleepers be made with raglan sleeves. Prepare for shipment as follows: Layette should measure 18” x 12” x 5” when packed. Fold blankets to measure 12” x 18 “ and diapers to measure 9 “ x 9”. Put diapers on top of blankets in two pies leaving a 3 “ edge on one side of blanket. Fill in 3” space with small articles: shirts, bootees, bands, cap, pins and scque. Fold dresses, slips and sleepers to cover entire layette. Wrap layette tightly in a diaper. Pack 20 in a box 2’ x 2’ x 3’-5 layers of 4 layettes. Materials Headquarters will furnish a cotton outing flannel to be used in making the dresses, slips and sleepers and a part wool knitted underwear material for use in making the undershirts. The bootees should be knitted or crocheted, but can be made from cotton flannel. A part wool flannel is being provided for making the sacque and the cap. The blankets should be made from the regular baby blanket material which will be provided. Cotton bird’s-eye will be of the best quality obtainable. Patterns American Red Cross Patter 100-Reglan Sleeve Dress, Sleeper, and Shirt; Slip, Sacque, Cap, Bootees, Mittens. Advance Patter 809-Raglan Sleeve Sacque, Slip, Shirt, Cap, Bib and Bootees. Butterick Pattern 6464-Dress, Sacque, Shirt, Sleeper, Slip-No cap. Butterick “ 8180-No Dress. Sacque. McCall “ 773-Dress, Sacque and Sleeper, Slip. Simplicity “ 1650-Sacque and Sleeper. Vogue “2081-Raglan Sleeve Dress, Slip, Sacque. Vogue “2168-Raglan Sleeve Dress, Slip, Cap and Jacket. Certain of the layette articles can be knitted or crocheted. The following are knitting instructions for several of these. Please note that National headquarters does not have yarn for use in making these items and urges that where possible the individual volunteer provide the yarn. INFANTS’ KNITTED WEAR Equipment Needed: Needles-2 needles to fit Red Cross Needle Guage marked for socks and infants’ knitted wear. Gauges available from Headquarters. Yarn-3 ply pink, white, or blue yarn; 3 ounces are adequate for 1 sacque, cap and bootees, 2 ounces additional are needed if 2 sacques, 1 cap and bootees are made. Scale 7 ½ stitches to the inch, 9 ½ rows to the inch. Make a sample to find out how many stitches are required for you to knit an inch. If your scale is not that given here, adjust the number of stitches cast on to fit your own scale. PLAIN SACQUE WITH STRAIGHT BODY Set up 60 stitches and knit plain 5 inches, then add on each end of the needle 30 stitches for the sleeves, knit 3 inches, then bind off 20 stitches in the middle of the row for the neck, leaving on each side 50 stitches. Leave one side on an extra needle and knit 3 ridges on the other side, then cast on 10 stitches for the front and knit 3 inches. Bind off 30 stitches for the sleeve and knit the front to match the back in length. Make the second front he same way. Cuffs: Pick up across the sleeve, holding the right side toward you, and rib one inch deep by knitting 2, purling 2, then knit plain 1 ¼ inches more, binding off with the right side toward you, as this makes a turn-back cuff. Border: After sewing up the sides of the jacket pick up the stitches around the bottom and knit plain for 1 ½ inches, widening at each end of the needle every other row on the next to last stitch to form the mitre for the corners. Then pick up the stitches down the front with the right side toward you, and knit plain for 1 ½ inches, widening on the lower end every other row, on the next to last stitch to form the corner. Collar: Pick up around the neck and across the border in the front with the wrong side toward you, and knit 1 row plain, then make a row of holes. (Throw the thread over the needle, then knit 2 stitches together, knit 3 stitches, repeat from star to star to the end of the row. On the return row use the thread thrown over as a stitch.) Then knit 2 inches for the collar. Bind off with the right side of the jacket toward you. Run wash ribbon through the holes around the neck. RAGLAN SLEEVE SACQUE Beginning with the neck-band, cast on 80 stitches and work 6 rows in ribbing of K 2, P2, Next row make a beading: K2 yarn over right-hand needle, K the next 2 stitches together, repeat from to within 2 stitches of end of row, K each of the last 2 stitches. K1 row, P1 row. Body of Garment and the 4 Raglan “Seams” K 15 (right front), over (yarn over right-hand needle), K1, (Seam stitch) over, K8 (upper end of sleeve), over K1 (seam stitch), over K31 (back), over K1 (seam stitch), over, K8 (second sleeve), over K1 (seam stitch), over K 15, stitch down the entire front), P 13, K the last 3 sts. (front border). There will be 89 sts. On the needle. Next row: K to the first seam st., over, K 1, over K to the 2nd seam stitch over, K1 over, K to the end of row, K 1, over, K to the 4th seam stitch, over, K 1 over, K to end of row. Next row: K the first and last 3 seam stitches which should be K. Continue as above with the stockinette stitch, making an “over” on each side of the seam stitch on the K rows, thus increasing 8 stitches every K row (1 on each side of the 4 seam stitches) working the front borders and the 4 seam stitches in garter stitch and the rest in stockinette stitch. After there are 289 stitches on needle (ending with a row of P), K the first 40 stitches of next row, slip them to a strand of yarn for half of front: K the next 64 stitches and leave them on needle for one sleeve; slip the next 81 stitches to a separate strand for back, the following 64 stitches to one strand for other sleeve, and the last 40 front stitches to one strand. Sleeves: Work the stockinette stitch with the 64 stitches left on needle, decreasing 1 stitch at each end every 9th row, 6 times (52 stitches left). Continue for 5 1/2 “ from underarm. Now work cuff in ribbing of K 2, P2, for 9 rows; bind off knitting the knitted and purling the purled stitches. Repeat for other sleeve Lower Part of Body: Slip the 40 stitches for half of front on one needle and the 81 stitches for back and 40 stitches for other half of front on the other needle. Work back and forth on all 161 stitches in the stockinette stitch, except for the garter stitch border. In 7th row from sleeves increase as follows: K the first 38 stitches, increase in next stitch, K 2 (underarm), increase in next stitch, K 77. (4 increases in row). Continue to increase in the same 4 places (on each side of the 2 underarm stitches, at both underarms) every 12th row until there are 4 increasing rows, with 177 stitches on needle. There will be 1 stitch more on each front and 2 stitches more on back after each increasing row. Work even in pattern until the garment measures 9 inches from neck. Work 4 rows in garter stitch; bind off on wrong side. Work row of single crochet on both front edges. Draw a ribbon through beading at neck, leaving ends to tie.