The Boy’s Rig is designed on divided squares only, in two sizes, the larger units for the suit, the smaller for the border. It is made of a sturdy worsted, and will fit the average three-year-old and stretch to the average four- or five-year-old.

For a very small child, the border may stand like wings on the shoulders, fastened with snaps. For an older child, the shirt may be seamed along the border’s edge.

The design uses a strip of four divided squares for the trousers, with the center of the strip at center back, and the two ends meeting at center front. The borders are used for trouser legs and waistband and fly front. (The front may be seamed for the smaller child.) The trousers are shaped by changing needles, the two squares at the back being knit on needles two sizes larger than those to fit the gauge of four stitches to one inch; the borders on needles one size smaller.

The shirt also is a strip, but of eight squares, with its center at the front and with armholes formed by the division between units.

Draw the suit in color on graph paper. Cut it out and fold it paper-doll fashion. This is the best way to see in advance what the suit will look like.

Size: 3 to 5 years, average

Yarn: C-; lightweight worsted, 4 to 5 oz.

Needles: To knit gauge of 4 stitches to 1 inch, no. 10 average; also 1 pair 2 sizes larger and 1 pair 1 size smaller.

Chart: one box= 3 stitches or 3 ridges.