Crochet Fireman Infant Outfit - Photo Prop

Summer just flew by didn't it? I have made a few small things, mostly for personal use but have yet to get them together to take pictures. But I have finished the requested Fireman outfit.

 

 

Modeled by my Cabbage Patch doll, Christopher! (I recently found him in a box while looking for a doll to use for this purpose) The outfit consists of a diaper cover with elongated legs & suspenders. A jacket with 'reflective' stripes on the bottom and arms. Boots with side pull loops and the official fire hat.

The bottoms were made from a pattern titled Little Fire Crochet Soaker and Skirty from the With a Tangled Skein blog. The owner, Amy shares many cute patterns as well as having an Esty shop you can check out. All her extra links are on her blog page.

The black tie cord could be turned to leave the excess 'bow' in the back . The suspenders are attached with crochet buttons on the front and back, so they can be removed or adjusted in front to fit. The suspenders are 2 strips of dc joined at one end with an alternating afghan join that I used increasingly longer stitches to get the Y shape.

The jacket is based of Jonquil Baby Vest on Suzies Stuff blog. I added the color strips  to the body and the arms to give it the 'reflective' look and debated but finally deleted the bottom post stitch which would have matched the bottoms but didn't fit with the look of the jacket. I outlined in black and used one matching crochet button at the top for closure.

 

The boots were difficult because I couldn't find anything that looked like I wanted without being stuffed to retain its shape. Originally I wanted a bulbous toe. There were several pattern pictures I liked but when worked up the toe was pulled flat. So the next best ideal seems the be these Cowboy Boots. There seems to be many free variations of this pattern. This was the one I liked. I didn't include the 'heel' and the is about 5 stitches on each side skipped to make the 'pull up loop'

 

Finally the Hat was a free pattern from Clara Croissant, Child's Fireman Hat on Ravelry. The hat was a bit large for the infant I intended it for so I did adjust the pattern. Unfortunately I did miss count something as I wrote it down. I'll include my version but beware there is a mistake. It comes at the end of a section in the stitch counts (extra lines - as in you run out of stitches to continue. I think it was a copy and paste error) and if I get the chance to go back over it I will edit and correct it. The shield was made with a g hook to make it a bit smaller. The inside of the hat fell over the eyes & face of my 'model' so I lined the hat with a simple lose beanie that can be removed if needed.

 I found the hat very floppy around the brim. I intended to use pipe cleaners but mine disappeared so an old thin metal coat hanger was repurposed to shape the brim. The join was covered in white duct tape to prevent anyone from getting poked and a sc was done over the white wire. The wire was partially the reason I added the beanie inside. It was just heavy enough to weight the hat down a bit.

The beanie looks really shallow in this pic. But there is a nice space for a small head. It was whip stitched to the inside rim and the join pulled inside the hat so that it can be removed.

Child's Fireman Hat

 reduced size projected head measurement 15.5

US I hook

Front section

(make 1)

Ch 21, turnRow 1: In 2nd st from hook, sc across, ch 1, turn (20 sc)
Row 2: sc across, ch 1, turn (20 sc)
Row 3: sc across, ch 1, turn (20 sc)
Row 4: sc across, ch 1, turn (20 sc)
Row 5: sc across, ch 1, turn (20 sc)
Row 6: sc2tog, sc across 16 st, sc2tog (18 sc)
Row 7: sc across, ch 1, turn (18 sc)
Row 8: sc2tog, sc across 14 st, sc2 tog (16 sc)
Row 9: sc across, ch 1, turn (16 sc)
Row 10: sc2tog, sc across 12 st, sc2 tog (14 sc)
Row 11: sc across, ch 1, turn (14 sc)
Row 12: sc2tog, sc across 10 st, sc2tog (12 sc)
Row 13: sc across, ch 1, turn (12 sc)
Row 14: sc2tog twice, sc across 2 st, sc2tog twice (8 sc)
Row 15: sc across, ch 1, turn (8 sc)
Row 16: sc2tog twice, sc across 2 st, sc2tog twice (4 sc)
Row 17: sc across, ch 1, turn (4 sc)
Row 18: sc2tog twice, ch 1, turn (2 sc)
Row 19: sc2tog
Fasten off

 

Back sections

(make 2)

Ch 13, turnRow 1: In 2nd chain from hook, sc across, ch1, turn (12 sc)
Row 2: Sc across, ch1, turn (12 sc)
Row 3: Sc across, ch1, turn (12 sc)
Row 4: Sc across, turn (12 sc)
Row 5: sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog, ch1, turn (10 sc)
Row 6: Sc across, ch1, turn (10 sc)
Row 7: Sc across, turn (10 sc)
Row 8: sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog, ch1, turn (8 sc)
Row 9: sc across, ch 1, turn (8 sc)
Row 10: sc across, ch 1, turn (8 sc)
Row 11: sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog, ch1, turn (6 sc)
Row 12: sc across, ch 1, turn (6 sc)
Row 13: sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog, ch1, turn (4 sc)
Row 14: sc across, ch 1, turn (4 sc)
Row 15: sc2tog, sc2tog, turn (2 sc)
Row 16: sc2tog
Fasten off

  

Side sections

(make two)

Ch 13, turnRow 1: In 2nd chain from hook, sc across, ch1, turn (12 sc)
Row 2: Sc across, turn (12 sc)
Row 3: sc2tog, sc across, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 4: sc across, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 5: sc across, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 6: sc across, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 7: sc2tog, sc across, ch 1, turn (10 sc)
Row 8: sc across, ch 1, turn (10 sc)
Row 9: sc across, ch 1, turn (10 sc)
Row 10: sc across, ch 1, turn (10 sc)
Row 11: sc2tog, sc across, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 12: sc across, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 13: sc across, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 14: sc across, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 15: sc2tog, sc across, ch 1, turn (8 sc)
Row 16: sc across, ch1, turn (8 sc)
Row 17: sc2tog, sc across, ch 1, turn (7 sc)
Row 18: sc across, ch1, turn (7 sc)
Row 19: sc2tog, sc across (6 sc)
Fasten off
 

Brim

Start at the front edge of the right back section (marked with a star on the diagram).
Row 1: Sl st around lower edge of hat, join
Row 2: Working only in the loops on the outside of the hat,ch1, sc around entire edge of
hat, join.
Row 3: ch 1, hdc around, join
Row 4: ch 2, dc around, joinFurther rows work only along the edge of the two back sections (24 sc), to make an
extended brim at the back of the hatRow 5: ch 1, 3 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 tr in next st, 3 tr in next st, 2 tr in next st, 6
dc, 2 tr in next st, 3 tr in next st., 2 tr in next st, 2tr, 2dc, 1 hdc, 3 sc, sl st to join,
turn (??38 stitches)
Row 6: 2 sc, 34 hdc, 2 sc, sl st to join

Using F or G hook?
 

Front shield

 Using ?color? yarn, ch 10Row 1: In 2nd st from hook, sc across, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 2: 2 sc in next st, 7 sc, 2 sc in next st, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 3: 2 sc in next st, 9 sc, 2 sc in next st, ch 1, turn (13 sc)
Row 4: 2 sc in next st, 11 sc, 2 sc in next st, ch 1, turn (15 sc)
Row 5 – 10: sc across, ch 1, turn (15 sc)
Row 11: sc2tog, 11 sc, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (13 sc)
Row 12: sc2tog, 9 sc, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 13: sc2tog, 7 sc, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (9 sc)
Row 14: 2 sc in next st, 7 sc, 2 sc in next st, ch 1, turn (11 sc)
Row 15: 2 sc in next st, 9 sc, 2 sc in next st, ch 1, turn (13 sc)
Row 16: 2hdc, 3 sl st, ch 1, 3hdc, 3 sl st, 2 hdc, ch 1, turn (15 st)
Row 17: 2 dc, 3 sl st, ch2, dc, tr, dc, ch 2, 4 sl st, ch 1, 2 hdc, sl st
Fasten off

Using black yarn, sl st around outside of front shield

ADD Numbers to shield

     ** My numbers were smaller versions based on Moogly's Crochet Numbers, scratch that. I had hoped to find out a station # to place on the hat. I ended up using FD, for Fire Dept. Letters also based on patterns from the same person. The Moogly Crochet Alphabet.