Set of baby's clothing

These pretty baby clothes make up a matching set consisting of a jacket, pair of sleeves and a cap. The knitter has used stocking stitch decorated with an openwork design, clusters of pink beads and rose motifs made out of pink and green glass beads. She would have had to string the beads on the yarn in the exact reverse order of the pattern before she began knitting.

The jacket and cap have tapes attached to secure them to the baby. Separate sleeves were a common part of baby's outfits. The Workwoman's Guide of 1838 illustrates and describes how to make a 'Knit Armlet…. Little children, in severe weather, wear them over their little naked arms to prevent them from chapping’.