Child's pullover with intarsia blocks of colour on front and self-patterning striped sleeves.

Avery

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This playful pullover for babies and little kids has blocks of colour on the front that coordinate with the Fair Isle-like patterned sleeves. Corrugated ribbing ties it all together and self-patterning sock yarn simplifies the colourwork.

Looking for big kid sizing? Avery Big Kid has been reworked with more sophisticated shaping and sizes for school-aged kids.

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Construction

This pullover is worked bottom up in pieces and seamed together. It has modified set-in sleeves with a shallow cap. Stranded corrugated ribbing in two colours is featured at the hem, cuffs and neck edging. Colourful blocks on the front are worked in intarsia. Smaller sizes feature a button closure on the left shoulder.

What's Included

This knitting pattern includes written directions, a colour chart for intarsia stitch pattern, detailed yardage requirements for each intarsia bobbin/section, and a schematic with measurements.

Sizes + Finished Measurements

Sizes: To fit 0-6 mo (6-12 mo, 12-24 mo, 2T, 4T).
Finished chest circumference: 21 (24, 26, 28 ½, 30 ½)“ / 53.5 (61, 66, 72.5, 77.5) cm.
Back length: 10 (12, 13 ¾, 15, 16 ½)” / 25.5 (30.5, 35, 38, 42) cm.
Sleeve seam length: 6 ½ (7 ½, 8 ½, 10 ½, 11 ½)“ / 16.5 (19, 21.5, 26.5, 29) cm.
Designed for a roomy fit with 2-7″ (5-18 cm) positive ease, with more ease for the larger sizes. Shown in sizes 6-12 mo and 2 yrs.

Yarn

Fingering weight or sock yarn;
323 (433, 529, 609, 715) yd / 298 (400, 489, 562, 660) m solid colour;
203 (256, 298, 368, 433) yd / 187 (236, 275, 340, 400) m self-patterning.

Shown in discontinued sock yarns (75% wool, 25% nylon; 229 yd /210 m per 50 g).

Substitution Notes

Choose a fingering weight/4-ply yarn with easy care instructions. Superwash wool and sock yarns (whether wool or cotton blends) will work wonderfully. The self-patterning yarn may be substituted with a solid colour, a variegated yarn or a gradient yarn.

Gauge

30 sts and 42 rows to 4” (10 cm) over stocking stitch using larger needles.

Needles + Notions

2.5 mm and 3 mm (US 1 1⁄2 and US 2 1⁄2) Needles;
6 Stitch Holders or Scrap Yarn;
2 Locking Stitch Markers;
3 (3, 3, 0, 0) 3/8” (1 cm) Buttons.

Skills

Increases/decreases, short rows, three needle bind off, working intarsia from chart, corrugated ribbing (stranded), basic modified set-in sleeve sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up, seaming, picking up stitches, neckband worked in the round (larger sizes), buttonholes and sewing onbuttons (smaller sizes).

Errata

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