Child's pullover with self-patterning yarn used on sleeves, intarsia squares on front and for stranded corrugated ribbing.

Avery Big Kid

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A favourite sweater with bold blocks of colour on the front, I’ve sized Avery up for an older crowd. Inset sleeves and full fashion shaping create a more sophisticated look and fit for school-aged children. The key design elements of corrugated ribbing and patterned sleeves made this one a best seller for the toddler set, and it looks just as good on the big kids. They’ll love the comfort, you’ll love the look.

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Construction

Worked bottom up, in pieces and seamed together. It has set-in sleeves and a folded neckband. Stranded corrugated ribbing in two colours is featured at the hem, cuffs and neckband. Colourful blocks on the front are worked in intarsia.

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 4 (6, 8, 10, 12) yrs.
Finished chest circumference: 29 ¾ (31, 32, 34 ¼, 36 ¼)” / 75.5 (78.5, 81.5, 87, 92) cm.
Intended to be worn with 6 to 7” (15-18 cm) positive ease.

Yarn

Fingering weight or sock yarn;
650 (730, 835, 965, 1110) yd / 595 (670, 765, 885, 1015) m solid colour;
540 (610, 685, 755, 845) yd / 495 (560, 630, 695, 775) m self-patterning.

Shown in discontinued sock yarns (75% wool, 25% nylon; 465 yd /425 m per 100 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” (10cm) over stocking stitch using larger needles.

Needles + Notions

2.5 mm (US 1 1⁄2) and 3 mm (US 2 1⁄2) Needles;
2.5 mm (US 1 1⁄2) Circular Needle, 16” (40 cm) long;
6 Stitch Holders or Scrap Yarn;
2 Stitch Markers.

Skills

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

Errata

Avery Big Kid