V-neck child's cardigan with pockets and colourful bands of garter stitch at seams and edging.

Rain City Kid

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Your child might want to eat and sleep in this bright sweater. The seams are knitted-in using colourful garter stitch bands and the pocket linings flash the same colour as the seams for lots of visual impact.

There are no hand sewn seams in this project. It’s all knitting, all the time!

Knit them for all the kids, big and small; smaller sizes are available in the Rain City Baby cross-over style pattern.

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Construction

The back and front pieces are worked bottom up with short rows for the shoulder shaping. There is no sewing in this project. The shoulders are joined with a three needle bind off. Sleeves are picked up around the armhole, the sleeve cap is shaped with short rows, and the sleeve is worked top down.

The joining bands are a kind of hybrid pick up and knit combined with three-needle bind-off. The pockets are worked as a pre-planned afterthought pocket. Finally a front band it picked up along the sweater front edges and around the back neck and worked in garter stitch.

What's Included

This knitting pattern includes written directions, a schematic with measurements, and thoughtful details.

Sizes + Finished Measurements

Sizes to fit: 4 (6, 8, 10, 12 yrs).
Finished chest circumference: 28 ¼ (29 ¾, 31 ¼, 33 ¼, 34 ¾)” / 70.5 (74.5, 78, 83, 87) cm.
Intended to be worn with about 5” (12.5 cm) positive ease; shown in 4 yrs.

Yarn

DK weight yarn;
Main Colour 613 (722, 813, 947, 1044) yds / 561 (661, 744, 866, 955) m;
Contrasting Colour 138 (158, 171, 189, 202) yds / 127 (145, 157, 173, 185) m.

Shown in Rain City Knits Superwash Bluefaced Leicester DK (discontinued)(100% wool; 246 yd (225 m) per 100 g).

Substitution Notes

The original yarn, discontinued yarn is a 4-ply, DK weight, 100% superwash Bluefaced Leicester yarn that works up at 22 sts to 4” (10 cm). Any smooth DK weight yarn should do the trick. Wool, wool blends and cottons would all substitute nicely. Knit Picks Swish DK would be a great choice based on easy care and a great colour selection.

Gauge

22 sts and 32 rows to 4″ (10 cm) over stocking stitch using larger needles.

Needles + Notions

3.5 & 3.75 mm (US 4 &5) Needles;
3.5 mm (US 4) Circular Needle, 32” (80 cm) long;
3.5 mm (US E-4) Crochet Hook;
Locking Stitch Markers;
Stitch Holders or Scrap Yarn;
5 (6, 6, 6, 7) buttons 5/8” (15 mm) diameter.

Skills

Increases/decreases, short rows, set-in sleeve sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up, sleeves top down, picking up stitches, no sewing seams, buttonholes and sewing on buttons.

Errata

Rain City Kid