Pattern: Striped Baby Sweater
This sweater started out with the bonnet that I made yesterday. I had lots of stash left over, and thought a matching striped sweater would be cute.
When knitting sweaters for babies it is important to leave a big neck opening. This sweater was going to be a cardigan….but changed half way through.
I used Astra yarn and a circular needle, size 4.0mm, to cast on 70 sts. I separated the stitches 12, 10, 26, 10, 12.
Top down raglan construction is great since you can knit it, increasing on both sides of the markers, until the sweater is big enough to fit around the body and then continue on with the rest of the sweater.
This sweater starts with 6 rows of garter stitch, and then switches to stockinette with an 8 stitch garter stitch border/button band on both edges.
Stripes are worked at will, with button holes placed every 4 ridges in the garter stitch button band. To make a button hole K3, K2tog, YO. Making button holes on both sides of the garment will allow you to sew a button in the correct spot by sewing it on top of the redundant button hole.
This sweater spoke to me, wishing to become a pull-over rather than a cardigan. Perhaps it is just since I don’t like to purl all that much. After working 3 button holes, and at the end of a purl row, place the 8 knit border stitches on a spare needle. Begin the knit round by combining both 8 stitch sections together by working a K2tog with one stitch from each edge of the sweater. This will cause the borders to be one directly above the other.
The sleeve stitches are kept on waste yarn while the body of the sweater is completed. Cast on 3 stitches under each arm pit. Knit the body until it is 1/2 an inch from the desired finished length, then work 6 rows of garter stitch. Note: in the round, garter stitch is knit 1 row, purl 1 row. Cast off loosely knitwise.
The sleeves stitches are knit, armpit stitches are picked up, and joined in the round. Decrease 2 stitches every 5th row to narrow the sleeve. Continue until the sleeve is 1/2 inch from the desired length. Work 6 rows of garter stitch. Cast off loosely knitwise.
Work in ends and sew on buttons.
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