Child Knitting Pattern

Child’s knit country club sweater

Size 2 to 3 years

Child knitting pattern: Many of the children’s styles follow closely along the lines of the smart sport models that are proving so popular with the ‘grown ups’. A pretty country club sweater is knit in wool in plain Garter stitch with collar and cuffs of baby blue sweater silk worked in an ornamental stripe. A blue crocheted cord of the silk fastens the collar. If preferred pink may be used for the trimming instead of the blue. The bottom of the sweater is knit in Cardigan stitch, giving a fitted band over the hips.

Materials: Corticelli Shetland Flosola Yarn, 4 balls White; Corticelli Sweater Silk, 1 ball Baby Blue or Pink. One pair of no.4 celluloid knitting needles.

Child Knitting Pattern Instructions:

Cast on 70 sts. Knit in cardigan stitch 2 inches, then knit in plain Garter stitch 39 ribs (or 9 inches) (2 rows make a rib).

Cast on 10 sts. At neck when coming back towards neck next time and work plain back and forth for 15 ribs, bind off 8 sts. At beginning of needle at bottom of sleeve every time for 5 times, or until 40 sts. Are bound off, and work plain back and forth for 13 ribs more, work to neck end of needle and break wool.

Take up the 69 sts. On other front and knit same, 2nd when knitting across next time knit stitches on both fronts on one needlean dknit 25 more ribs. Then knit the 2 inches in Cardigan stitch same as back for this child knitting pattern.

Child knitting pattern Collar: With the blue silk set up 40 sts. And knit in plain Garter stitch until there are 5 ribs. Make fancy stripe as follows:

1st row: Purl across.

2d row: Slip 1 st st., knit 2 sts. Together all the way across until last stich, knit plain.

3d row: Slip 1st st. knit thread between 1st and 2d sts., knit 3 d st., knit thread between, and repeat across row, but do not knit thread between last 2 sts., knit last stitch. This keeps the 40 sts. On needle. This completes fancy stripe for this child knitting pattern.

Then knit plain until there are 5 ribs on the right side and 6 on wrong side, and commence the fancy stripe again by purling across on the wrong side.

There should be 8 fancy stripes and 9 plain.

Finish child knitting pattern edge around collar with Brier stitch crocheted in same silk, and work same down front. Work cord for loops in front, of the silk, putting 3 white bone rings on cord, fastening up in 3 loops, 1 ring to each loop, sewing close down to opening at front.

Make cuffs same as collar, 20 sts. Deep, sew on to bottom of sleeve, and turn back.

Sew up sweater, under-arms and sleeves.

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