SWEATER BABY SOFT
YARN: 2 balls of BABY SOFT cotton by Laines Du Nord each colours: n.502-604-602-603
KNITTING NEEDLES: size 3, 3.5, 4
OTHER: darning needle, pins, scissors.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
Tubular Stitch: cast-on and bind-off
Rib 1/1: *k1, p1 *. rep from * to * across the entire r. Next row: work the stitches as they appear.
Stocking Stitch
Graft Stitch: for casting off the sts. using the darning needle
st. = stitch
r. = row
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
k = knit
p = purl
col. = colour
rep. = repeat
SIZE S - 40
Procedure
FRONT
Using no. 3.5 knitting needles and contrasting colour yarn, cast-on 120 sts. and work 1 r. in knit st., then with col. 502 (light sand) shape the band working 1 r. in purl st., 4 r. in tubular st. and 8 r. rib 1/1.
Using no. 4 knitting needles, work in stocking st.
1st r. (RS): work as follow: 24 sts. using sandcol., 36 sts. with light green col., 28 sts. with yellow col., 16 sts. with dark green col.
2nd r. (WS): work the sts. as they appear.
From 3rd to 14th r.: work the sts. as set before.
15th r.: work the sts. as set before and work last 2 sts. using white col.
16th-17th r.: work the sts. as set before.
18th r.: purl as set, moving the sand col. 1 st. leftwards.
19th-20th-21st-22nd r.: cont. in stocking st., always moving the sand col. 1 st. leftwards.
23rd r.: work the sts. as set before.
24th-25th-26th r.: work the sts. as set before, moving the sand col. 2 sts. leftwards, every r.
27th r.: work the sts. as set before.
28th r.: work the sts. as they appear, using the sand col. on all dark green sts.
From 29th to 39th r.: work in stocking st. as set before.
40th r.: work the sts. as they appear, using the sand col. on all yellow sts.
Dal 41st al 52nd r.: work in stocking st. as set before.
53rd r.: work 44 sts. using light green col. and the rem. sts using sand col.
From 54th to 69th r.: cont. keeping this setting.
70th r.: work the sts. as they appear, using dark green col. for first 16 sts.
71st-72nd r.: work the sts. as set before.
73rd r.: work as set before, using the sand col. on all light green sts.
74th r.: work the sts. as they appear.
75th r.: work 80 sts. with sand col, 28 sts. with yellow col. and 16 sts. with dark green col.
From 76th to 80th r.: cont. keeping this setting.
81st r.: work 44 sts. with sand col., 36 sts. with light green col., 28 sts. with yellow col. and 16 sts. with dark green col.
From 82nd to 94th r.: cont. keeping this setting.
95th r.: cont. keeping the same colours setting until the end. At the same time, for neckline shaping, bind off 18 central sts and cont. working 2 pieces separately.
96th r. and even r.: work the sts. as they appear.
97th r.: knit and bind off 6 sts. at neckline edge.
99th r.: knit and bind off 4 sts. at neckline edge.
101st r.: knit and bind off 3 sts. at neckline edge.
103rd r.: bind off the rem. sts. for first shoulder.
Work second neckline and shoulder as given for first one, reversing all shaping.
BACK
Work as given for front, without the neckline.
SLEEVE (x 2)
Using no. 3.5 knitting needles and contrasting colour yarn, cast-on 64 sts. and knit 1 r., join col. 502 (light sand) yarn and, for band shaping, purl 1 r., 4 r. in tubular st. and 8 r. rib 1/1.
Work in stocking st., using no. 4 knitting needles.
1st r. (RS): work as follow: 24 sts. with light green col., 36 sts. with yellow col., 14 sts. with sand col., 8 sts. with dark green col.
2nd r. and even r.: work the sts. as they appear.
3rd r.: work as set before, incr. 1 st. on both edges (one st. from each edge.), then move 1 st. of each of 2 side col.
5th r.: work as set before.
7th r.: work like 3rd r.
9th e 11th r.: work as set before.
13rd r.: work like 3rd r.
15th-17th r.: work as set before.
19th r.: work like 3rd r.
21st r.: work as set before, using the sand col. instead of light green col.
23rd r.: work as set before.
25th r.: work like 3rd r.
27th r.: work as set before.
29th r.: stop using yellow col. and use sand col. for all sts.
31st r.: using sand col., incr. 1 st. on both edges (1 st. from each edge)
33rd-35th-37th r.: work all sts. with sand col.
39th r.: work first 30 sts. with dark green col. and the rem. sts. with sand col.
41st r.: work like 3rd r.
43rd r.: work as set before.
45th r.: work fist 31 sts. with dark green col., 14 sts. with light green col., rem. sts. with sand col.
47th r.: work as set before.
49th r.: work like 3rd r.
51st r.: work as set before.
53rd r.: keep the green col. and work 24 following sts. with yellow col., work the rem. sts. with sand col.
55th r.: work as set before.
57th r.: work as set before, using the sand col. instead of dark green col.
59th-61st-63rd-65th r.: work as set before.
From 67th to 82nd r.: cont. in stocking st. using sand col.
83rd r.: bind off all sts. in knit st.
COLLAR
Sew one shoulder and, using no. 3.5 knitting needles, pick-up 96 sts. around neckline edge (front and back), join the sand col. and purl 1 r., then work 3 r. rib 1/1, 3 r. in tubular st. and at last bind off all sts. in graft st. using the darning needle.
Sew three collar edges, second shoulder, side and undersleeves seams; at last, sew the sleeves into the armholes.