Skills required: casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round, picking up stitches, binding off, working twisted stitches.
Construction: This sweater is knit seamlessly in the round from the top down. The neckline is shaped with a few short rows for a more comfortable fit. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are put on hold for the sleeves, then the body of the sweater is knit in the round, and features a chevron motif with twisted stitches. The sleeves are worked in the round.
Chuck
The sophisticated and rich chevron motif is a nod to the famous zig-zag feature of the “Charlie Brown sweater." The motif can be omitted and leave the knitter with a great crew neck sweater template that could be personalized.
The individual pattern is available for purchase in pdf format for 6.00 Euros.
Sizes available: 3mo (6mo, 12mo, 18mo // 2yo, 4yo, 6yo, 8yo)
To fit chest: 16 (17, 18, 19 // 21, 23, 25, 26.5) inches or 40.5 (43, 45.5, 48.5 // 53.5, 58.5, 63.5, 67.5) cm.
Garment chest at underarms: 17.25 (19.5, 20, 21.75 // 24.5, 26.75, 29, 29) inches or 44 (49.5, 51, 55 // 62, 68, 73.5, 73.5) cm.
Yarn Requirements:
Approximately 210 (350, 400, 425 // 450, 600, 700, 800) yds or 192 (383, 366, 389 // 411, 549, 640, 731) meter of worsted to aran weight merino or merino blend yarn
Gauge:
18 sts x 26 rounds = 4 inches or 10cm in stockinette stitch in the round after blocking
18 sts x 30 rounds = 4 inches or 10cm in brocade chevron stitch in the round after blocking
Needles:
US 8 or 5mm 16-inch or 40cm circular needle for five smallest sizes, 24-inches or 60cm circular needle for three largest sizes (or size needed to match stockinette stitch gauge)
1 set of matching dpns
US 7 or 4.5mm 16 inch or 40cm circular needle (or one size smaller than needles used to match stockinette gauge)
1 set of matching dpns
Notions:
4 stitch markers (I recommend using a different color marker for the BOR marker)
tapestry needle
2 stitch holders or pieces of scrap yarn to hold sleeve stitches