Choose your favourite colours and make the Colour Drop Sweater for a child who also loves colours. The pattern is created by slipped stitches and therefore only one colour is worked at a time. The yoke sweater is knit in the round top down.

Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate

Sizes
2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 and 10-12 years

Finished Measurements (after blocking)
63, 68, 74, 79 and 84 cm (25, 27, 29, 31and 33 in) chest circumference.

The yoke sweater is knit in the round top-down and seamless.
The pattern is created by slipped stitches and therefore only one colour is worked at a time.

Yarn
Loch Lomond from BC Garn (100% organic wool, 150 m (164 yards) per 50g)
It uses 4 colours A, B, C and D:
A: 1(1, 2, 2, 2) hanks
B: 1(1, 1, 2, 2) hanks
C: 1(1, 1, 2, 2) hanks
D: 1(1, 1, 2, 2) hanks

Examples:
Blue/yellow sweater: A: 16 Night Blue, B: 01 Curry, C: 21 Baby Blue and D: 04 Nougat
Blue/green sweater: A: 02 Petrol, B: 21 Baby Blue, C: 12 Pine Tree and D: 14 Egg Shell
Red sweater: A: 11 Fire Red, B: 22 Salmon, C: 18 Erica and D: 19 Sand

Needles
Circular needles 3.5 mm / US 4 (40 and 60 cm) and 4.5 mm / US 7 (40 and 60 cm).
Double pointed needles 3.5 mm / US 4 and 4.5 mm / US 7.

Gauge
19 stitches and 32 rows = 10 cm (4 in) in stockinette stitch with larger needles, after blocking.