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Criterion Mini is an Art Deco-inspired colorwork sweater for children, worked seamlessly from the top down. The stranded motif uses two colors and works well with playful stash combinations.

Helpful video tutorials are included, covering float catching, German short rows, and the bind off.

Design Details

Criterion Mini is knit seamlessly from the top down. The yoke is worked in stranded colorwork and shaped with German short rows. After the yoke, the body and sleeves are separated and worked to the desired length.

Pattern Highlights

• Seamless top down construction
• Two color stranded motif
• Video tutorials included

Construction Overview

The sweater begins at the neckline and is worked in the round through the colorwork yoke. German short rows shape the neckline. The body and sleeves are then separated and worked individually to the finished length.

Yarn Notes

This design works with any fingering weight yarn and is ideal for using two contrasting colors.

MC: Tosh Merino Glitter
90% merino / 8% acrylic / 2% stellina
420 yds (384 m) per 100 g

CC: Olann Sock Lite
80% superwash merino / 20% nylon
465 yds (425 m) per 100 g

Yardage Requirements

MC:
330 (370, 390, 470, 580, 720, 820, 920) yds
302 (338, 357, 430, 530, 658, 750, 840) m

CC:
51 (57, 60, 73, 90, 112, 127, 143) yds
47 (52, 55, 67, 82, 102, 116, 130) m

Finished Measurements

0–6 m (6–12 m, 1–2 yr, 2–4 yr, 4–6 yr, 6–8 yr, 8–10 yr, 10–12 yr)

Chest:
18.5 (20.5, 21.5, 23.5, 25.5, 28, 29.5, 32.5)“
47 (52, 55, 60, 65, 71, 75, 83) cm

Let’s Knit Together

This pattern includes video tutorials, and our Discord community is always open if you’d like pattern support or want to share your progress.

Join us here: https://discord.gg/M64Ec9yeng

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