This active and on-trend zip-up sweater will keep your kids warm on the playground or after school. Knit in Caron’s Simply Soft. (Yarnspirations)

Skill level: Intermediate

MEASUREMENTS

Finished chest measurement
2 yrs: 26 ins [66 cm]
4 yrs: 28 ins [71 cm]
6 yrs: 30 ins [76 cm]
8 yrs: 32 ins [81 cm]
10 yrs: 34 ins [86 cm]

Finished length measurement
2 yrs: 14 ins [36.5 cm]
4 yrs: 15 ins [38 cm]
6 yrs: 16 ins [40.5 cm]
8 yrs: 17 ins [43 cm]
10 yrs: 18 ins [45.5 cm]

MEASUREMENTS

Simply Soft (170 g/6. oz;288 m/315 yds)
Main Color (MC) 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) balls
Contrast A 1 ball (all sizes)
Contrast B 1 ball (all sizes)

Shown in Country Blue (9710), Dark Country Blue (9711), Bone (9703)

One size US 8 (5 mm) circular needles, 29”/73.5cm long, or size to obtain gauge.

4 stitch markers
Stitch holders
Yarn needle
Separating zipper, 14 (15, 16, 17, 18)“/35.5 (38, 40.5, 43, 45.5)cm long (can be purchased longer and shortened)

Stripe Pattern (even number of sts) 18 rows

Finishing: Sew Sleeve seams. Graft underarm sts. Sew in zipper half way up neck ribbing. Fold neck ribbing to inside, overlapping zipper on the inside.

Construction schematic is provided.