Just like the adult version, the Kaleidoscope Kids Cardi is a wonderful beginner cardigan that is a celebration of yarn and color but just in a mini version! Let your inner creative shine as you experiment and go with the flow with color and yarn placement. This style is a seamless, yoke-style cardigan, worked flat, from the top down entirely in stockinette stitch using one color or a mix of colors/yarns. It has a straight body and full-length sleeves with a crochet border to finish off all of the edges.

Pattern details:

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Knitter

Needle Size:

Size US 17 (12.75 mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needle, plus additional needles of the same size for your preferred method of small circumference knitting

Size N/US 15 (10 mm) crochet hook for edging

Adjust needle / hook sizes as necessary to match gauge. Note if you adjust your needle size, the crochet hook should be approx. 2 mm smaller than the knitting needle when gauge is met.

Sizes: 4 (6, 8, 10, 12) yrs

Finished Measurements:

25.5 (27.75, 30, 32, 34)” / 64.5 (70.5, 76, 81.5, 86.5) cm chest circumference. Recommended to be worn with 1-3” / 2.5-7.5 cm of positive ease across the chest.

Fit Note:

Kids come in all shapes and sizes. Each person is wonderful and unique and so is their body. If the child’s measurements do not match the age, it is recommended to choose a size that has the best measurements. This pattern is worked from the top down and you can easily adjust the length of the body and sleeves to be longer or shorter as needed

Gauge:

7.5 sts and 10 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch worked flat using knitting needles on Spun Cloud (MC), steam blocked

Materials:

1 (1, 1, 2, 2) skeins Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100 yds / 200 g)

1 (2, 2, 2, 2) Mini Skein Sampler kits (approx. 85 yds / 170g) - 5 mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 17 yds / skein

*Size 12 yr sample is shown in Spun Cloud Orchid and Honeysuckle with a Mini Skein Sampler kit in Bouquet, Size 10 yr sample is shown in Spun Cloud True Olive and Ink with a Mini Skein Sampler kit in Bouquet, and Size 8 yr sample is shown in Spun Cloud True Olive and Crème Brûlée with a Mini Skein Sampler kit in Ochre Twist. Please note with testing it was determined that Sizes 4, 6, and 8 yrs only need 1 skein of Spun Cloud yarn. However, if you’d like to add in more variety for the striped version, you can use a second skein in another color as per the Size 8 yr sample shown. Also, instructions are not provided for making the felted dinosaur on Size 10 yr sample.**

Pattern Designer: Laurel Gervitz