Let's Christmas Sweater by PetiteKnit

Let's Christmas Sweater

Knitting
November 2021
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette on larger needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
472 - 945 yards (432 - 864 m)
1-2 (2-3) 3-4 (4-5) 5-6 (6-7) 7-8 (8-10) 10-12 (12-14) years
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The Christmas Sweater is worked seamless from the top down. The neck edge is folded and knitted together and short rows are worked to shape the neckline. The yoke is worked with raglan increases. At the end, the sweater is decorated with crocheted chain stitches and pompons in different colors.

Sizes:
1-2 (2-3) 3-4 (4-5) 5-6 (6-7) 7-8 (8-10) 10-12 (12-14) years

Bust circumference:
65 (67) 70 (71) 74 (76) 78 (81) 84 (90) cm
[25½ (26½) 27½ (28) 29¼ (30) 30¾ (32) 33 (35½) inches]

Length:
38 (40) 41 (44) 46 (49) 52 (54) 55 (57) cm
[15 (15¾) 16¼ (17¼) 18 (19¼) 20½ (21¼) 21¾ (22½) inches], measured mid back

Gauge:
21 sts x 28 rows in stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] on 4 mm (US6) needles, after blocking

Needles:
Circular needles: 3.5 mm [US4] and 4 mm [US6] / 40, 60 and/or 80 cm [16, 24 and/or 32 inches]

Double-pointed needles: 3.5 mm [US4] and 4 mm [US6], Crochet hook: 3 mm

Materials:
Suggestion 1: 200 (200) 200-250 (250) 300 (300) 350 (350) 400 (400) g of Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 108 m [118 yds]
Suggestion 2: 100 (100) 100-150 (150) 150 (150) 200 (200) 200 (200) g of Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m [257 yds]) held together with 50 (50) 50-75 (75) 75 (75-100) 100 (100) 100-125 (125) g of Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m [232 yds])

Scraps of yarn for pompons and approx. 10 g of Double Sunday for the chain stitches

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5)

See the classification of difficulty here.

The green Let’s Christmas Sweater is knitted in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Skoggrønn [8082] with chain stitches in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Almond [2511] and pompoms in Sunday by Sandnes Garn.

The white Let’s Christmas Sweater is knitted in Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Whipped cream [1012] held together with Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn in the color Natur [1012] with chain stitches in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Croissant [2345].

The pink Let’s Christmas sweater is knitted in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Ballet shoes [3521] with chain stitches in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Whipped cream [1012].

The red Let’s Christmas Sweater is knitted in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Dyp rød [4236] with chain stitches in Double Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the color Whipped cream [1012].