Lotta by Rita Maassen

Lotta

Knitting
August 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
27 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
0 - 3 months (3 - 6 months, 6 - 9 months, 9 - 12 months); bust circumference of finished cardigan: 17 (18½, 19, 20) inches [45 (47, 49, 51) cm]
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“Lotta” is a very special design: I created it for my newborn granddaughter (named Lotta, of course!). Cardigan and hat are very easy to knit - so this pattern is also the right project for beginners.

The Lotta sweater is buttoned sideways - so you won’t have to pull it over the baby’s hat. You work it top-down in one piece, first in striped stockinette stitch, afterwards in a simple slip stitch pattern (remark: you will never have to work with 2 colors at the same time!). The hat ist knitted in the round, combining slip stitch pattern and stripes again.

Sizes:
Cardigan:
0 - 3 months (3 - 6 months, 6 - 9 months, 9 - 12 months);
bust circumference of finished cardigan: 17 (18½, 19, 20) inches 45 (47, 49, 51) cm

Hat:
0 - 3 months, (3 - 6 months, 6 - 9 months, 9 - 12 months);
head circumference of finished hat: 13 (14½, 16, 17) inches 33 (37, 41, 44) cm

Gauge:
27 sts and 36 rows = 4” (10 x 10 cm)

Materials:

  • Madelinetosh Tosh Merino light (100% merino wool, yardage 420 yards 384 m / 110 g);
    1 (1, 2, 2) skeins in main color 1 (1, 1, 2) skeins in contrasting color

  • US size 1 and 2 2,5 und 3 mm circular needles (or any size to obtain gauge)

  • US size 1 and 2 2,5 und 3 mm} double pointed needles

  • stitch markers

  • 5 buttons (ore more), 15 mm diameter