Stop-Traffic Circles by Kristin Nicholas

Stop-Traffic Circles

Knitting
November 2003
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in textured pattern with larger needles, before washing
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1023 - 1395 yards (935 - 1276 m)
Finished chest: 28" - 34" / 71 cm - 96.5 cm
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

From the magazine:

The yoke of Kristin Nicholas’s vibrant child’s sweater is decorated with cheerful concentric circles. Simple chain-stitch embroidery around the knitted-in circle motifs gives them added dimension and a smooth outline. The body of the sweater is worked in knit-and-purl ladder-stitch patterns interspersed with simple cable panels. Bright garter-stitch stripes punctuate the design and border the hem, sleeves, and collar. After finishing the sweater, Kristin washed it gently in her machine to even out any irregularities in the embroidery and to give the sweater a soft semifelted surface.

Sizing information:

Finished size: 28 (30, 32, 34)in (71 76, 81.5, 96.5cm) chest circumference

Needles:

  • 3.25mm and 3.75mm for the body and sleeves
  • set of four 3.25mm dpn for the neck edging

Materials:

  • 5 (6, 6, 7) x 50g balls MC (#4936 blue thyme)
  • 1 50g ball each #B118 espresso and #2983 magenta
  • 2 (2, 3, 3) x 50g balls each #2163 golden honey and #2250 French pumpkin
  • stitch markers
  • cable needle
  • tapestry needle

Also available in the free ebook linked here.

Knitting note: Fabric will shrink about 3% in width and 6% in length when washed. Suggested yarn can now be found from Classic Elite.