Traditional fair-isle patterned jumper in either five or three colours, with garter stitch edgings and crew neck for the childrens’ sizes, and ribbed edgings and a mock-turtle neck for the adult’s sizes. The child’s sweater has set in pockets.

There is also a pattern for a child’s waistcoat.

Yarn requirements:

Sweater in 5 colours

Main colour: 2(2)(3)(4)(4)(5)(6)(6)(6) skeins; 250(250)(375)(500)(500)(625)(750)(750) yards

Contrast colours B and C: 1(2)(2)(2)(2)(3)(3)(4)(4) skeins; 125(250)(250)(250)(250)(375)(375)(500)(500) yards of each

Contrast colour D: 1(1)(2)(2)(2)(2)(2)(3)(3) skeins; 125(125)(250)(250)(250)(250)(250)(375)(375) yards

Contrast colour E: 1(1)(1)(2)(2)(2)(2)(3)(3) skeins; 125(125),(125)(250)(250)(250)(250)(375)(375) yards

Sweater in 3 colours (child’s sizes given only)

Main colour: 5(6)(6)(7)(7)(8) skeins, 625(750)(750)(875)(875)(1000) yards
2 Contrast Colours: 2(3)(3)(3)(3)(3) skeins, 250(375)(375)(375)(375)(375) yards each