Oh, handsome sweater

We had some left-over silk tweed balls lying around, and junior needed a new sweater for the summer. We tried to copy his Dad´s sweater, and the result was pretty nice - handsome...
We´ve made this pattern in three different sizes. Size 12-18 m is free, and sizes 18-24 m and 3-4 years are available for only 5 dollar in out Etsy shop.

Sizes
12-18 m
(18-24 m and 3-4 y available here)

Yarn
Drops silk tweed
100(150)200 g

Needles
US 6 circular needles and double pointed needles

Gauge
4 inches = 18 s

How we did it
Body piece
Knit in the round.
Cast on 92 stitches using the circular needles.
K1, P1 for 0,8 inches.

Knit until the body piece is 8,7 inches.

Cast off for arms and neck like this:
Cast off 2 stitches (you´ll cast off 2 more stitches when you´ve reached the end of the round, making the armhole 4 stitches altogether)
K 42  stitches. Cast off 4 stitches for the other arm, K 17 stitches, cast off 8 stitches (for the neck), K 17 stitches, cast off 2 stitches.

Now knit the left front piece.
Row 1: Purl
Row 2: K2tog, knit until 2 stitches remain, K2tog
Keep on in stockinette until the body piece is 14,2 inches. Cast off loosely.
Knit the right front piece in the same manner.

Knit the back piece (start from the inside)
Row 1: Purl
Row 2: K2tog, knit until 2 stitches remain, K2tog
Keep on in stockinette until the body piece is 14,2 inches.
Cast off loosely.

Arms
Knit in the round.
Cast on 30  stitches.
K1, P1 for 0,8 inches.
Start knitting and increase one stitch on each side of the two stitches right under the arm.

Keep on increasing this way every 1  inches 9  in total= 48 stitches.

Knit until the arm is 8,3 inches.
Cast off the 2 first and the 2 last stitches on the next round = 44 stitches. From here you´ll knit back and forth.

Row 1: K2tog, purl until 2 stitches remain, K2tog
Knit the next row, and purl and knit every second row until you have 4 rows.
Cast off loosely.

Knit another arm.
Assemble loose ends and sew the shoulders together before you start knitting the neck.

Neck
Pick up 74 stitches around the she sides and the back of the neck. Leave the opening at the bottom, you will later attach the neck to this edge. Knit garter back and forth for 2,4  inches. Try to see if what you are knitting fits the opening at the bottom. Cast off loosely.

Sew the to overlapping neck bits to the edge at the bottom of the neck.
Assemble the arms, if you haven´t already done it.

To make the sweater fit perfectly, we recommend that you wash the garment gently and shape it when it´s wet. No soap required. Iron it with a towel on top of it on low heat.

Comments

[Alba]

I love this sweater, but I am having difficulty shaping the armholes...can anyone help me! I would like to finish it before next month! ah ;)

[pickles]

Hi! We´ll try to help. What is the problem?

[ac]

can you make a video on youtube to show me the front knit please ill pay

[priya]

is there a typo in the instructions for the arm? it says to increase every inch for a total of nine times- but the arm length is only 8.3 inches- doesn't seem to be enough room for nine increases...

[pickles]

Make that a short inch, and you´ll be fine:) It probably happened in the convertion from metrics.