Size: Newborn – 3 months
Materials: 2 x 50g balls of 4 ply 100% wool
Needles: 3.25mm and 2.75 mm
Tips:
- This pattern can be knitted using 3.75mm and 3.0mm needles to give a slightly larger size.
- One 50g ball should be sufficient for main body of garment. Neckline and sleeves can be knitted in a contrasting colour.
Main body of garment
Six row pattern repeat: (Makes one ‘ridge’.)
Row 1: Knit; Row 2: Purl; Row 3: Knit; Row 4: Knit; Row 5: Purl; Row 6: Knit.
Note that Row 1, and subsequent odd numbered rows are right side of garment. Row 2 and subsequent even numbered rows are wrong side of garment.
| Row |
| Stitches |
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| Using 3.25mm needles, cast on 68 stitches. |
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Shoulder | 1 - 23 | Follow six row pattern, beginning with a Knit row. | 68 |
| 24 | Cast off 12 stitches loosely, Knit to end. (Four ridges completed.) |
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Front | 25-54 | Continue in pattern sequence. (Five more ridges.) | 56 |
| 55 | Knit, turn and cast on 12 stitches. |
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Shoulder | 56-77 | Work six row pattern, from Row 2. | 68 |
| 78 | Cast off 24 stitches loosely, knit to end. (Four more ridges.) |
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Underarm | 79-84 | Work six row pattern. (One further ridge.) | 44 |
| 85 | Knit, turn and cast on 24 stitches |
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Shoulder | 86-107 | Work six row pattern, from Row 2. | 68 |
| 108 | Cast off 12 stitches loosely, knit to end. (Four more ridges.) |
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Back | 109-138 | As per six row pattern. (Five more ridges.) | 56 |
| 139 | Knit, turn and cast on 12 stitches. |
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Shoulder | 140-161 | As per six row pattern, from Row 2. | 68 |
| 162 | Cast off 24 stitches loosely, knit to end. (Four more ridges.) |
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Underarm | 163-168 | Work six row pattern. (One further ridge.) | 44 |
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| Cast off loosely. |
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Sew up side seam (from bottom edge to underarm).
Sleeves
Using 2.75mm needles, and starting at top of shoulder (right side facing), pick up and knit approximately 24 stitches down one side of armhole, 4 stitches from underarm, and 24 stitches from other side of armhole. (52 stitches – don’t need to be exact here, but ideally no fewer than 52 stitches.) Work 12 rows of rib (K1, P1). Cast off loosely.
Repeat for second sleeve.
Join top of one sleeve plus shoulder seam.