Festival Sweater Baby

This knitting pattern is in Swedish.

The Festival Sweater Baby is knitted from the top down. The neckline is folded in half and knitted down, and short rows are worked to shape the neckline. Increases are then worked evenly around the round yoke. The stripes are knitted using a technique that creates bubbles.

Size: 0-1 (1-2) 2-4 (4-6) 6-9 (9-12) months

Sweater width: 45 (49) 52 (54) 56 (59) cm

Length: 22 (24) 26 (27) 29 (30) cm measured at the center back

Gauge: 28 stitches x 40 rows in stockinette stitch on 3 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm

Recommended needles: 2.5 mm circular needle (40 cm), 3 mm circular needle (40 or 60 cm), 2.5 and 3 mm double-pointed needles

Recommended yarn: 50 (60) 70 (80) 85 (95) g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m) in the base colour, approx. 5 (5) 9 (12) 14 (15) g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m) for the stripes               

Difficulty level: ? ? ? (3 out of 5).

See the difficulty level classification here.

The sweater in the picture is knitted in Lys Beige (3021) as the base colour with stripes in alternating That Orange Feeling (3819), Inkblå (6063), Banana (2114), Dyb Vinrød (4054) and Støvet Lilla (5052).