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2010 F e l i c i a S e m p l e

Seamless Blueby F e l i c i a S e m p l e

DESCRIPTIONSeamless Blue is a sweet seamless top-down sweater

with a striped yoke and sleeve cuffs.

Seamless Blue has one small button at the back of the

neck. Short-rows are used to raise the back of the neck

up. There is a sleeved and sleeveless version. The

sleeves are slightly flared and drawn in at the cuff. The

sleeves finish at the wrist or just above it.

You begin by knitting the yoke flat, before joining to

knit the main yoke, body, and sleeves in the round.

Pleaseread the pattern all the way through before you

begin.

DISCLAIMERI am not a knitwear designer so while this pattern is

hopefully fairly simple, I probably assume knitting

knowledge. Therefore I would say that you need to be

an advanced beginner to knit this.

I hope you enjoy knitting it. I cant wait to see what you

come up with!

SIZE & FITThis sweater will fit a 2-3 year olddepending on the

size of your child (obviously!) and your gauge. Please

refer to the finished measurements below.

There are notes at the end of the pattern on how to

make a6 month and a12-18 month old version.

Size 2/3 is modelled on a child with a 21/53cm chest

who is 1m tall. There is about 5-6 of positive ease.

This sweater has a lotof ease so if the body and sleeves

are long enough it should fit a range of ages.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest:26/67cm

Length:(back of neck to hem) 13.5/35cm

Sleeve:(length from underarm) 8.5/22cm

GAUGE22 stitches = 10 cm on the larger needles.

Note:The 6 month and 12-18 month old versions use a

different gauge. See notes at the end of the pattern.

YARNColour A:3-ish balls of Rowan Felted Tweed approx

550m.

Colour B:Small amount of another colour of Felted

Tweed for yoke and cuffs.

If you want to replace the yarn use something with a bit

of drape. Sport weight or light DK work well.

Note: I used exactly three balls of the main colour of

Felted Tweed for the Size 2/3. I used just over one ball

of Felted Tweed for the sleeveless 6 month old version.

NEEDLES

The size of circular needles you get gauge on and then

another set 0.25mm smaller.

I used 3.75mm and 4mm needles for the Size 2/3.

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YOKESTRIPED YOKECast on 80 stitches on the smaller needles using a two

needle cast on in Colour A.

Do not join!!

Row 1:Knit 1 row.

Row 2:Change to colour B and knit 1 row.

Row 3:Knit until 4 stitches remain then k2tog, yo, k2.

Rows 4-7:Knit four rows as follows: Change to colour

A and knit 2 rows. Change to colour B and knit 2 rows.

Row 8:(Increase row) Change to colour A then knit as

follows; k5, kfb, *[(k2, kfb)], repeat from * till 5

stitches left then K5. (104 Stitches)

Row 9:Knit 1 row.

Rows 10 & 11:Change to colour B and knit 2 rows.

Rows 12-19: *[Change to colour A and knit 2 rows.

Change to colour B and knit 2 rows]. Repeat from * 1

time.

JOIN TO KNIT IN THE ROUNDRow 20:Change to Colour A. Place marker then do the

four k2tog as described below (How to join to make

placket). Then kfb for every stitch until you reach the

marker again. (196 stitches). Remove marker.

Change to bigger needles.

HOW TO JOIN TO MAKE PLACKETWhen you join to knit in the round you must knit the

first four stitches together with the last four stitches.

This creates the placket at the back of the neck.

To do this put the last four stitches currently on the

circular needle on to a double pointed needle.

Hold the double pointed needle BEHIND the needle that

has the yarn attached to it so that the yoke forms a

circle.

Each of the four k2tog is done by taking one stitch off

the main circular needle and another from the double

pointed needle and knitting them together.

It will end up looking like this.....

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SHORT ROWS AND YOKEThese short rows raise the back of the neck. Placing the

markers gives you 38 stitches for each of the sleeves,

62 stitches for the front and 58 stitches at the back.

There is one extra marker (M#5) to mark the middle

back which becomes the start of the row.

You changed to the bigger needles right??

Row 21:K31, PM#1, K38, PM#2, K62, PM#3, K38,

PM#4, K29, PM#5

Row 22:Knit until M#2. W&T

Row 23:Purl until M#3. W&T

Row 24:Knit until 14 stitches before M#2. W&T

Row 25:Purl until 14 stitches before M#3. W&T

Row 26:Knit until M#1. W&T

Row 27:Purl until M#4. W&T

Row 28:Knit row, picking up and knitting the wraps.

Knit in the round until piece measures 15cm in totalat

centre back finishing at M5.

SPLIT FOR BODY AND SLEEVESLONG SLEEVED VERSIONNext Row:K29 until M#1 then place next 38 stitches

on waste yarn. Cast on 14 stitches for underarm and

then continue to knit the 62 stitches between M#2 and

M#3. Then place the next 38 stitches on waste yarn.

Cast on 14 stitches for underarm and then knit the rest

of the round. (148 stitches)

SLEEVELESS VERSIONNext Row: K29 until M#1. Cast off next 38 stitches

loosely. Knit until M#3. Cast off next 38 stitches loosely.

Finish knitting the round.

Next Row:Knit 29 stitches until you get to M#1, cast

on 14 stitches for underarm, knit front 62 stitches until

m#3, cast on 14 stitches for left underarm then finish

knitting round.

BODYKnit in the round until body measures 33cm from theback of neck. Then change to smaller needles.

Next Row:*[K9 K2tog] then repeat from * for one

complete round.

Knit in garter stitch for 12 rounds (so 6 ridges) and then

BO loosely.

Note:Please note that to achieve garter stitch in the

round you knit alternate rounds of one knit round then

one purl round.

LONG SLEEVESSLEEVESNext Row:Pick up sleeve stitches from waste yarn.

Pick up and knit 7 stitches for underarm, PM, pick up

and knit 7 more stitches.

*[Knit 7 rounds. On eighth round knit until 2 stitches

before marker. M1, k2, SM, K2 M1]. Repeat from * until

sleeve measures 18cm.

Knit 6 rows.

CUFFSNext Row:p1 [p2tog until 1 stitch remains] p1.

Next 12 Rows:*[Change to Colour B. Knit 2 rounds in

garter stitch. Change to Colour A. Knit 2 rounds in

garter stitch]. Repeat from * 2 times

BO in Colour A.

FINISHINGSew on your button, weave in ends and block gently.

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OTHER SIZING SUGGESTIONSTo knit the 6 month and 12-18 month versions knit the

pattern exactly as written BUTuse a different gauge

and different measurements for the yoke length, the

sleeves and body length.

I used the same yarn (Rowan Felted Tweed) and

smaller needles. Use whatever needles you need to getgauge. I used a 3.25 and 3.5mm.

6 MONTHSGauge:25/26 stitches per 10cm

Finished Chest Measurement:58cm

Split Yoke:Split into sleeves and body when yoke

measures 11cmfrom back of neck.

Sleeves:Start cuff when sleeve measures 12cmfrom

underarm.

Body:Start garter stitch border when body measures

22cmfrom back of neck.

Note: I havent tried this but I think this size would look

more in proportion if there was a one less set of ridges

in the yoke; that is eight garter ridges rather than ten.

If you want to try this skip rows 16-19. Everything else

would remain the same.

12 18 MONTHSGauge:25/26stitches per 10cm

Finished Chest Measurement:58cm

Split Yoke:Split into sleeves and body when yoke

measures 13cm from back of neck.

Sleeves:Start cuff when sleeve measures 15cmfrom

underarm.

Body:Start garter stitch border when body measures

27cmfrom back of neck.

ABBREVIATIONSBO Bind off

k Knit

k2tog Knit two stitches together

p Purl

p2tog Purl two stitches together

yo Yarn over

kfb Knit front and back

M1 Increase one stitch

W&T Wrap and turn

M#1 Marker at right back shoulder

M#2 Marker at right front shoulder

M#3 Marker at left front shoulder

M#4 Marker at left back shoulder

M#5 Marker at centre back

Note about usage:Please only use this pattern forpersonal use and not for making items for sale. Please

dont reproduce or distribute this pattern without written

permission from the author.

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