This is a deliciously squishy seed stitch garment that will make a little one even more huggable than usual – especially when you get a look at the cabled heart motif on the back! It’s a layering piece, which can donned quickly and easily for extra warmth. Unisex construction means that you can re-sew the buttons on either the left or right band whenever you may want to switch.
Sizing
- 12-month: to fit 18” chest; finished chest circumference 20”; finished length 9.5”
- 18-month: to fit 19” chest; finished chest circumference 21”; finished length 10”
- 2-year: to fit 21” chest; finished chest circumference 23”; finished length 10.5”
- 4-year: to fit 23” chest; finished chest circumference 26”; finished length 11.5”
- 6-year: to fit 25” chest; finished chest circumference 28”; finished length 12.5”
Skills required
- Knitting and purling
- Increasing and decreasing
- Chart reading
- Cabling
- Picking up stitches
- Three-needle bind-off
- Working small circumferences in the round (i.e. DPNs, magic loop, or 2-circular methods)
Materials needed
- Yarn: Worsted weight, as follows (all yardages are approximates) - model used Berocco "Vintage", 50% acrylic/40% wool/10% nylon, 217yds/100g, colour 51173
- 12-month: 165 yards
- 18-month: 182 yards
- 2-year: 206 yards
- 4-year: 248 yards
- 6-year: 291 yards
- Needles: 4.5mm needles: 1 set of straights, 1 set of DPNs
- Cable needle
- 2 stitch markers
- 4 stitch holders
- 2 buttons, 0.5 to 0.75” diameter
- Spare length of yarn about 32” long
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
- 16 stitches and 28 rows to 4" measured over seed stitch pattern
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