I am a total sucker for my kids, especially when they come right out and ask for a hand knit! I designed the big kid version for my older daughter to wear with her holiday dress. I was inspired to resize it for babies when my niece arrived and needed something to keep her warm in the air conditioning.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Cable from chart of written instructions, picking up stitches, sewing on buttons

SIZE

NB 3M, 6M, 9M, 12M, 18M

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest: 13.5 16, 18, 19, 19, 21 inches
Length: 5.25 6.25, 6.5, 7, 7.75, 8 inches

MATERIALS

Yarn: Cascade 220 100% Superwash Wool; 220 yards/200 meters per 100 gram skein; 1 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 skeins.

Recommended needle sizes
US #7/4.5mm 24 inch circular needle
US #7/4.5mm DPNs
Notions
Stitch Markers
1 inch buttons - 2

GAUGE

20 sts and 26 rows = 4 inches in St st.

PATTERN NOTES

Cardigan is worked from top down on circular needles using the contiguous sleeve method developed by Susie Meyers. The front and neck band is picked up to complete garment. You will be performing shoulder and armhole increases at the same time as the front shaping, so make sure to read all the instructions first and keep careful track of where you are in the pattern.