Camping Out by The Yarn Girls

Camping Out

Knitting
August 2006
Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?
8 stitches = 4 inches
US 17 - 12.0 mm
362 - 543 yards (331 - 497 m)
childs 4-5 (6-7, 8-9, 10+)
English

Pattern Description

Every year Jennifer takes her niece and nephew camping. They love to sit around the campfire, tell scary stories and roast marshmallows. And no matter what the temperature is during the day, it’s always freezing at night. About two weeks before the trip, Jennifer decided to knit warm sweaters for the kids. With such a limited time frame, she came to us in a bit of a panic. We helped her choose very chunky yarn and wrote the simplest pattern for a funnel neck, so there was no neck shaping to worry about and no need to pick up stitches in the finishing. She came in after the trip to report that her sweaters were hits and no one lost any sleep because of the cold…just campfire ghost stories.

Knitted Measurements

Width 16 (17, 18, 19) inches. Length 17 (18, 19, 21) inches. Sleeve length 11 1/2 (12 1/2, 14, 15) inches.

Note: This sweater has rolled edges, the length of the measurements allows for a 1/2 inch loss of length due to the rolled edges.