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A few minutes’ drive, or a leisurely bike-ride, from my house is a park called Chinguacousy Park, or Ching for short. Several generations of my family have spent many hours of their childhoods there, playing on the several playgrounds, visiting the animals in the barn, admiring the flowers in the greenhouse. While we go there in every season (in fact, my older son’s curling club meets there every Sunday in the winter), Ching Park is linked most with warm summer days, days when the light seems to last forever, and time stands still while we play. Ching is designed for those days, to wear in the mornings when the chill is still in the air, or throw on after swimming before heading to the playground – a simple, casual, but still fun summer wardrobe staple.

Ching is a unisex, top-down raglan sweater, with a choice of long or short sleeves. It features a cable detail at the raglan seams and a stranded colourwork section on the body. The colourwork can be worked in as many colours as you like – make a simple two-toned sweater, or use a whole rainbow of scraps.

Part of the Summer Kids 2016 ebook.

Suggested Yarn: Tanis Fiber Arts Yellow Label (100% merino, 260 yd/238 m per 4 oz/115 g); size 4 sample shown in Slate (MC), Lemongrass (CC1) and Seabreeze (CC2), size 8 sample shown in Stone (MC), Saffron (CC1), and Lemongrass (CC2)

or other DK weight wool or wool-blend yarn

Sizes: 2 (4, 6)(8, 10, 12), to fit a chest circumference of 20-21 (22-23, 24-25)(26-27, 28-29, 30-31)”/ 51-53.5 (56-58, 61-63.5)(66-68.5, 71-73.5, 76-79) cm, or 1-2 (3-4,5-6)(7-8, 9-10, 11-12) years
The Slate sample is shown in size 4, knit to size 8 length, on a model with a 23”/59 cm chest who is 50”/127 cm tall.
The Stone sample is shown in size 8, knit to size 12 length, on a model with a 25.5 “/65 cm chest who is 57”/145 cm tall.

Yardage:
Total: 450 (500, 575)(650, 725, 800) yd/365 (460, 525)(600, 665, 740) m; (for long sleeves)
MC: 380 (410, 420)(450, 485, 520) yd/310 (340, 380)(410, 440, 475) m; (for long sleeves)
CC: 70 (90, 110)(120, 130, 140) yd/65 (80, 100)(110, 120, 130) m, divided among however many colours you choose to use for the colourwork

Suggested Needles:
US 6/4.0 mm 16 or 20”/40 or 60 cm circular needles and DPNs, or size needed to obtain gauge;
US 5/3.75 mm 16 or 20”/ 40 or 60 cm circular needles, or needles one size smaller than gauge needles;
US 4/3.5 mm 16”/ 40 cm circular needles and DPNs or needles two sizes smaller than gauge needles

Gauge: 22 sts/30 rows = 4”/10 cm in stockinette in the round on larger needles