Knit our V-Neck and Round Neck Cardigans with a Christmas Penguin motif suitable to fit a child from 6 months to 7 years old

Design
The cardigans have a motif of a cute penguin wearing a pompom Christmas hat on each side. The front, back and sleeves are knitted separately and sewn together. The ribbed buttonhole bands are added by picking up stitches and you may prefer to use a 3.25mm circular needle to help pick up and knit the stitches for the V-Neck Cardigan.

Sizes
The pattern gives instructions for 5 different sizes: 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 4-5 years and 6-7 years old. To fit chest: 46, 51, 56, 61 and 66 cms or 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 inches.

Yarn
The pattern uses double knitting wool (an alternative for overseas knitters would be USA light worsted or Australian 8 ply).
The picture shows the cardigans knitted for size 6-12 months using Sirdar Snuggly shades Pastel Blue (0321), White (0251), Black (0312) and Red (Flamenco 0242). Olympus DK yarn used for Yellow (853).

Tension
22 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches/10 cm (stocking stitch) on 4 mm needles or size needed to achieve stated tension.

Needles
Sizes 3.25 mm and 4.0 mm (USA 3 and 6) straight needles are required.
(optional) small crochet hook to help pull yarn through when making pompoms.
(optional) 3.25mm circular needle to help pick up and knit the stitches for the V-Neck Cardigan.

Other requirements
6 (6, 6, 6, 7) buttons for Round Neck Cardigan
3 (3, 4, 5, 5) buttons for V-Neck Cardigan
Stitch markers

Please note the pattern is written in English using British terminology.