Knit our Christmas Tree Jumper suitable to fit a child from 2 to 13 years old.

Design
The jumper has a motif to the front of a Christmas tree complete with baubles and a pompom tree topper. The front, back and sleeves are knitted separately on straight needles and sewn together. Stitches are picked up to complete the neckline. The baubles are knitted separately and sewn on to the edges of each branch and a small pompom completes the top of the tree.

Sizes
The pattern includes 6 sizes to fit child: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 years old.

Yarn
The pattern uses double knitting wool (an alternative yarn for overseas knitters would be USA light worsted or Australian 8 ply).
The picture shows the jumper knitted for size 4-5 years using Stylecraft Special DK shades: Green (1116), White (1001), Red (Lipstick 1246), Brown (1004) and Mustard (1823)

Tension
22 sts and 28 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.

Other requirements
Stitch holder
Small crochet hook (optional) to help pull yarn through when making pompom

The pattern is written in English using British terminology.