Dinosaur Sweater is a simple and basic staple sweater that showcases a dinosaur design on the front. The body is worked back and forth, while sleeves are worked in the round. The front is worked from the bottom up and the back from the top down. Dinosaur Sweater is knit using 2 strands of Merino held together throughout.
You begin working bottom up and back and forth, starting with front hem. You continue with stockinette stitch and colorwork back and forth over front, and shape for armholes. Stitches are bound off for the neckline and each shoulder is subsequently worked separately back and forth until shoulder pieces are joined with new cast on stitches at back neck. You then work the back top down to the hem, back and forth. Side seams are grafted and you pick up stitches for the sleeves and work these in the round down to the cuffs. The sweater is finished with a ribbed neckband.
The colorwork pattern is charted only and it is worked using the intarsia technique

Sizes: 1 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) years
Finished measurements: Length from shoulder to edge: approx. 33 (36, 40, 43, 48, 51) cm 13 (14¼, 15½, 17, 19, 20)”; Chest circumference: approx. 60 (68, 76, 80, 84, 88) cm 23½ (26¾, 30, 31½, 33, 34¾)”; Sleeve length from underarm to edge: approx. 21 (23, 26, 30, 33, 35) cm 8¼ (9, 10¼, 11¾, 13, 13¾)”
Yarn: MC: Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino (125 m 137 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), worsted-weight yarn, 3 (4, 4, 5, 6, 6) balls. CC: Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino, either 1 ball of each contrast color, or 15 g of leftover yarn in CC 1 and 3 g of leftover yarn in CC 2, 3 and 4 + a tiny bit of leftover yarn in white. Sample is in Heavy Merino in
Oatmeal colorway (MC) and Pea Shoots, Dusty Olive, Dark Moose, and Coal colorways (CC) + white for teeth.
Needles: 3 mm / US3 and 4 mm / US6 circular needles, or in size to obtain gauge
Gauge (after blocking): 19 sts and 29 rows = 10 cm 4” in st st with 4 mm / US6 needles
Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tapestry needle, row counter (optional)