Itchy Lock is an almost seamless kid’s sweater knit in two directions - bottom up for the body, and top-down for the sleeves, with a central cable motif and v-neckline.

The body is worked in the round to the armholes, and is then worked back and forth for each side.

Stitches for the sleeves are picked up around the armhole, and short rows are used to shape the sleeve cap before being joined to work in the round for the main body of the sleeve.

You will need approximately 630 (735, 735, 840, 945) yards of yarn for sizes 4 (6, 8, 10, 12)

A huge thank you to my testers, deliamae, Kiwa, knucna, lesley36, maggievanderstok, marta02, Simoom and trish88 for your invaluable support and feedback in getting this design ready for publication.