This seamless child’s pullover is made top down with integrated neck and button bands, and when the knitting is finished all we have to do is weave in the ends and sew on the buttons.

Designed to suits girls and boys, there are no complicated stitches or patterns to remember, just a minimal alternative to the I-cord technique to start the neck band and finish the hem (I call it a purl curl), a garter button placket along the side of the front section, and a few easy short rows to lift the back neck of the pullover higher than the front of the neck band.

The pictured pullover was made using Mayflower Easy Care 8ply/DK 100% wool in the colour Dark Aquamarine.

Skill Level Easy… even though it might include a technique you haven’t used before, the pattern contains simple, straightforward instructions and notes on where to look for more information.

Sizing 3 years (4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10) years

Chest approximately 65.5 (67.5, 71, 72.5) (74.5, 76.5, 78, 80) cm - 25¾ (26½, 28, 28¾) (29¼, 30, 30¾, 31½) inches, including 9 to 10 cm – 3½ to 4 inches of positive ease
Length from centre back neck edge to hem: 37 (38.5, 40.5, 42.5) (46, 49.5, 52.5, 55.5) cm - 14½ (15¼, 16, 16¾) (18, 19½, 20¾, 21¾) inches
Sleeves: 26.5 (29, 30, 31.5) (33, 34, 35.5, 37) cm - 10½ (11½, 11¾, 12½) (13, 13½, 14, 14½) inches from underarm

Materials needed
440 (483, 525, 569) (602, 643, 701, 760) metres – 481 (528, 574, 622) (659, 703, 767, 832) yards of DK/8 ply yarn

3.5 mm / US 4 needles for the neck band
3.5 mm / US 4 dpns or circular needles for working the hem band
3.5 mm / US 4 dpns or circular needles suitable for magic loop, depending on your preference for working the sleeve cuffs in the round
4 mm / US 6 needles for the yoke until it’s joined up at the base of the button bands
4 mm / US 6 dpns or circular needles for working the body and the sleeves in the round.

Plus we need a spare needle when we join up the button placket – using a dpn is easiest

3 cute buttons, 15 to 18mm - ⅝ to ¾ inch diameter
6 stitch markers

Gauge
22 stitches = 10 cm / 4 inches