This seamless child pullover is made top down with integrated collar 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. We just do a garter collar, knit 1 purl 1 rib hem and sleeve cuffs, some easy short rows to lift the back neck of the pullover higher than the front, a simple garter button placket down the middle of the front section, and all the rest is stocking stitch.

The pictured pullover was made using Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 8ply/DK 100% wool in the colour Pumpkin Spice.

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

Measurements

Collar length: 6 (6, 6, 6) (7, 7, 7, 7) cm –2¼ (2¼, 2¼, 2¼)(2¾, 2¾, 2¾, 2¾) inches

Chest approximately 66.5 (68, 72, 73.5) (75.5, 77.5, 79, 81) cm – 26¼ (26¾, 28¼, 29) (29¾, 30½, 31¼, 32) inches, including 10 to 11cm – 3¾ to 4 inches of positive ease

Length from centre back neck edge (at the end of the collar we’ve knitted) to hem: 37 (39, 41, 43) (45, 48, 51, 54) cm - 14½ (15¼, 16¼, 17) (17¾, 19, 20, 21¼) 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
456 (495, 532, 576) (640, 690, 753, 814) metres – 499 (542, 582, 630) (700, 755, 824, 890) yards of DK/8 ply yarn

3.5 mm / US 4 needles for working the collar
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

1 cute button, 15 to 18mm - ⅝ to ¾ inch diameter
6 stitch markers

Gauge
25 stitches in garter stitch for the collar only = 10 cm – 4 inches
22 stitches in stocking stitch = 10 cm / 4 inches