Here is a beautiful way to use that gradient yarn you’ve been coveting! This pattern uses DK weight yarn and traditional, top-down Raglan shaping, so it is very approachable. The show-stopping lace ruffles do the heavy lifting but are really quite easy to work.

Sizes: To fit an actual chest measurement of:
3 month: 16”/ 40.5 cm
6 month: 17/ 43 cm
9 month: 18”/ 45.5 cm
12 month: 19”/ 48.5 cm

18 month: 20”/ 51 cm
2 toddler: 21”/ 53.5 cm
3 toddler: 22”/ 56 cm

4 toddler: 23”/ 58.5 cm
5 years: 24”/ 61 cm
6 years: 25”/ 63.5 cm

8 years: 26.5”/ 67.5 cm
10 years: 28”/ 71 cm
12 years: 30”/ 76 cm

14 years: 31.5”/ 80 cm
16 years: 32.5”/ 82.5 cm

This pattern is designed with positive ease so there is room to grow.

Yarn: 275 (300, 325, 350) (400, 450, 500) (550, 600, 650) (725, 800, 875) (950, 1025) yard/ 250 (275, 300, 325) (365, 415, 450) (500, 550, 600) (660, 730, 800) (870, 950) meters of DK weight yarn in main color.
15 (15, 20, 20) (25, 30, 35) (40, 45, 50) (55, 60, 65) (70, 75) yards/15 (15, 20, 20) (25, 30, 30) (35, 40, 45) (50, 55, 60) (65, 70) meters in each contrast color (6 contrast colors total).
Sample shown in Marianated Yarns Playtime DK colorway Drizzly Day and Jujubee gradient set colorway Princess Quail. I highly recommend a machine washable yarn like Playtime for sweaters for kids! It’ll save you such a hassle when you wash it.

Needles: Size US 6/4 mm, size US 5/3.75 mm, and size US 7/4.5 mm circular needles with a long, 40”/100 cm cable.

Gauge: 22 sts and 26 rows = 4”/10 cm in Stockinette stitch on medium-size needles, or size needed to obtain gauge, one size smaller, and one size larger.

Notions: Waste yarn (for provisional cast on), 4 locking stitch markers, 3 - 12 medium-sized (.75”/2 cm) buttons, blocking mat, blocking wires (optional), t-pins, and tapestry needle.

Techniques: Provisional cast on, knitting in the round, picking up stitches, basic lace techniques and chart reading.

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