The Playground Raglan is a playground for your scraps. The sample is knit with a main color and 6 scrap colors, but playgrounds are for having fun, so I highly encourage you to use as many scraps as you want - be it more or less. The teacher’s not looking, so get crazy with your colors!

This sweater is knit top-down and the sleeves are put on hold and picked up and worked at the end.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9) to fit a bust circumference of 28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46) (48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62)”/71-76 (81-86, 91-97, 102-107, 112-117) (122-127, 132-137, 142-147, 152-157) cm

Finished bust measurement: 30 (34, 38, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62)”/76 (86, 97, 107, 117) (127, 137, 147, 157) cm

Finished upper arm measurement: 10 (11, 12, 13, 14) (16, 17, 19, 19)”/ 25 (28, 30, 33, 36) (41, 43, 48, 48) cm

Finished Yoke Depth: 7 (7, 8, 8, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11)”/18 (18, 20, 20, 23) (23, 25, 25, 28) cm

If you are between sizes, I would recommend choosing the larger size or the size with your desired amount of ease/sleeve circumference/yoke depth.

Suggested Yarn: DK weight yarn or fingering weight yarn held double. If you are looking for a special color pop or a main color, check out my hand-dyed yarns here: https://kenyasknits.etsy.com

The yarn shown in the sample pictured here is:

Color A (main color): Kenya’s Knits Marshmallow DK Select in the colorway Highstorm
Color B: West Wool Bicycle in the colorway Citroen
Color C: Dyelicious Yarns Tempe 430 in an unnamed colorway (green)
Color D: Dyelicious Yarns Tempe 430 in an unnamed colorway (pink)
Color E: Kenya’s Knits Snowdrift Select in the colorway Hat & Tie
Color F: Kenya’s Knits Snowdrift Select in the colorway Jasnah
Color G: Dyelicious Yarns Tempe 430 in an unnamed colorway (purple)

Yardage:
Note on yardage estimates: Since the length and amount of color pops is customizable, the yardage for this pattern is inflated a bit, to make sure that you’ll have enough yardage for the color you choose to use the most. If you are working with only scraps, then you have nothing to worry about - play away! - but, if you plan on purchasing yarn, you may not need quite as much as is listed here, depending on your length/color pop plans and preferences.

Total yardage estimates: 800 (870, 900, 970, 1070) (1120, 1170, 1220, 1300) yds/732 (796, 823, 887, 978) (1024, 1070, 1116, 1189) m. This includes additional yardage for swatching.

Color pops total yardage: 547 (603, 626, 680, 766) (800, 830, 850, 900) yds/500 (551, 572, 622, 700) (732, 759, 777, 823) m - these are estimates, your yardage will vary depending on how many color changes you choose and what kind of detailing you do on the sleeves.

Estimated yardage for each color:
Color A: 253 (267, 274, 290, 304) (320, 340, 370, 400) yds/ 231 (244, 251, 265, 278) (293, 311, 338, 366) m

Colors B, D, & F: 137 (151, 157, 170, 192) (200, 208, 213, 225) yds/ 125 (138, 144, 155, 176) (183, 190, 195, 206) m

Colors C, E, & G: 410 (452, 470, 510, 575) (600, 623, 638, 675) yds/ 375 (413, 430, 466, 526) (549, 570, 583, 617) m

Gauge: 20 sts x 28 rounds = 4x4”/10x10 cm in stockinette, worked in the round and blocked.

Suggested Needles:

Body needle: US 7/4.5mm circular needles and/or DPNs, or needles needed to obtain gauge.

Arm needle (optional): US 8/5mm circular needles and/or DPNs, or needles needed to obtain gauge.

Ribbing Needle: US 6/4mm circular needles and/or DPNs, or needles one size smaller than gauge needle.

Materials: Stitch markers, spare circular needle or scrap yarn, tapestry needle.

Techniques: You will need to know how to knit, purl, knit in the round, slip slip knit, knit 2 together, and pick up and knit.