Squirrel -- Ekorrar by Kajsa Lindquist

Squirrel -- Ekorrar

Knitting
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
11 stitches = 2 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
575 yards (526 m)
3 years
English

Child’s cardigan knit in 5 main pieces and sewn together; button bands knit separately and attached; neckband picked up and ribbed after seams are sewn.

Charts are given for the stranded colourwork.

Requires “8 ounces 420 yards of navy blue Double Knitting or Knitting Worsted for background colour, 2 ounces 105 yards white and 2 ounces red for the design”; in fact the third colour is an accent colour and only a few yards are needed.

6 buttons required.

This pattern was first published in 1946.