Yikes! Stripes for Boys by Lorna Miser

Yikes! Stripes for Boys

Knitting
September 2010
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 8 - 5.0 mm
744 - 1116 yards (680 - 1020 m)
Child's 4/6 (8/10, 12)
English

Finished Measurements:

  • Hat Circumference: Approx. 18 inches
  • Chest: 23 (30, 32) inches
  • Length: 15 (17, 19) inches

Materials:

  • 2 (3, 3) skeins Espresso #508 (A)
  • 2 (3, 3) skeins Petrol Blue #503 (B)
  • Size 8 (5mm) straight needles, 1 set double-point needles and 16-inch circular
  • Stitch markers
  • Stitch holders

Sweater body and sleeves are worked flat; sleeves are picked up and knit downward. Neckband is worked in the round.

Hat is worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom up.