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Child's Pullover Sweater

Materials

Yarn:  500 (650, 760, 925, 1050) yards Sport/DK Yarn
Needles: US 3 straight and 16” circular (or size needed to get gauge)

Finished chest circumference: 26 (28, 30, 32, 34)”

Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

Directions are given for smallest size with larger sizes in parentheses.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 68 (76, 80, 88, 92) stitches.  Work k2, p2 ribbing for 1”

On last ribbing row (WS), increase 10 (8, 10, 8, 10) stitches evenly across row. [78 (84, 90, 96, 102) stitches total.]

Work in stockinette stitch until piece measures 7 ½ (9, 10 ½, 12, 13 ½)”.

Mark each edge of last row for base of armhole. Continue in stockinette stitch until armhole measures 6 ½ (7, 7 ½, 8, 8 ½)”. [Piece should measure 14 (16, 18, 20, 22)” from cast on edge.]

Knit 25 (25, 27, 30, 33), bind off 28 (34, 36, 36, 36), Knit 25 (25, 27, 30, 33).

Place live shoulder stitches on stitch holders or scrap yarn.

Front

Work as for back until armholes measure 4 ½ (5, 5 ½, 6, 6 ½)”, ending with a WS row.

K33 (34, 35, 38, 41), join new yarn, and bind off 12 (16, 20, 20, 20) sts for front neck. Knit to end of row.  There should be 33 (34, 35, 38, 41) stitches on each side.

Working each side separately:

  • At neck edge, bind off 3 stitches. (For right shoulder work bind-offs on RS rows, for left shoulder work bind-offs on WS rows.)
  • At neck edge, bind off 2 stitches 2 (2, 1, 1, 1) times.
  • Decrease 1 stitch at neck edge every RS row 1 (2, 3, 3, 3) times.
  • There should be 25 (25, 27, 30, 33) stitches on each side.

Continue in stockinette until armholes measure the same as on the back.

Place live shoulder stitches on stitch holders or scrap yarn.

Sleeves (make 2)

Cast on 36 (40, 42, 46, 48) stitches.

Work k2, p2 ribbing for 1, ending with a WS row.

When working the following increases, if the number is zero, omit these rows.

Knitting in stockinette stitch, inc 1 st at each end of needle every 2 rows 3 (0, , 0, 0) times.

Then  inc 1 st at each end of the needle every 4 rows 18, (21, 22, 21, 23) times.

Then inc 1 st at each end of needle every 6 rows 0 (1, 2, 4, 4) times.

There should be 78 (84, 90, 96, 102) stitches.

Continue in stockinette until piece measures 12 ½ (14, 15 ½, 17, 18)”.

Bind off all stitches.

Finishing

Join shoulder seams using 3-needle bind off:

  • Place stitches to be joined on two separate needles, holding them
    together with right sides facing each other.
  • Using a third needle, insert it into the first stitches on each of the two
    needles and knit them together as one stitch.
  • Knit the second stitches together in the same way, then pass the first
    stitch over the second (binding off).
  • Being careful to bind off loosely, continue working across the row in this
    fashion (knitting the two needles together and binding them off), until one
    stitch remains on the third needle. Cut the yarn and pull the tail through
    the last stitch.

Center the sleeves on the shoulder seams and attach them.

Sew side/arm seams

Neck BandWith RS facing using 16" circular needle, pick up stitches around the neck. Join and knit eight rounds. Bind off loosely.

Definitions

Stockinette Stitch:  knit one row, purl one row, etc.

WS: Wrong side

RS: Right side

Inc:  knit in the front and the back of the same stitch.

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