Size: 56(62)68
You will need:
- 100(100)150 g blue yarn (90% polyacrylic, 10% polyamide, 86 m/50 g), 50(50)100 g bright blue, 50 g turquoise (56% polyacrylic, 22% polyamide, 13% polyester, 9% mohair, 89 m/50 g);
- straight knitting needles, 4 mm and 5 mm;
- 5 buttons.
Garter stitch: knit (k) on both right-side and wrong-side rows.
Stockinette stitch: knit right-side rows, purl wrong-side rows.
Reverse stockinette stitch: purl right-side rows, knit wrong-side rows.
Stripe pattern 1: 6(10)10 rows in blue stockinette, *2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(6)8 rows bright blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(7)9 rows blue stockinette, repeat from * once, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(6)8 rows bright blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, work the rest in blue stockinette.
Stripe pattern 2: 6(10)10 rows blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(6)8 rows bright blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(7)9 rows blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, 6(6)8 rows bright blue stockinette, 2 rows turquoise garter stitch, work the rest in blue stockinette.
Gauge, stripe pattern 1 and 2: 19 sts and 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Knitting and Finishing the Baby Pullover
Front: using blue yarn, cast on 46(48)51 sts and work between selvage sts in stripe pattern 1. After 10(12)14 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off for the armholes on both sides 1×2 sts, then 1×2 and 2×1 sts every 2nd row. After 17(20)23 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off the center 6(8)9 sts for the neckline and finish both sides separately, binding off 2×2 sts and 1×1 st at the neckline edge every 2nd row. After 19(22)25 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off for the shoulder slope on both sides 1×3(3)4 sts, then 2×3 sts every 2nd row. After 20(23)26 cm from the cast-on edge, all stitches should be bound off.
Right back piece: using blue yarn, cast on 27(28)30 sts and work between selvage sts in stripe pattern 1. On the right side, shape the armhole and shoulder slope as for the back and at the same height. At the same time as starting the shoulder slope, bind off for the neckline on the left side 1×6(7)7 sts, then 1×6(6)7 sts on the 2nd row. At the same height as the front, bind off all stitches.
Left back piece: work to match, reversing shaping.
Sleeves: using blue yarn, cast on 32(34)36 sts and work between selvage sts in stripe pattern 2, increasing for the sleeve shaping on both sides every 18th(16th)14th row by 1(2)3×1 st. After 10.5(15)17 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off for the sleeve cap on both sides 1×3 sts, then every 2nd row 1×2, 2×1 and 2×2 sts (2×2, 1×1, 1×2 and 1×3 sts), 1×3, 3×2 and 1×3 sts. After 14.5(19)21 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off the remaining stitches.
Finishing: sew the shoulder seams. Sew in the sleeves, matching the center of each sleeve to the shoulder seam. Sew the side seams and sleeve seams. Fold the back edges inward by 2 sts and sew in place. Sew the buttons evenly along the edges of the back pieces.
