Size 3-4yrs<\/p>\n
Casting on 70sts<\/p>\n
Work as parttern for 6rows of chart.<\/p>\n
Before working the flowers, work 4 more rows in blue and more increases (2sts per section).<\/p>\n
I am aiming for 236sts at the bottom of the yoke.\u00a0 Calculation: {28(chest inches)x5.5(sts per inch)}+ {8(sleeve width inches[same as original]) x2 x 5.5(sts per inch)} = 242.\u00a0 The original pattern doesn’t have additional stitches under the arm, I am going to add 3sts under each arm to improve drape and fit. Therefore 242-6 = 236.<\/p>\n
Work as per the pattern rows 7-12 (including the increases in row 7) for the flowers and grass, placing the flower repeat ever 8st.<\/p>\n
If you find carrying the yarn floats hard, you can work rows 9-10 and 11-12 using the mosaic knitting (slip stitch) method<\/a> (Have a read of this helpful Knitty article). But basically you work the stitches for 1 colour for 2 rows, slipping the stiches for the 2nd colour, then work the 2 rows again knitting the 2nd colour and slipping the first colour.<\/p>\n Work rows 13-16 as per the pattern. (166sts)<\/p>\n Work 2 rows with 2 increases per section in the first row. (182sts)<\/p>\n Work rows 17-22 as per the pattern, placing sheep evenly around the yoke.<\/p>\n Work as pattern rows 23-32, including colour checks.<\/p>\n Working with main colour as pattern increase 3 sts per section in the following row (each section now has 27sts). Total stitches (27×8 + 6 + 8 + 8) = 238sts.<\/p>\n Work 37sts, place next 44sts on holding yarn for sleeve, cast on 3sts (for underarm), work 76sts, place next 44sts on holding yarn for sleeve,\u00a0 cast on 3 sts (for underarrm), work remaining 37sts.<\/p>\n Work evenly in main colour for body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Size 3-4yrs Casting on 70sts Work as parttern for 6rows of chart. Before working the flowers, work 4 more rows in blue and more increases (2sts per section). I am aiming for 236sts at the bottom of the yoke.\u00a0 Calculation: {28(chest inches)x5.5(sts per inch)}+ {8(sleeve width inches[same as original]) x2 x 5.5(sts per inch)} = … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}