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A simple little top down gradient sweater sized for babies and kids. Some strategic splitting up of the yarn is required to do the colour work, so please see the pattern notes.
Sizes
0-3 mo, 3-6 mo, 6-12 mo, 12-18 mo){Child’s 2, Child’s 4}
Finished Chest Circumference (including button bands): 18½, 19½, 22, 23{24.75, 27}” / 47, 49.5, 56, 58.5{63, 68.5} cm
Recommended Yarn
Freia Ombré Shawl Ball Merino Fingering - Gradient (Fingering weight; 100% merino; 430 yards / 393 metres per 100g)
1, 1, 1, 1{2, 2} skeins
See notes regarding MC yarn and CC yarn
Needles
3.25mm (US 3) circular needle, 16” / 40 cm
A set of 3.25mm (US 3) Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) or needle in your preferred style for working small circumferences in the round
or needles required to obtain correct gauge
Gauge
28 sts & 34 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with 3.25mm (US 3) needles, blocked.
Notions
4 stitch markers, 8 removable stitch markers, waste yarn, tapestry needle, eight 3/8” / 1 cm buttons
