Helping our users. Blue and White Knit Baby Pullover.
You’ll need:
250g of blue Merino Extrafein yarn (100% merino wool; 125m/50g);
Straight knitting needles 4 and 5;
Short circular knitting needles 4.
Size: 116/122.
Used Patterns
Rib, knitting needles 4: 3 knit sts, 3 purls by turn, make 1 cm with blue yarn, the rest – with white.
Neck-hole placket, white yarn: cast on the sts on RS along the outer half as selvage sts. Make 3 sts from 4 rows. Make 3 circle rows with stockinette stitch and leave the sts in the 4th circle row. Make in the same way from WS. Then, make 1 circle row of knit sts, make 1 st from RS and WS together. Make 4 cm of white yarn and 1 cm of blue yarn.
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls, in circle row – knit sts.
Pattern cables (16 sts), blue yarn, knitting needles 5: work due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the pattern, make beads with the next st as knit2tog. Repeat the pattern and 16 rows.
Stripped pattern, stockinette stitch, knitting needles 5: make 14 blue rows and 2 white rows.
Raglan decreases: step back 2 sts from side, make knit2tog or knit3tog in the beginning of row, make 1 broaching/double broaching in the end of row.
Stitches control: stockinette stitch: 20 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
Pattern with cables: 28,5 cm x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 98 sts and make 4 cm of rib between selvage sts. Then, work with pattern of cables between selvage sts. In 21 cm from rib, bind off 1 x 2 sts from both sides for raglan chamfers, then, decrease 5 x 2 sts and 19 x 1 st in every 2nd row. In 18 cm from raglan chamfers, bind off the rest sts.
Front
Make in the same way, as back, but with deeper neck-hole. For this, in 13 cm from the beginning of raglan chamfer, bind off the central 26 sts and finish both sides separately. Decrease 1 x 3 sts and 1 x 2 sts in every 2nd row for the neck-hole. In 18 cm from the beginning of raglan chamfer, all the sts should be bound off.
Sleeves
Cast on 38 sts and make 4 cm of rib between selvage sts, increase 2 sts in the last row. Then, work with stripped pattern. For sleeve chamfers, increase 12 x 1 st in every 6th row from both sides, include the increased sts in the pattern. In 28 cm from rib, bind off 1 x 1 st from both sides for raglan chamfer, then, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 4th row and 18 x 1 st in every 2nd row. In 18 cm from the beginning of raglan chamfer, bind off the rest sts.
Assembly
Make raglan seams, side and sleeve seams. Cast on 84 sts along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles and make placket, as it’s described above. Bind off the sts.