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The pattern is translated by Cora Henshaw.
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Sizes |
Premature (newborn) 1-2mo (3-4mo) 5-6mo (7-9mo) 1yo (2yo) 3yo (4yo) |
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Width in cm |
Sweater: 38,5 (40,5) 43 (46) 50 (53) 57 (59) 63 (67) Pants: 32 (34) 36 (38) 40 (42) 46 (50) 54 (58) |
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Length in cm |
Sweater: 19 (21) 23 (24) 25 (26) 27 (30) 32 (35) Pants: 24 (26) 29 (32) 36 (40) 42 (46) 51 (54) |
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Gauge |
26m x 38rows = 10cm x 10cm |
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Needles |
3 mm circular (30cm or 40cm) 3 mm double pointed needles, or long cabled circular for magic loop |
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Materials |
Yarn held double Sweater: 1 (1) 1 (1,5) 1,5 (1,5) 1,5 (2) 2,5 (2,5) skeins KFO Mohair (1 skein = 225m) + 1 (1) 1 (1,5) 1,5 (1,5) 1,5 (2) 2,5 (2,5) skeins KFO Merino (1 skein = 250m) Pants: 1 (1) 1 (1,5) 1,5 (1,5) 1,5 (2) 2,5 (2,5) skeins KFO Mohair (1 skein = 225m)
Yarn held single Sweater:1,5 (1,5) 2 (2) 2,5 (2,5) 3 (3) 3,5 (3,5) skeins Lille Lerke (1 skein = 142m) Pants: 1,5 (1,5) 2 (2) 2,5 (2,5) 3 (3) 3,5 (3,5) skeins Lille Lerke (1 skein = 142m)
1 small button (perhaps some elastic if you wish) |
About the set
This set came about when I was pregnant and was going to have a November baby. I wanted a simple, delicate and soft look for her first Christmas. This set consists of two parts- a sweater and trousers. You can knit it with one or two threads, with or without a ruffle. The sweater has some range of motion, but the pants are tighter to keep them in place and help them stay up. You can always measure the child yourself and find out which size fits best. I have designed based on the standard sizes. For example, a normal size 5-6 months has a chest size of about 42 cm. An extra 8 cm are added to the garment measures, so if you follow the size 5-6 months you will get a sweater with about 50 cm in width. When it comes to pants, for example, a typical 5-6 month has a leg length of 41 cm- but these pants are 1 cm shorter.
The sweater is knit top-down. The neckline is worked back and forth, with a little extra length for attaching the button, at the opposite end of the buttonhole. From then, you will knit in the round and increase with raglan increases, and divide the sleeves and the body. The sleeves are knit in the round to the wrists, with decreases. The body is also knit in the round, with no decreases. If you’d like the body to be longer you can double the length of the ribs.
The pants are also knit top-down, with short rows for a higher and better fit on the bottom. You will divide the legs and increase in the middle for the crotch. The legs are knit in the round with decreases.
Yarn Options
The pink set is knit with a thread of Mohair from KFO and a thread of Merino Lots Of Cashmere from KFO. The green set is knit with a thread of Mohair from KFO and a thread of Merino from KFO. Here I’ll suggest that you do not use yarn that has loose fibers like mohair and alpaca on the smallest size as these yarn types are not allowed in the hospital for those born premature, since the fibers can be breathed in and present a choking hazard. For these I would rather recommend, for example Baby Merino.