Cross Cardigan Baby

The pattern was developed in collaboration with the Red Cross. The entire sales from the Cross Cardigan Baby will be donated to the Red Cross.

The Cross Cardigan Baby is worked from the top down. A band of crosses is worked on the yoke and along the bottom of the sleeves and the body. First, the top part of the back yoke is worked back and forth, then each shoulder is worked back and forth on a circular needle. The shoulders and the back yoke are then joined to form the body, which is worked back and forth on a circular needle. The sleeves are worked from stitches that are picked up and knitted around the armholes. At the end, front plackets and a neck edge are worked in rib.

Schematics can be found here.

Sizes: 0-3 months (3-6 months) 6-9 months (9-12 months) 1-2 years (2-3 years) 3-4 years

Chest circumference: 52 (58) 64 (65) 70 (71) 75 cm [20½ (22¾) 25¼ (25½) 27½ (28) 29½ inches]

Length: 28 (30) 33 (35) 36 (39) 42 cm [11 (11¾) 13 (13¾) 14¼ (15¼) 16½ inches] measured mid back excl. neck edge

Gauge: 28 sts x 42 rows = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] in stockinette stitch on a 3 mm [US2½] needle

Needles: Circular needles: 3 mm [US2½] / 60 or 80 cm [24 or 32 inches], 2.5 mm [US US1½] / 60 or 80 cm [24 or 32 inches] and 2 mm [US0] / 60 cm [24 inches]; Double-pointed needles: 3 mm [US US2½] and 2.5 mm [US1½] (unless the Magic Loop technique is used)

Materials: 4 different colors of Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m [257 yds]) or Merino by Knitting for Olive (50 g = 250 m [273 yds])

Color 1 (yoke and edges): approx. 27 (29) 32 (36) 40 (45) 50 g

Color 2 (cross): approx. 7 (7) 9 (9) 11 (11) 13 g

Color 3 (main color for body and sleeves): approx. 40 (43) 49 (55) 61 (68) 74 g

Color 4 (stripe color for edges): approx. 8 (10) 12 (14) 15 (17) 19 g

6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 buttons (Ø = 12 mm)

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5)

See the classification of difficulty here. 

This knitting pattern is digital and will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.

Buttons can be found here.

The beige and green Cross Cardigan Baby is knitted in Sunday by Sandnes Garn in the colors Almond [2511], Velvet fig [4682], Dusty light green [8521] and Pine [9581].

Video

M1L:

M1R:

Skp:

K2tog:

Color dominance:

Picking up stitches for shoulder:

Backwards loop method:

Italian bind-off:

Quick and easy italian bind-off:

Picking up stitches for sleeve:

Picking up stitches for front plackets:

Buttonholes:

Picking up stitches for neck edge:

Sewing a button onto knitwear: