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Irish
Sweater Knitting Pattern
Irish Sweater Knitting
Pattern for 2 Year Olds
This child Irish sweater
knitting pattern is ideal for your trendy toddler. Instructions are for
a two year old, and are suitable for boys and girls alike.
What
next?
Any needles will do as long as they meet gauge
of 5 stitches per inch. Approximately 5.2 ounces in yarn should meet
the gauge.
Back
Firstly cast on
fifty eight stitches on smaller needles. Then work in K1P1 ribbing for
one and a half inches. You should then change to larger needles and
Work even until the piece measures five and a half inches. To complete
the armhole cast off two stitches at beginning of the next two rows.
Now continue until armhole measures three and a half inches, with fifty
four stitches remaining.
In order to start shaping
the neck you need to work with both sides at the same time. This should
be repeated with twenty stitches. Now slip the next 14 stitches to a
holder. With a second ball of yarn start working remaining 20 stitches.
DEC first stitch at neck edge every row 6 times, until only fourteen
stitches are there. Now work even until armholes measure four inches.
To shape the Shoulders *cast off 7 stitches at armhole on edge of next
row. Work one row even* 2 times.
Front
In
order to get the armholes you have to do them the same as the back. The
armhole decreases for armhole at both ends, the same as the back. This
should be continued until the armhole measures three and a half inches
with fifty four stitches still remaining. The neck should now be shaped
at both sides at the same time, working twenty stitches. Now slip
another fourteen to a holder. Now work remaining twenty stitches, and
decrease first at neck edge every row six times until fourteen stitches
are left. Make sure you work even until armhole measures five inches.
The shoulder shaping and the cast off should follow the same procedure
as for back.
Sleeves
Firstly
cast on twenty nine stitches on your smaller needles and work in K1P1
ribbing for 1 inch. Increase five stitches evenly across the row to
thirty four stitches in total.
Now change to larger
needles. Work even until piece measures one and a half inches.
Including the first stitch at each end of next row you should then
follow every 10th row three times to forty two stitches. Now work even
until seven and a half inches, then shape the cap, before casting off
two stitches at the beg of the following rows. After this decrease
first row at each end of every row one time and then decrease first row
at each end of every second row eleven times. Now you have to decrease
first row at each end of every row once. Now cast off remaining 12
twelve stitches.
Finishing:
1. To
complete you should sew left shoulder seam with smaller needles and
right side of work facing. You should then knit 13 stitches from the
left back neck edge as well as the front left. You should then proceed
to do fourteen stitches from front neck holder, and 13 on the right
front neck edge. You should then knit eight rows in K1P1, sew sides and
sleeve seems. After you have done all loose ends that you finished.
Good
luck on completing the Child Irish Sweater Knitting Pattern!
Please
view our Abbreviations should you have any problems.
DEC,
(decrease) = knit 2 STS, together. K, knit; p, purl; ST (STS); stitch,
stitches; NR: next row; SS, stocking ST, = knit one row, purl one row;
cast off = bind off.
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