Button-snap Baby Sweater Pattern

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This knitting pattern PDF is for the Button-snap Baby Sweater. Button-snap is a raglan-sleeve sweater for baby with little details designed to create a perfect finish and is a gorgeous baby gift knit.

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This sweet sweater has feature buttons along the front raglan edges for ease of dressing and contrasting garter textured bands.

The sweater is knitted in stocking stitch in pieces from the bottom edge, beginning with the textured band. Short row shaping at the lower edge creates a subtle curve. The neck is also shaped with short rows. The sleeves have an underlap to accommodate the buttons along the front raglan edge.

The sweater comes in 5 baby sizes.
To fit baby aged approx 0 (3, 6, 9, 12) months.

The Button-snap Sweater requires average to intermediate knitting skills.

This knitting pattern PDF is for the Button-snap Baby Sweater. Button-snap is a raglan-sleeve sweater for baby with little details designed to create a perfect finish and is a gorgeous baby gift knit.

When you purchase this knitting pattern you will automatically receive an email containing a link to download a PDF.
If you wish to have the pattern in your Ravelry library, please purchase it from Ravelry instead.

This sweet sweater has feature buttons along the front raglan edges for ease of dressing and contrasting garter textured bands.

The sweater is knitted in stocking stitch in pieces from the bottom edge, beginning with the textured band. Short row shaping at the lower edge creates a subtle curve. The neck is also shaped with short rows. The sleeves have an underlap to accommodate the buttons along the front raglan edge.

The sweater comes in 5 baby sizes.
To fit baby aged approx 0 (3, 6, 9, 12) months.

The Button-snap Sweater requires average to intermediate knitting skills.

Finished measurements

To fit baby (approx age) 0 (3, 6, 9, 12) months

Body circumference (after seaming)

39 (44, 50, 55, 61) cm/15¼ (17¼, 19¾, 21¾, 24) ins

Length at side edges

approx 18 (22, 26, 30, 32) cm/7 (8¾, 10¼, 11¾, 12½) ins

Sleeve length

11 (13, 16, 19, 22) cm/4¼ (5, 6¼, 7½, 8¾) ins

Yarn

Indiecita Easy Wash 8 ply/DK (100% baby alpaca)

50g ball (112 metres/123 yards)

Main Colour (M): 2 (2, 3, 3, 4) balls

Contrast Colour (C): 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) ball

Needles and notions

  • 3.25mm/US 3 and 4mm/US 6 needles in straights or circulars depending on your preference when knitting in rows

  • 3 stitch-holders

  • stitch markers

  • yarn needle

  • 8 x 12mm/½ins diameter button

Tension

After blocking, the tension required is 22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm/4ins over stocking st using 4mm needles.

 

Knitting techniques

  • cable cast-on

  • stocking stitch

  • short row shaping (wrap and turn)

  • fashioned decreasing (fully detailed)

  • mattress stitch seaming