Button-snap Baby Sweater Pattern
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.
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
