Christmas Tree Sweater - English

Knitting pattern for a festive Christmas sweater in children’s sizes aged 6 months and up to 8 years.

The sweater is worked from the bottom up with raglan sleeves and stranded colourwork all over. You work no more than two colours at once when knitting this jumper.

The sweater pattern is also included in the e-book Children’s Christmas Knits.

Garment’s chest circumference: 54.5 (62) 65.5 (69) 73 (80) cm

Gauge: 22 stitches per 10 cm

Needle Suggestions: 3.5 mm circulars for the ribbing and 4.0 mm for the colourwork

Suggested yarn: Sandnes Sunday, held double

Main Colour (white):

100 g (150 g) 200 g (200 g) 250 g (300 g)

Contrast Colour 1 (red):

100 g (100 g) 150 g (150 g) 150 g (200 g)

Contrast Colour 2 (green):

50 g (50 g) 100 g (100 g) 100 g (200 g)

You may use Sandnes Sunday held double as in the sample sweater, or you may use a DK weight yarn that gives you 22 stitches over 10 cm when knitting stranded colourwork. With a meterage of 117 metres per 50 grams, you can follow the amounts of yarn listed, but with less than 117 metres per 50 grams you may need to add more yarn.