Button-Off Baby Sweater by Joanna Johnson

Button-Off Baby Sweater

Knitting
October 2017
DK (11 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
450 yards (411 m)
6 (12, 24) months; 18 (20, 22)" chest circumference
English
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This vintage-style baby cardigan is inspired by a pattern in the collection of Jack Frost knitting booklets I inherited from my grandmother. It features top-down seamless raglan construction, but with a twist. Instead of a single buttonband worked down the center, it has a removable lace panel with two rows of buttons along the edge, allowing for quick laundering of the portion of the sweater most likely to need it!

SKILL LEVEL
Easy

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Size 6 (12, 24) months
Length from hem to neckline 9 (10, 11)“/23, 25.5, 28cm Chest Circumference 18 (20, 22)”/45.5, 51, 56cm

MATERIALS
Three 50g skeins, each approx. 150 yds, of June Cashmere DK (100% Kyrgyz cashmere) in Pumpkin One size 4 (3.5mm) circular needle 24”/60cm long and
1 set size 4 (3.5mm) double-pointed needles OR
SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE Stitch markers
16 (18, 20) 1⁄2 inch buttons

GAUGE
25 sts and 32 rows = 4”/10cm after blocking in stockinette stitch.
TAKE TIME TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.