Cashel Child's Sweater by Alice Starmore

Cashel Child's Sweater

Knitting
July 1994
DK (11 wpi) ?
12 stitches and 18 rows = 2 inches
in main pattern using 4mm (US6) needles
US 6 - 4.0 mm
720 - 960 yards (658 - 878 m)
To fit age 6-7 (8-9, 10-11) years
English

Pattern description from The Celtic Collection: “For the child’s version of Tara, I decided to use an easier knotwork emblem and border pattern. These designs are off-set against a simple textured two-row background, with one row worked in single rib and the other knitted. A lighter effect has been achieved by using a single strand of tweed yarn, rather than the double thickness of Tara.”

Knitted Measurements:

  • To fit age 6-7 (8-9, 10-11) years
  • Underarm 76 (85, 94) cm/30 (33½, 37)“
  • Length from top of shoulder 38 (42, 46) cm/15 (16½, 18)“
  • Sleeve length 31 (33, 36) cm/12 (13, 14)“

Materials:

  • Yarn: 6 (7, 8) 50g balls Rowan Lambswool Tweed in shade no. 182 (Dark Emeralds).
  • 1 Pair 4mm (US6) needles
  • 1 Cable needle
  • Stitch markers
  • 1 Darner

Note: Finished underarm circumference measures 30, 33.5 or 37 inches.