Christmas Pudding by Sue Stratford

Christmas Pudding

Knitting
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
459 - 1367 yards (420 - 1250 m)
Child: age 5-6, age 7-8, age 9-10, age 11-12. Adult: S, M, L, XL
English

This colourful Christmas sweater is knitted in Aran weight yarn and uses fairisle and intarsia techniques. The edgings around the bottom and cuffs is knitted using the fairisle technique and the pudding is knitted and then sewn on afterwards. The sweater is knitted from a chart and written instructions for each size.

Finished size (chest width):
5-6 - 35.5cm (14”)
7-8 - 39.5cm (15 1/2”)
9-10 - 41cm (16 1/4”)
11 - 12 - 43cm (25 1/4”)

Small - 53cm (20 3/4”)
Medium - 56cm (22”)
Large - 62cm (24 1/2”)
Extra Large - 64cm (25 1/2”)

Yarn requirements:
5-6 - 420m (460yds)
7-8 - 500m (550yds)
9-10 - 600m (660yds)
11-12 - 700m (770yds)

Small - 900m (990yds)
Medium - 1000m (1210yds)
Large - 1100m (1210yds)
Extra Large - 1250m (1370yds)

Motif yarn requirements:
Adult: 80m of each of the following colours:
Red, green, tweed brown, dark brown, dark green
180m of sparkly 4-ply (Fingering) yarn used double throughout
Small amount of toy filling