Festive Yoke Kids Pullover by Skeindeer Knits

Festive Yoke Kids Pullover

Knitting
December 2022
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
339 - 1389 yards (310 - 1270 m)
Ages 1/4-12 years old (46-83 cm / 18-33" chest circumference)
English
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This is the kids’ version of the adult Festive Yoke Pullover. You can do the colourwork either for the yoke only or all over the body and sleeves. There are a total of 20 festive charts to mix and match: reindeer, snowmen, gifts, you name it!

The pullover is made in sport-to-fingering-weight Rauma Finull yarn and is worked top-down seamlessly in the round. Sizes range from 1/4 to 12 years.

I hope you will enjoy this pattern, and if you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me in my Ravelry group ‘Skeindeer Knits’. It’s the best place for swift support.

Yarn
Rauma Finullgarn (100% Norwegian wool, 175 m / 191 yds, 50 g).

Alternatives: any with sport-fingering-weight non-superwash woollen spun sheep wool yarn such as Hillesvåg Ask, Vilje or Sølje, Sandnes Tove, Navia Duo, Holst Supersoft, Jamieson’s Spindrift, J&S 2 ply Jumper Weight etc.

Yarn amounts
Main colour: (270, 375, 435, 510, 580) (690, 765, 850, 1000, 1080) m / (295, 410, 475, 560, 630) (755, 840, 930, 1095, 1185) yds.
Contrast colour:(40, 90, 95, 100, 105) (125, 130, 130, 185, 190) m / (45, 95, 100, 110, 115) (140, 140, 145, 200, 205) yds.

Estimate for contrast colour use if you work colourwork all over
(190, 250, 280, 355, 390) (460, 490, 545, 655, 715) m / (210, 270, 310, 385, 425) (505, 535, 595, 715, 780) yds.

Needles
Gauge-size needles for yoke, body and sleeves, 1 mm below-gauge circular needles for ribbed neckline, hem and cuffs.
The sample was made using 3.75 mm (US 5)
and 2.75 mm (US 2), using 4 mm (US 6) to get gauge in colourwork.

Gauge
24 sts x 36 (32) rnds = 10 cm / 4” in stockinette stitch (stranded colourwork).

Sizes
(1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 3) (4, 6, 8, 10, 12) years.
The sizes are made to fit up to the given years of age. However, the best way to choose a size is based on chest measurement, plus 5 cm / 2” of positive ease.

Notions
1 stitch marker

Construction
This simple colourwork pullover is worked top-down, seamlessly in the round, finishing off with rib for both the sleeves and the body.

The pattern starts with a ribbed neckline worked in-the-round, and short-rows worked flat, to raise the neckline. Increases for the yoke are incorporated into the rest-rows of the colourwork chart.

Once the yoke is complete you can choose between either yoke-only colourwork or all-over colourwork.

The sleeves and body are worked seamlessly in the round, with no assembly required in the end.