Niilo Collar Junior by Ninni Enlund

Niilo Collar Junior

Knitting
October 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
175 - 344 yards (160 - 315 m)
2 (4) 6 (8) 10 years
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Niilo Collar Junior is a top-down knitted collar. Shoulder stitches are cast on using a provisional cast-on. The back piece is knitted first. The front piece is created by picking up stitches from the provisional cast-on separately for each shoulder. The left front shoulder is worked first, then the right shoulder. The front pieces are then joined and worked as one piece. Finally, stitches are picked up for the neck and the collar is knitted.

The textured stitch pattern is named after our firstborn child.

Size: 2 (4) 6 (8) 10 years
Collar width: approx. 23,5 (25) 26 (27) 28,5 cm
Full height of the collar: approx. 17,5 (18) 18,5 (19) 20 cm
Collar height: approx. 12 (14) 16 (18) 18 cm
Yarn: Drops Merino Extra Fine (100% merino wool, 50 g = 105 m)
Yarn amount: 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 g
Gauge: 28 sts x 30 rows in pattern with 3.5 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Needles: 3.5 mm circular needles (60/80 cm) and 3.0 mm circular needles (40 cm) for the neck
Notions: Waste yarn for provisional cast-on, tapestry needle, stitch marker