Winter blooming by Anne B Hanssen

Winter blooming

Knitting
December 2019
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette and also the stitch-pattern
US 4 - 3.5 mm
328 - 623 yards (300 - 570 m)
6 sizes, from 3 months to 6 years. Read further under notes.
English
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*Please note: there is an adult version here:**
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winter-blooming-...

Design and construction
This classic baby - child cardigan features a lovely “winter-blooming” lace-pattern, around the hem, and staggered towards the fronts, as well as along the fronts and on the sleeves.
The cardigan is straight, the raglan-shaping of the upper body ensures a great fit.
The cardigan is knit seamlessly from the bottom-up.
The body is worked back and forth to underarms.
The sleeves are worked in-the-round to underarms.
Pieces are joined, and upper body is worked in one piece.
Neckline is worked from picked-up and spared sts.
Button-bands are worked from picked-up sts.

I was so happy to find some tiny winter-blooms for the photographs! In the month of December they were showing off their lovely colours, and the most beautiful scent:)

Sizes
Finished chest measurements, when buttoned: 3 – 4 mo: 42.5 cm/16.75” / 6 – 9 mo: 47.5 cm/18.75” /
1 year: 52.5 cm/20.5” / 18 mo – 2 y: 57.5 cm/22.5” / 3- 4 y: 62.5 cm/24.5” / 5 – 6 y: 67.5 cm/26.5”

Materials
Yarn: I recommend that you use a sport weight yarn with great stitch-definition. I used the sport weight yarn,”Pashmina” from madelinetosh, to work the cardigan. This yarn comes in skeins of 329meters/360yards. You will need approximately 300/320/370/420/470/570 m/ 327/350/404/458/513/622 yards to work the cardigan. Yardage might vary from one knitter to another. Needles: Choose needle size to obtain gauge. I used needle size 3.5mm/US4, this is a suggestion only. For the lower body you might use a circular, or straight needles. For the upper body I recommend a circular needle. For the sleeves you might use a set of dpns. For the neckline and button-bands you can use a circular, or straight needles. Notions: 4 removable stitch-markers, separate holders, buttons 13-15mm/0.5-0.6” across.

Gauge
24 sts and 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm/4 x 4”

The pattern
The lace-pattern is charted, as well as written out, row-by-row and round-by-round.
There is a schematic over the disposal of the pattern-repeats of the lower body.
There is a schematic with measurements of the cardigan.
All measurements are in cm’s as well as in inches.
All necessary stitch-counts are given.

Knittingskills: intermediate.