Whilst trying to find baby clothes for our first child, we really struggled to find a simple cardigan for a newborn summer baby. And everything was either white, pink, or blue – what happened to the rest of the rainbow!?

So I decided to create my own. It needed to be quick, simple, and look good in any colour. One piece. No seams. Finished in a day – I’d heard babies go through a lot of clothes so speed was going to be vital!

The Sweetpea Cardigan is named after my father’s nickname for me when I was little. Starting with the collar at the top, increases are added to make the shoulders and short sleeves. The sleeves are then cast off and the front and back sections joined together all the way to the hem at the very end

In this pattern listing I have made 3 x baby cardigans:
2 cropped versions = 57g each
1 full length version = 59g

Released to my test knitters on 14th March 2018.
Published 23rd March 2018.

The yarn in this project is the natural Cascade 220 which I hand-dyed myself.