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Criterion Mini is an Art Deco-inspired colorwork sweater for children, worked seamlessly from the top down. The stranded motif uses two colors and works well with playful stash combinations.

Helpful video tutorials are included, covering float catching, German short rows, and the bind off.

Design Details

Criterion Mini is knit seamlessly from the top down. The yoke is worked in stranded colorwork and shaped with German short rows. After the yoke, the body and sleeves are separated and worked to the desired length.

What We Love About the Yarn

This design works with any fingering weight yarn and is ideal for using two contrasting colors.

MC: Tosh Merino Glitter
90% merino / 8% acrylic / 2% stellina
420 yds (384 m) per 100 g

CC: Olann Sock Lite
80% superwash merino / 20% nylon
465 yds (425 m) per 100 g

Why You’ll Love It

• Seamless top down construction
• Two color stranded motif
• Video tutorials included

Construction Overview

The sweater begins at the neckline and is worked in the round through the colorwork yoke. German short rows shape the neckline. The body and sleeves are then separated and worked individually to the finished length.

Yardage Requirements

MC:
330 (370, 390, 470, 580, 720, 820, 920) yds
302 (338, 357, 430, 530, 658, 750, 840) m

CC:
51 (57, 60, 73, 90, 112, 127, 143) yds
47 (52, 55, 67, 82, 102, 116, 130) m

Finished Measurements

0–6 m (6–12 m, 1–2 yr, 2–4 yr, 4–6 yr, 6–8 yr, 8–10 yr, 10–12 yr)

Chest:
18.5 (20.5, 21.5, 23.5, 25.5, 28, 29.5, 32.5)“
47 (52, 55, 60, 65, 71, 75, 83) cm

Techniques Used

video tutorial included

• Stranded colorwork*
• Catching floats*
• German short rows*
• Knitting in the round

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