Diamonds Optional Child by Jennifer Thiele

Diamonds Optional Child

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
600 - 1450 yards (549 - 1326 m)
Children’s Sizes: (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12)
English
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Pre-Knitting Instructions: Knit (nearly) seamless bottom up. The sleeves and body are knit up to the underarms and then joined together for the smocking stitched yoke. This just leaves the underarms to Kitchener stitch together. The ribbing on the sleeves and hem are a little long on the Children’s sizes so that they can get a little bit more wear out of them.

Children’s Sizes: (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12)
Chest Size: (19, 20.5, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29.5, 31) inches
Sleeve length without ribbing: (6, 6.25, 6.5, 8.5, 9.75, 11.5, 13, 15) inches
Sleeve length with ribbing: (7.5, 8, 8.5, 10.5, 12, 14, 16, 18) inches
Yarn Used: MadelineTosh in Tosh Sock, Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi), 395 yards (361 meters), 24.0 to 28.0 sts = 4 inches, US 2 - 3 or 2.75 - 3.25mm, 100% Merino (http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-sock)
1 entire Skein in Bandlands about 0.5 of a Skein in Spectrum for size 0-6 months.
Approx yarn needed: (600, 700, 750, 800, 900, 1000, 1250, 1450) yards
(550, 650, 700, 750, 850, 900, 1200, 1300) meters
If you plan to make the sweater in 2 colours you`ll need approx. 2/3 of the yarn in the body/sleeve colour, and 1/3 of the yoke colour.

Needle Used: 2.75 mm 100cm long needle for the main knitting, and 2.25 mm 100cm long needle for the ribbing.
* if not using magic loop for the sleeves a set of double pointed needles may be needed, however use the needle size you needed to get gauge, use one size down for the ribbing.

Gauge: 7 sts/inch 11 rws/inch, 28 sts/4 inches 44rws/4 inches
Other items needed for completion: stitch markers, yarn needle, buttons.