i heart rainbows - by Tin Can Knits

Babies should be dressed in garments so sweet that they hurt your teeth just to look at. This joyfully saccharine little pullover tastes of Sweet Tarts, Rocket Pops and edible candy necklaces!

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Pattern Info

Sizing
pullover: Premie (0-6 mo, 6-12 mo, 12-24 mo, 3-4 yrs)
Finished chest measurement: 17” (20”, 21.5”, 23”, 25”)
Back of neck to cuff: 9.5” (10.5”, 11”, 12”, 13”)
Arm length from underarm: 3.5” (5.5”, 6”, 6.5”, 8”)

Yarn
Sock / fingering weight yarn
Pullover: Main Colour (body): 300 (350, 400, 500, 600) yds
Contrast Colours 1-6: 30 (40, 50, 60, 75) yds each colour
sample shown in SweetGeorgia Superwash Sock in ‘riptide’, SweetGeorgia Cashluxe Sock in ‘saffron’, and Koigu KPPM in colours 1175, 2220, 1521, 1050, 1051)

Gauge
28 sts / 4” in stockinette stitch on larger needles

Needles:
US #2 / 2.75mm and US #3 / 3.0mm (or as req’d to meet gauge); double points and circular needles

Notions
darning needle, 3 buttons (1/4 inches in diameter), waste yarn

Helpful Tutorials
Knitting in the round

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