Looking nearly good enough to eat, this festive jumper is knitted in the round. It features all-over fruity bobbles and an icing yoke, worked from a chart and then decorated with a sprig of holly. The body and sleeves are worked separately in the round from the bottom/cuff up to the underarms and are then joined to work the yoke. Techniques include knit and purl stitches, working in the round, stranded colour work from charts, bobble stitches, increases and decreases and grafting (Kitchener stitch).

Skill Level: Intermediate
Pages: 9

This pattern is in multiple sizes:

Age: 2-3 years: 4-5 years: 6-7 years: 8-9 years: 10-11 years

To Fit Chest: 56cm/22in: 61cm/24in: 66cm/26in: 71cm/28in: 76cm/30in

Actual Chest: 65cm/25 1/2in: 71cm/28in: 76cm/30in: 82cm/32 1/4: 87cm/34 1/4in

Back Length: 37cm/14 1/2in: 40cm/15 3/4in: 43cm/17in: 46cm/18in: 49cm/19 1/4in

Sleeve Seam: 26cm/10 1/4in: 29cm/11 1/2in: 32cm/12 1/2in: 35cm/13 3/4in: 38cm/15in

Pattern includes a full list of abbreviations, schematic, charts and a printable page for your notes.

You will need:
Stylecraft Special DK (295m/322yds per 100g)
1 (2: 2: 2: 2) x 100g in ‘Gingerbread’
1 (1: 1: 1: 2) x 100g in ‘Dark Brown’
1 (1: 2: 2: 2) x 100g in ‘Cream’
Small amounts of ‘Green’ & ‘Matador’ for holly and berries

1 x circular 3.5mm/US 4 needle - 60cm/24in & 40cm/16in length
1 x circular 4mm/US 6 needle - 60cm/24in length
Set of 3.5mm/US 4 double pointed needles
Set of 4mm/US 6 double pointed needles
4 x stitch markers
Tapestry needle

Most DK yarns will work with this pattern, provided it can be knitted to the stated tension.