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Matching Lazos Baby

In Spanish, lazos means ties, bonds - the invisible threads that connect us to the people we love. The crossing cable panel celebrates those connections. Lazos is designed as a whole-family pattern collection, from newborn through adult sizes; this listing includes the Junior size range, from 4 to 12 years.

A video tutorial is available to support you throughout the project.

The Lazos Sweater & Vest is a seamless, top-down knit for children. The back and front are shaped separately, then joined to work the body in the round. Choose between long sleeves or a ribbed vest finish; the V-neck band is added last with centred decreases.

Sizes

4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7–8 years, 9–10 years, 11–12 years.

To fit height, in size order: 104–110, 110–116, 116–122, 122–134, 134–146, 146–158 cm.

Designed with approximately 10 cm / 4 in of positive ease. The sample is shown in size 7–8 years.

Finished chest circumference, in size order: 67.25, 71, 72.75, 74.5, 80, 83.75 cm / 26.5, 28, 28.75, 29.25, 31.5, 33 in.

Gauge

22 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in in blocked stockinette stitch.

Materials

Lang Yarns Baby Alpaca Soft (170 m / 50 g), fingering/4 ply held double. A single strand of DK/light worsted yarn may be substituted; it will require approximately half the stated meterage.

4.5 mm circular needle for body and sleeves; 3.5 mm circular needle (60 or 80 cm) for ribbing.

Yarn needs

(Includes 10% safety margin; quantities are listed in size order: 4, 5, 6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12 years.)

Sweater version:

Approx. (300), 350, (375), 425, (475), 525 g / (1020), 1190, (1275), 1445, (1615), 1785 m / (1115), 1300, (1395), 1580, (1765), 1950 yds.

Vest version:

Approx. (200), 225, (250), 275, (325), 350 g / (680), 765, (850), 935, (1105), 1190 m / (745), 835, (930), 1025, (1210), 1300 yds.

The meterage above is the total amount of fingering yarn needed when holding two strands together.

Skills

Intermediate. You should be comfortable with knit and purl stitches, basic increases and decreases, picking up stitches, and following cable charts.

Important printing note

The PDF is intentionally long because each size has its own set of charts. Please print only the instructions, chart legend, and four charts for your chosen size (two front charts, body chart, and sleeve chart), rather than the complete PDF.