Linnie is a seamless cardigan knit utilising the top down raglan shaping method.
It is perfect if you wish to destash some sock yarn lying around somewhere in your house :-)

Size
To fit a newborn (1 month).

Finished measurements:
Chest circumference (buttoned): 42.5 cm / 16.75”
Body length from neck: 23.5 cm / 9.25”
Sleeve circumference: 16 cm / 6.25”
Sleeve length: 12 cm / 5”

Yarn
MC (body): approx. 250 m / 270 y of solid or semisolid fingering weight yarn,
CC (for yoke and cuffs): approx. 100 m / 120 y of any variegated fingering weight yarn.

Samples used:
Goya Merino by Cecily Grove Yarns in colors Straw (MC) and Fallen Leaves (CC)
and
Regia Silk (MC) and Noro Kureyon Sock (CC).

Needles
3.5 mm / US #4 circular needle (60 cm/24” long) and dpns, or appropriate size to get gauge,
and
3.25 mm / US #3 circular needle (60 cm/24” long) and dpns, or one size smaller than gauge needles, or size needed for gauge.

Notions
4 stitch markers, 3 buttons (1 cm / 0.5” in diameter), waste yarn, tapestry needle.

Gauge
26 sts x 34 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Stockinette St worked flat with main needle, after wet blocking.
Take time to save time, check your gauge.

This pattern was revised in Nov 2026.