This is a chart only listing. No garment pattern is included.

Every woodland has a troublemaker. Meet Bandit, a raccoon in a very convincing mask, who sits on the front of a baby jumper looking exactly like he has just been somewhere he shouldn’t. The bin, under the floorboards, listening in on grown-up conversations. Nobody has proved anything.

Bandit is the first animal in a new woodland collection for the Blank Canvas Motif Library. He is designed for the Blank Canvas Baby Sweater, a simple DK jumper in six sizes, from 0-6 months to 4-5 years. Learn the jumper once, then swap the motif each time you knit it.

Every chart in the library is drawn to the true shape of a knitted stitch, so Bandit knits up looking like Bandit rather than squashed. Every row is also written out, colour by colour, and the front of the jumper is rewritten with Bandit in place for all six sizes, so there is no maths to do. Prefer to skip intarsia? Knit the front plain and add him in duplicate stitch afterwards.

Designed by Jane Burns, with 18 years of experience creating exclusive knitting and crochet patterns for babies and children.

Yarn
Stylecraft Special DK (295m/100g, 100% Acrylic)
Yarn A, Meadow (1065): 1 (1: 2: 2: 2: 2) balls
Motif colours: Grey (1099), White (1001), Black (1002), small amounts only, no more than 10g of any shade
US knitters: any DK (light worsted) yarn that knits to the same tension, for example Berroco Comfort DK

Needles
3.25mm (US 3) and 4mm (US 6) straight needles. 3.25mm (US 3) circular needles are useful for the neckband but straight needles will work.

Also needed
Darning needle, stitch markers, stitch holder

Tension
22 sts x 30 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4in x 4in) using 4mm (US 6) needles and stocking stitch

Chart size
30 stitches wide by 32 rows tall

Sizes
0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, 4-5 years

Actual chest
48 (54: 59: 61: 63: 68) cm / 19 (21.75: 23.25: 24: 24.75: 26.75) in

Finished length
27 (29: 32: 35: 37: 39) cm / 10.5 (11.5: 12.5: 13.75: 14.5: 15.25) in

Sleeve length
16 (18: 26: 30: 32: 36) cm / 6.5 (7: 10.5: 12: 12.5: 14.25) in

Skill level
Confident beginner

The Bandit chart is available free on the blog at janeburns.co.uk, with the chart, the written rows and the front for all six sizes. The PDF version is available to purchase here on Ravelry, laid out cleanly for printing or saving to your device. The Blank Canvas Baby Sweater base pattern is not included in the PDF. It is free on the blog, or available as a PDF in my shop.

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