The Baseball Sweater DK by Karla Courtney

The Baseball Sweater DK

Knitting
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
XS-5XL
English

This is currently being tested and will be released May 2026.

This is a light sweater designed to be made as either long-sleeved or short. While it can be made unisex, the chest/back ratio is slightly different from my unisex Baseball Sweater Pattern leaning more to a female body fit and the yoke is slightly shallower.

There is also a Unisex Edition of this pattern that uses a thicker wool and has a longer yoke.

This is based off the original baseball sweater I knit during the Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series.

While I cannot replicate any logos here, I have included some instructions to help you start off in creating your own motif.

The white band of the sweater can also be a canvas for your own sporty design, and I have included some other options that can go here – including an alphabet, diamond, heart, pennant and maple leaf. I also include some suggested designs that incorporate TORONTO and the other symbols around the yoke.

This can also easily be adapted to a different baseball team by adapting the colourway and creating your own logo.

50% of the sales of this pattern will be donated to Jays Care (no affiliation).

This is not affiliated with the Blue Jays or MLB and does not contain any of their trademarked materials.

FIT

Choose a size approximately 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) larger than your body circumference taken at the underarm. 

CHEST MEASUREMENTS:

XS 32”
S 36”
M 40”
L 44”
XL 48”
2XL 52”
3XL 56”
4XL 60”
5XL 64”

YARN REQUIREMENTS

The Frosted Stitch DK (223m/246 yds per 100g) or a DK yarn with an equivalent yardage:

Short sleeved:

  • Main Colour (MC) Springer Dinger (light blue) 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins
  • CC1 Snow (white) 1 (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skeins
  • CC2 Canadian Maple (red) 1 skein for all sizes, approx. 31 (36, 45, 46, 52, 60, 63, 72, 75) m/34 (39, 49, 50, 57, 65, 69, 78, 82) yds
  • CC3 Grandslam (royal blue) 1 skein for all sizes, approx. 55 (62, 70, 74, 81, 88, 93, 99, 104) m/60 (68, 76, 81, 88, 96, 101, 108, 113) yds
  • CC4 Ace (navy) - 1 skein for all sizes (only needed if adding a logo motif)

Long sleeved:

  • Main Colour (MC) Springer Dinger (light blue) 3 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7) skeins
  • CC1 Snow (white) 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skeins
  • CC2 Canadian Maple (red) 1 skein for all sizes
  • CC3 Grandslam (royal blue) 1 skein for all sizes
  • CC4 Ace (navy) - 1 skein for all sizes (only needed if adding a logo motif)