I love a round yoke!
This time I wanted it to pop, and I added clusters of bobbles.
They are so fun to work, and the result is amazing.

Design and construction
The sweater is worked top-down and seamlessly.
For easy dressing, I added buttons on the back.
The yoke is fully patterned; I was imaginating leaves decorated with walnuts.
The pattern is tested and proof-read.
You find the list of testers at the bottom of these notes.

Sizes
Finished chest circumferences/ages:
Size 1: 48 cm/19.75” - 3 months
Size 2: 52 cm/20.5” - 6 to 9 months
Size 3: 57 cm/22.5” - 2 years
Size 4: 61 cm/24” - 3 to 4 years
Size 5: 65 cm/25” - 5 - 6 years

Materials

The brown sample uses 2 strands of yarn, held together. Yarn 1: Soft Silk Mohair from Knitting for Olive, in the shade Brown Bear. This lace-weight yarn comes in balls of 25 gr/0.88 oz and 225 m/246 yards. Yarn 2: Alpaca 2 from Isager Yarn, in the shade 8 S Eco. This fingering-weight yarn comes in skeins of 50 gr/1.76 oz and 250 m/273 yards. If using the above 2 yarns held together you will need approximately 250/290/380/450/500 m = 275/320/415/490/545 yards of each of the yarn qualities.
The white sample uses 1 strand of yarn: Biolana from Mondial, in the shade 0340. This bulky weight yarn comes in balls of 50 gr/1.76 oz and 100 m/109 yards. If using this yarn you will need approximately 250/290/380/450/500 m = 275/320/415/490/545 yards. A note: this yarn is of bulky weight and supposed to be worked using larger needles.
I found that it also worked out great for needles 4 mm/US6.

Please note: all my testers used normal DK weight yarns. They all worked out perfectly.

Needles 4 mm/US6 for the yoke and stockinette sts, 3.5 mm/US4 for the ribbed neck, hem and cuffs.

Gauge: 22 sts and 30 rows in stockinette sts = 10 x 10 cm/ 4 x 4”

The pattern

• The yoke is fully charted, as well as written out row by row
• There is a schematic
• The measurements are given in cm’s, as well as in inches
• The pattern is tested and proof-read

Tecniques involved:

• cast on, bind off
• short rows (explained)
• buttonholes (link provided)
• bobbles (link provided)
• increases by yo, m1r, m1l
• working different abbreviations: k2tog, ssk, CDD (centred double decrease), yo, p2tog, p3tog, as well as working knit sts left/rightwise, working purl sts left/rightwise
• working in pattern, following charts and/or written instructions
• working flat
• working in the round

I concider the difficulty to be intermediate

Thanks to my wonderful and talented testers:
1957karenh / Clicque / donnamcwilliams73 / ejmsasha / eskulanak knitabitknitwit / Lynne113 / Mozart11