There's a new baby on the way!
Of course that inspires me to get out the knitting needles.
My daughter, the mother, loves cables.
I like knitting in one piece, from the neck down.
I decided to unite the ideas, and designed this little sweater to incorporate the increases into the cables.
Cascading Cable Baby Sweater
3 months (19” at chest)
Knit top-down using Drops baby Merino (2 skeins) on #4 needles;
4 double point needles used to work sleeves in the round.
Gauge = 25 stitches, 32 rows + 4 inches, 10 cm
Abbreviations:
p2 tog, k2 tog = purl or knit 2 stitches together, decrease
yrn = yarn round needle (increase)
kfab = knit front and back of stitch (increase)
twist increase= Take the yarn and twist a backwards loop. Place this loop onto the right needle, so the working yarn is pointing away from you.
Cast on 85 st. Work back & forth in purl 4 rows
Work button hole in band on 4th row; p2, p2 tog, yrn, p around
Next row, R1 of pattern, R side, p4 (p1, k2, p1, k2)x12, p1, k2, p1, p4
R2 p4, (k1, p2, k1, p2)x12, k1, p2, k1, p4
Row 3 of pattern: first cable. P4 (p1, slip 1 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, kfab stitch from cable needle, p1, k2)x12, p1, slip 1 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, kfab stitch from cable needle, p1, p4 (that was 2 increases in each cable)
R4 p4, (k1, p4, k1, p2)x1, k1, p4, k1, p4
R5 p4 (p1, k4, p1, k2)x12, p1, k4, p1, p4
R6, 8 as row 4
R7 as row 5
R9 cable. P4 (p1, slip 2 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, k1, [k1, kfab from cable needle], p1, k2)x12, p1, slip 2 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, k1, [k1, kfab from cable needle], p1, p4
R10 p4, (k1, p6, k1, p2)x12, k1, p6, k1, p4
R11 p4 (p1, k6, p1, k2)x12, p1, k6, p1, p4
R12,14,16 as R10
R13,15 as R11
R17 cable. P4 (p1, slip 3 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, k2, [k2, kfab from cable needle], p1, k2)x12, p1, slip 3 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, k2, [k2, kfab from cable needle], p1, p4
R18 p4, (k1, p8, k1, p2)x12, k1, p8, k1, p4
R19 p4 (p1, k8, p1, k2)x12, p1, k8, p1, p1, p4
R20 as R18
R21 as R19
R22 as R20
Separate for Sleeves:
R23 As R21 Except in second cable section [kfab in last st of cable, before rib, slip rib stitches (beginning with the p1,k2p1), 2 full cable patterns & the next rib section (including p1) onto a holder for the sleeve (28 st), increase 8 st under arm by twist increase , to be worked as 3 ribs with purls between. Kfab in 1st st of first cable] of back, continue to work 5 cable sections across back, [kfab in last st of cable, before rib, slip rib stitches (beginning with the p1,k2p1), 2 full cable patterns & the next rib section (including p1) onto a holder for the sleeve (28 st), increase 8 st under arm by twist increase , to be worked as 3 ribs with purls between. Kfab in 1st st of first cable] work across front.
Continue to work body maintaining the front band, 2 cables on the front, 3 ribs under the arm, 5 cables on the back, 3 ribs under second arm, 2 cables on the second front, and the second front band, for a total of 14 rows (10 more), creating & maintaining the 3 ribs under the arm (k1,p2,k1,p2,k1,p2,k1) on ws, (p1,k2,p1,k2,p1,k2,p1) on rs
R31 Final cable & increase P4 (p1, slip 4 st onto cable needle, hold in front of work, kfab, k3, [kfab 1st stitch, k3 from cable needle], p1, k2) for cables, maintaining ribs under arms, p1, p4
Continue even, purling the first & last 4 stitches of each row, and treating all others as stockinette to maintain pattern another 34 rows, 4”
Purl 3 rows. Bind off.
Sleeves: Pick up 8 st under arm, to be knit. Divide sleeve stitches (8 +28) onto 3 d.p. needles (12,12,12) such that each needle is (k8,p1,k2,p1) and work rs round & round, maintaining ridges & valleys, but not doing any more cables or increases. Work 34 rows, purl 3 rows, bind off.
1 button at neck.
Good website for Drops merino wool: Nordic Mart http://www.nordicmart.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=342&cat=DROPS+Baby+Merino
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