Belacqua by Leah Batt

Belacqua

Knitting
April 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
415 - 1045 yards (379 - 956 m)
NB (3 Mo, 6 Mo, 12 Mo, 18 Mo, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5, 6)
English

A nearly-seamless children’s coat with a pixie hood, and featuring a circular yoke with rib and welt detail and i-cord edging.

The sweater is worked from the top down, with the hood worked flat and seamed, and the neck stitches picked up from the base of the seamed hood.

An i-cord bind off is done around the entirety of body and makes up the button loops.

Sizing
Chest Circumference: 18 (19¼, 19½, 20¾, 22, 22, 23¾, 24¾, 25¼, 25¾)”/45.5 (49, 49.5, 52.5, 56, 56, 60.5, 63, 64, 65.5) cm
Sample size 2T, shown on 22-month old w/ sleeves cuffed.

Yarn
4 (4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins Quince & Co. Lark in Bird’s Egg 100% American Wool; 134 yds 123 m per 50g or approximately 415 (455, 495, 555, 695, 735, 845, 930, 990, 1045) yards of worsted weight yarn.

Other Materials
Three Buttons

Please Note: The hem ribbing on the final pattern is slightly different than as shown on the sample, with the ribs closer together.