Little Baby Sweater by Purl Soho

Little Baby Sweater

Knitting
August 2011
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 56 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
275 yards (251 m)
Newborn-6 Months
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS
Purl Soho’s Quartz, 65% merino wool and 35% suri alpaca. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 420 yards/ 100 grams.

  • Main Color (MC): 1 skein; approximately 215 yards required. We used the color Peony Pink.
  • Contrast Color (CC): 1 skein; approximately 60 yards required. We used the color Autumn Oak.

You’ll also need…

NOTE: This is enough yarn to make two oppositely colored sweaters!

NOTE: An earlier version of this pattern used 5 skeins of Purl Soho’s Posy (no longer available). For more on this version, visit the original blog post!

GAUGE
28 stitches and 56 rows (28 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch

SIZE
Newborn-6 Months

  • Finished Chest Circumference: 18¼ inches
  • Finished Length From Bottom Hem To Top Shoulder: 9 inches
  • Finished Length From Bottom Hem To Underarm: 5½ inches

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes.