Mexican Cardigan and Sweater by Zoë Mellor

Mexican Cardigan and Sweater

Knitting
January 2000
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch on 4mm needles
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
276 - 1196 yards (252 - 1094 m)
6m - 1, 1-2, 2-3 yrs
English

Size Information

  • 6 months-1 year: finished chest 61cm/24”, back length 29cm/11.5”, sleeve seam 18cm/7”
  • 1-2 years: finished chest 66cm/26”, back length 32cm/12.5”, sleeve seam 20cm/8”
  • 2-3 years: finished chest 71cm/28”, back length 36cm/14”, sleeve seam 25cm/10”.

Yarn Requirements

Balls are assumed to be 50g each, containing 92 yards.

Cardigan

  • 6 months-1 year: 2 balls each of main and contrast colours, 1 ball each of 6 minor colours
  • 1-2 years: 3 balls of main colour, 2 balls of contrast colour, 1 ball each of 6 minor colours
  • 2-3 years: 4 balls of main colour, 3 balls of contrast colour, 1 ball each of 6 minor colours.

Sweater

  • 6 months-1 year: 2 balls of main colour, 1 ball each of remaining 7 colours
  • 1-2 years: 3 balls of main colour, 2 balls of contrast colour, 1 ball each of 6 minor colours
  • 2-3 years: 3 balls of main colour, 2 balls of contrast colour, 1 ball each of 6 minor colours.

Other Equipment Needed

  • buttons: 5 if making cardigan; 3 if making smaller two sizes of sweater
  • stitch holders if making sweater.

This is not the same Mexican sweater and jacket (adult and child’s) in Colourful Knits for You and Your Child - as sleeves have ‘stripes’.