Harbour Highlights

Knitted jumper for babies and children in DROPS Alpaca. The piece is worked top down with raglan and 2-coloured English rib. Sizes 0 – 4 years.

DROPS Baby 43-19
DROPS Design: Pattern z-114-by
Yarn group A
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SIZES:
0/1 - 1/3 - 6/9 - 12/18 months (2 - 3/4) years
Child’s height in cm:
48/52 - 56/62 - 68/74 - 80/86 (92 - 98/104)

MATERIALS:
DROPS ALPACA from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
50-100-100-100 (100-100) g colour 7323, sea fog
50-50-50-100 (100-100) g colour 9020, light pearl grey

NEEDLES FOR SIZES (<0) 0/1 - 1/3 - 6/9 months:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 2.5 MM: Length 40 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2.5 MM.
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need circular needle of 80 cm.

NEEDLES FOR SIZES 12/18 months (2 - 3/4) years:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 2.5 MM: Length 40 cm and 60 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2.5 MM.
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need circular needle of 80 cm.

KNITTING TENSION:
24 stitches in width and 48 rows in height with English rib = 10 x 10 cm.
NOTE: Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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PATTERN:
See diagram A.1.

2-COLOURED ENGLISH RIB:
ROUND 1 (with colour light pearl grey): * Make 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch as if to purl, knit 1 *, repeat from *-* to end of round.
ROUND 2 (with colour sea fog): * Purl together the yarn over and slipped stitch, make 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch as if to purl *, repeat from *-* to end of round.
ROUND 3 (with colour light pearl grey): * Make 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch as if to purl, knit together the yarn over and slipped stitch *, repeat from *-* to end of round.
(Be aware that the last yarn over does not look like a yarn over on the needle, but the strand with colour light pearl grey is on the right side. Take the strand to the wrong side,making a yarn over).
Repeat rounds 2 and 3 onwards.

RAGLAN:
Increase 4 stitches in the knitted marker-stitch, in each transition between the body and sleeves as described below (= 16 stitches increased on the round).
Work 5 stitches in the stitch and yarn over as follows: * Knit together the stitch and yarn over but do not slip them from the needle, make 1 yarn over the right needle *, work from *-* a total of 2 times, knit the stitch and yarn over together 1 more time and slip them from the needle = 5 stitches (4 stitches increased). On the next round work the increased stitches into the pattern; no yarn overs in the increases so work the stitches without yarn overs. The marker remains in the middle of these 5 stitches onwards.

DECREASE TIP (sleeves):
All decreases are worked on round 3 in the 2-coloured English rib.
Decrease as follows: Work until there are 4-4-4-4 (3-4) stitches left before the marker-stitch, knit together the next 3 stitches (+ their respective yarn overs), make 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch as if to purl, knit twisted together the next 3 stitches (+ their respective yarn overs) (= 4 stitches decreased).

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body is continued in the round with circular needle. The sleeves are worked with double pointed needles.

NECK:
Cast on 68-72-74-84 (84-84) stitches with double pointed needles size 2.5 mm and colour sea fog DROPS Alpaca. Knit 1 round.
Work 5-5-5-7 (7-7) rounds of rib (knit 1, purl 1). Insert 1 marker at the beginning of the round (mid-back). Work 2 rounds of stocking stitch, increasing 12-12-6-0 (0-0) stitches evenly spaced on the first round = 80-84-80-84 (84-84) stitches.
The yoke is measured from the marker on the neck.

YOKE:
Insert 4 markers in the piece, without working the stitches (these markers are used when increasing to raglan).
Count 13-13-13-13 (13-13) stitches, insert marker in the next stitch, count 13 stitches, insert marker in the next stitch, count 25-27-25-27 (27-27) stitches, insert marker in the next stitch, count 13 stitches, insert marker in the next stitch. There are 12-14-12-14 (14-14) stitches left after the last marker.

Start with colour light pearl grey and work 2-COLOURED ENGLISH RIB – read description above. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
AT THE SAME TIME the first time you work round 3 in the pattern, begin to increase to RAGLAN in each marker-stitch – read description above.
Increase to raglan every 8th-8th-8th-6th (6th-6th) round a total of 6-7-8-9 (10-11) times.
After the last increase there are 176-196-208-228 (244-260) stitches. Continue working without further increases until the piece measures 11-12-13-14 (15-16) cm from the marker on the neck – finish after round 3 in the pattern.

On the next round (round 2 in the pattern) divide for the body and sleeves as follows: Work the first 25-27-30-32 (35-38) stitches, place the next 39-43-45-49 (51-53) stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 5-5-7-7 (7-7) stitches (in side under sleeve), work the next 49-55-59-65 (71-77) stitches, place the next 39-43-45-49 (51-53) stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 5-5-7-7 (7-7) stitches (in side under sleeve), work the last 24-28-29-33 (36-39) stitches. Cut the strand. The body and sleeves are finished separately. The piece is now measured from here!

BODY:
= 108-120-132-144 (156-168) stitches.
Start the round in the 4th-4th-5th-5th (4th-5th) cast-on stitch under one sleeve. Continue with 2-coloured English rib in the round (start on round 3 in the pattern). Remember the cast-on stitches under the sleeves do not have yarn overs on the first round.

AT THE SAME TIME when the piece measures 1-4-5-2 (6-9) cm from the division – adjust so the next round is round 3 in the pattern, work A.1 18-20-22-24 (26-28) times on the round.
Continue this pattern, i.e. the 2-coloured English rib continues as before, but you increase and decrease every 12th round as shown in diagram A.1.
Continue A.1 until the piece measures 9-12-13-15 (17-20) cm from the division – finish after a round with an arrow in A.1.
Continue with colour sea fog.
Knit 1 round where all yarn overs are knitted together with their respective stitches = 108-120-132-144 (156-168) stitches.
Knit 1 round where you increase 24-26-28-28 (32-32) stitches evenly spaced = 132-146-160-172 (188-200) stitches. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 2 cm. Cast off a little loosely with knit over knit and purl over purl. The jumper measures approx. 24-28-30-33 (36-40) cm from the shoulder down.

SLEEVES:
Place the 39-43-45-49 (51-53) stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 2.5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 5-5-7-7 (7-7) cast-on stitches under the sleeve = 44-48-52-56 (58-60) stitches.
Insert 1 marker in the 3rd-3rd-4th-4th (4th-4th) knitted-up stitch under the sleeve. Work 2-coloured English rib in the round (start on round 3 in the pattern and remember the knitted-up stitches under the sleeve do not have yarn overs on the first round).
When the sleeve measures 3 cm, start to decrease under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 3-3-3-3 (6-6) cm a total of 1-2-2-3 (3-3) times = 40-40-44-44 (46-48) stitches.
Work until the sleeve measures 7-10-12-13 (18-22) cm – finish after a round with colour sea fog and continue with this colour.
Knit 1 round where all yarn overs are knitted together with their respective stitches = 40-40-44-44 (46-48) stitches. Knit 1 round where you increase 2-2-2-2 (4-4) stitches evenly spaced = 42-42-46-46 (50-52) stitches. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 2 cm. Cast off a little loosely with knit over knit and purl over purl. The sleeve measures approx. 9-12-14-15 (20-24) cm. Work the other sleeve in the same way.

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