Free Knitting Pattern for “Little Brother Jacket,” a Bottom-Up Raglan Baby Cardigan with Stripes, featuring a classic design and detailed instructions.
This cardigan is designed for babies and toddlers, from premature sizes up to 4 years. It’s worked from the bottom up, with the body worked flat and the sleeves worked in the round. The design features raglan decreases for shaping and incorporates stripes throughout the body, sleeves, and yoke. The pattern provides detailed instructions for each size and includes specific stripe sequences. Garter stitch is used for the hems, cuffs, bands, and neck edging.
This design is rated as intermediate, mostly in Stockinette stitch.
This pattern assumes familiarity with:
- Working flat (body) and in the round (sleeves).
- Basic stitches: knit, purl.
- Increases: yarn over (yo).
- Decreases: k2tog (knit two together), ssk (slip, slip, knit).
- Raglan decreases.
- Following stripe patterns.
- Picking up stitches (for bands and neck).
- Creating buttonholes (k2tog, yo).
- Binding off.
- Seaming (underarm seams).
Skill Level: Intermediate (Bottom-up construction, raglan decreases, stripes, picking up stitches, buttonholes)
Finished Measurements:
| Size (Height in cm) | (<0) 40/44 | 0/1 (48/52) | 1/3 (56/62) | 6/9 (68/74) | 12/18 (80/86) | 2 (92) | 3/4 (98/104) |
| Size (Height in ft) | (1ft4/1ft5) | 1ft7/1ft8 | 1ft 10/2ft | 2ft3/2ft5 | 2ft7/2ft9 | 3ft | 3ft3/3ft5 |
| Chest (cm) | (36) | 42 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 66 |
| Chest (inches) | (14¼) | 16½ | 19 | 20½ | 22 | 23⅝ | 26 |
| Full Length (cm) | (21) | 25 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 41 |
| Full Length (inches) | (8¼) | 9¾ | 11⅜ | 12¼ | 13 | 14½ | 16⅛ |
Materials Used:
- DROPS Baby Merino (100% Merino Wool; 50g/175m [191 yds]) – Yarn Group A
- Color 43 (light sea green): (100) 100-150-150-200 (200-200) g
- Color 37 (light lavender): (50) 50-50-50-50 (50-50) g
Needles:
- DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2.5 MM = US 1,5 (for garter stitch)
- DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 MM = US 2,5: Length 40 cm = 16″ or 60 cm = 24″ (for stockinette stitch)
- DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 3 MM = US 2,5 (for sleeves)
- DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE size 2.5mm.
Notions:
- DROPS MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS, Round (blue) NO 621: (5) 5-6-6-7 (7-8) items
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends and sewing seams)
Knitting Pattern for a Baby Cardigan, with Stripes.
Free Pattern
Pattern Considerations:
- Gauge: 24 stitches in width and 32 rows in height with stockinette = 10 x 10 cm = 4″ x 4″. Achieving the correct gauge is essential for proper sizing.
- Yarn Substitution: The pattern provides links to resources for yarn substitution. Any yarn from Yarn Group A that achieves the specified gauge can be used.
- Construction: The body is worked flat from the bottom up. Sleeves are worked in the round. The yoke is then worked by joining the body and sleeves and working raglan decreases.
- Stripes: The pattern provides detailed stripe sequences for the body, sleeves, and yoke. These sequences vary slightly between sizes. Be sure to follow the correct sequence for your chosen size.
- Raglan Decreases: All raglan decreases are worked from the right side. The pattern uses a combination of k2tog and ssk at each marker.
- Bands: The button band and buttonhole band are picked up and worked after the main body and sleeves are complete.
- Buttonholes: Buttonholes are created with a k2tog and yo. The pattern provides specific instructions for placement. There’s a buttonhole on each band, and one on the neckband.
- Abbreviations: Are standard.
- Diagram: Provides a schematic.
