Kids Lauder

£5.00

The Lauder sweater is a top-down, all-over cabled pattern with cabled detailing around the neck and shoulders. It’s worked with dropped shoulders. The back is worked first, then the fronts and then it’s joined in the round. The sleeves are shaped with short rows.

If you’d like to purchase more than two kids patterns you can do so with the below codes for a discount

3FOR2 - buy two and get a third pattern for free

5FOR3 - buy three and get the fourth and fifth free

Sizes: (1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) to fit approximately (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years) (4 years, 6 years, 8 years, 10 years)

Finished Chest Circumference: (51.5, 58.5, 58.5, 60) (63.5, 68.5, 77, 80.5) cm/(20.25, 23, 23, 23.5) (25, 27, 30.25, 31.75) inches

Recommended positive ease Recommended positive ease 5-10 cm/2-4 inches

Gauge: 28 sts and 39 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in cable stitch pattern

Yarn

The sample was knit in Laxtons Sheepsoft 4ply [220m/240 yards per 50g]. This is a fingering-weight pattern. A yarn that shows stitch definition is helpful.

Any yarn that meets gauge can be used.

(499, 561, 635, 740) (911, 1040, 1208, 1337) meters/(546, 614, 695, 810) (997, 1138, 1321, 1462) yards

This is a Kids Version of the Lauder Sweater for Adults.

The sample in the photo is 6 months size.

Techniques used

German Short Rows

Cables

Reading cable charts

Picking up Stitches

Note: the collar depth for sizes 3-6 was updated after the test knit based on tester feedback, so there is some discrepancy with tester photos and the final pattern.

The Lauder sweater is a top-down, all-over cabled pattern with cabled detailing around the neck and shoulders. It’s worked with dropped shoulders. The back is worked first, then the fronts and then it’s joined in the round. The sleeves are shaped with short rows.

If you’d like to purchase more than two kids patterns you can do so with the below codes for a discount

3FOR2 - buy two and get a third pattern for free

5FOR3 - buy three and get the fourth and fifth free

Sizes: (1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) to fit approximately (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years) (4 years, 6 years, 8 years, 10 years)

Finished Chest Circumference: (51.5, 58.5, 58.5, 60) (63.5, 68.5, 77, 80.5) cm/(20.25, 23, 23, 23.5) (25, 27, 30.25, 31.75) inches

Recommended positive ease Recommended positive ease 5-10 cm/2-4 inches

Gauge: 28 sts and 39 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in cable stitch pattern

Yarn

The sample was knit in Laxtons Sheepsoft 4ply [220m/240 yards per 50g]. This is a fingering-weight pattern. A yarn that shows stitch definition is helpful.

Any yarn that meets gauge can be used.

(499, 561, 635, 740) (911, 1040, 1208, 1337) meters/(546, 614, 695, 810) (997, 1138, 1321, 1462) yards

This is a Kids Version of the Lauder Sweater for Adults.

The sample in the photo is 6 months size.

Techniques used

German Short Rows

Cables

Reading cable charts

Picking up Stitches

Note: the collar depth for sizes 3-6 was updated after the test knit based on tester feedback, so there is some discrepancy with tester photos and the final pattern.