Please note that this listing is for a PDF knitting pattern and not the finished sweater.
My eleven-year-old daughter requested a trendy, patchwork, oversized sweater, and this is it! While patterns existed, I preferred to fly by the seat of my pants. Happily, it worked out!
Fair Warning: This pattern has not been tech edited or test knit like my other patterns. You can knit it as written and get a sweater much like the one shown here or treat it as a recipe for your own fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants sweater. Enjoy! (If you find a mistake, please send me an email!)
This sweater is worked in strips, steam/wet blocked and joined with the mattress stitch working from the cast-on edge towards the bind-off. Then the bottom band is picked up and knit in a 2x2 rib. Then the sleeves are picked up and worked in a patchwork design and finally, the button band is worked in a 2x2 rib. Finish the sweater by sewing the buttons opposite the buttonholes.
One Size: Finished sweater has 53” bust and is shown on a 28.5” bust with 24.5” of ease.
See schematic for more sizing details!
Sweater Body Gauge: Approx. 23 sts/18 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch worked flat and blocked
Yarn Requirements: I Love This Yarn (100% Acrylic and 355 yds/7 oz. skein) or another worsted weight yarn. Shown in several complementary colors that I picked up at Hobby Lobby.
5 total skeins in 5 interesting colors
Materials:
US7/4.5mm in 16” circular and DPNs for strips and sleeves
US6/4mm in 16” for cuffs and 32-40” for bottom band and button band
Five lockable stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Five 25mm buttons and thread with which to sew them on
