| Size: | 1–3 months (chest circumference: 44 cm [17¼ inches]) |
| Measurements: | Sweater width: 27 cm [10¾ inches] Sweater length (measured at the mid back): 27 cm [10¾ inches] Sleeve length (measured along the inside of the sleeve): 17 cm [6¾ inches] |
| Gauge: | 27 sts x 37 rows in stockinette stitch on 3.5 mm [US 4] needles = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] |
| Needles: | Circular needles: 3.5 mm [US4] / 40 and 60 cm [16 and 24 inches]) and 3 mm [US2½] / 40 and 60 cm [16 and 24 inches]; Double-pointed needles: 3.0 mm [US4] |
| Materials: | 100 g Drops Baby Merino (50 g / 175 m) or a similar yarn, provided the correct gauge is obtained. |
The January Sweater is worked from the top down in stockinette stitch with raglan increases.
The first part of the yoke is worked back and forth on straight needles (long enough to hold all stitches comfortably) or on circular needles with a long cable for flat knitting, while the front plackets are formed along the left front raglan line.
Short rows are worked at the back of the neck to shape the neckline.
Once the plackets have been completed, the yoke is worked in the round on circular needles.
The sleeves are worked in the round on double-pointed needles or on a long circular needle using the Magic Loop technique.
Buttonholes
First buttonhole (Row 4, RS, in 1×1 rib):
| Row 4 (RS): | edge st, *k 1, p 1*, repeat from * to * to 6 sts before the end of the row, p 1, ssk, yo twice, p2tog, p 1 (buttonhole worked) |
| Row 5 (WS): | edge st, k 1, p 1, k through the back loop (twisted), p1 *k1, p1*, repeat from * to * to the end of row, p1 |
Remaining buttonholes (RS, in stockinette stitch)
Work every 3 cm [1¼ inches] along the right front placket, as follows:
Row (RS): | edge st, k 5, slip marker, M1L, *knit to marker, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker,M1L*, work from * to * a total of 3 times, knit to marker, M1R, slip marker, k1, k2tog, yo twice, ssk, p1 (8 sts have been increased) |
Row (WS): | edge st, k 1, p 1, purl through the back loop (twisted), purl all sts to 2 sts before the end of the row, k 1, p 1 |
Cast on 100 sts on 3 mm [US 2½] straight needles (long enough to hold all stitches comfortably) or on circular needles with a long cable for flat knitting, using your preferred cast-on method (I use the long-tail cast-on).
Work in 1×1 rib, as follows:
| Row 1 (WS): | edge st, *k1, p1*, repeat from * to * to the end of row, p1 |
| Row 2 (RS): | edge st, *k1, p1*, repeat from * to * to the end of row, p1 |
| Row 3 (WS): | edge st, *k1, p1*, repeat from * to * to the end of row, p1 |
| Row 4 (RS): | edge st, *k 1, p 1*, repeat from * to * to 6 sts before the end of the row, p 1, ssk, yo twice, p2tog, p 1 (buttonhole worked) |
| Row 5 (WS): | edge st, k 1, p 1, k through the back loop (twisted), p1 *k1, p1*, repeat from * to * to the end of row, p1 |
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until the piece measures 2 cm [¾ inch]. The next row is a RS row.
Change to 3.5 mm [US 4] needles. The work is now continued back and forth in stockinette stitch with raglan increases and later joined to be worked in the round on circular needles.
The neckline is shaped using short rows, so that the back of the neck is higher than the front.
Divide the stitches for the raglan by placing stitch markers on either side of the 2 raglan stitches and next to the plackets (a total of 8 stitch markers), as follows:
6 sts (left placket), place marker, 12 sts (left sleeve), place marker, 2 sts (raglan), place marker, 27 sts (back), place marker, 2 sts (raglan), place marker, 12 sts (right sleeve), place marker, 2 sts (raglan), place marker, 31 sts (right front), place marker, 6 sts (right placket).
Increases are worked on both sides of the two central raglan stitches and along the 6-stitch front plackets. The increase to the right of the raglan or placket stitches slants right (M1R) and the increase to the left of the raglan or placket stitches slants left (M1L).
Now shape the neckline using short rows. Use the German Short Rows technique for the turns, while working raglan increases at the same time, as follows:
| Row 1 (RS): | edge st, k 5, slip marker, M1L, k 12, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 27, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 5, turn (the turn is on right sleeve) (5 sts have been increased) |
| Row 2 (WS): | slip the first stitch purlwise to the right needle and pull the yarn over the needle to form a double stitch, p 42, turn (the turn is on the left sleeve) |
| Row 3 (RS): | slip the first stitch knitwise to the right needle and pull the yarn over the needle to form a double stitch, k 5, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 29, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 5, knit the double stitch, k 5, turn (the turn is on right sleeve) (4 sts have been increased) |
| Row 4 (WS): | slip the first stitch purlwise to the right needle and pull the yarn over the needle to form a double stitch p 50, purl the double stitch, p 5, turn (the turn is on the left sleeve) |
| Row 5 (RS): | slip the first stitch knitwise to the right needle and pull the yarn over the needle to form a double stitch, k 11, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k31, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 11, knit the double stitch, k 2, M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L, k 33, M1R, slip marker, k 5, p1 (7 sts have been increased) |
| Row 6 (WS): | edge st, k 1, purl all sts to the double stitch, purl the double stitch, purl all sts to 2 sts before the end of the row, k 1, p 1 |
After completing the short rows, there are 116 sts on the needles.
Distribution of sts:
6 sts (left placket), marker, 16 sts (left sleeve), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 33 sts (back), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 16 sts (right sleeve), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 33 sts (right front), marker, 6 sts (right placket).
Continue working the yoke back and forth in stockinette stitch on RS rows, working increases along the raglan lines and the front plackets as follows:
| Row (RS): | edge st, k 5, slip marker, M1L, *knit to marker,M1R, slip marker, k 2 (raglan), slip marker, M1L*, work from * to * a total of 3 times, knit to marker, M1R, slip marker, k 5, p1 (8 sts have been increased) |
| Row (WS): | edge st, k 1, purl all sts to 2 sts before the end of the row, k 1, p 1 |
Work Rows 1 and 2 a total of 14 times, making buttonholes every 3 cm [1¼ inches] along the right front placket.
There are now 228 sts on the needles.
Distribution of sts:
6 sts (left placket), marker, 44 sts (left sleeve), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 61 sts (back), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 44 sts (right sleeve), marker, 2 sts (raglan), marker, 61 sts (right front), marker, 6 sts (right placket).
The raglan increases are now complete. Join the work to be worked in the round on the next RS row, as follows:
| Row (RS): | Edge st, k 5, place the next 44 sts on a stitch holder or a length of waste yarn (left sleeve), cast on 2 sts at the underarm, k 2 (raglan), k 61 (back), k 2 (raglan), place the next 44 sts on a stitch holder or a length of waste yarn (right sleeve), cast on 2 sts at the underarm, k 2 (raglan), k 61 (right front). Do not work the 6 sts of the right front placket. Place the 6 sts of the right front placket on top of the 6 sts of the left front placket and work them together, ( k2tog ) x 6. |
Place a marker for the beginning of the round.
There are now 138 sts on the needles for the body.
Work in the round in stockinette stitch until the sweater measures 25 cm [9¾ inches], measured from the cast-on edge at the mid back.
Change to 3.0 mm [US 2½] circular needles and work 2 cm [¾ inch] in the round in 1×1 rib (k1, p1).
Bind off using your preferred bind-off method.
Sleeves
Place the 44 sts for one sleeve on 3.5 mm [US 4] needles. Pick up and knit 6 sts along the sts cast on at the underarm.
There are now 50 sts on the needles. Place a marker for the beginning of the round after the first 3 of the newly picked up sts.
Work in the round in stockinette stitch until the sleeve measures 15 cm [6 inches], measured along the inside of the sleeve, while at the same time working decreases in the 3rd round and then every 10th round a total of 5 times, as follows: k2tog, knit to the last 2 sts of the round, ssk.
There are now 40 sts on the needles.
Change to 3.0 mm [US 2½] needles and work 2 cm [¾ inch] in the round in 1×1 rib (k1, p1).
Bind off using your preferred bind-off method.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
Abbreviations
| k | knit |
| p | purl |
| stockinette | stockinette stitches are made when you knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side |
| k2tog | knit 2 stitches together (right-leaning decrease); |
| ssk | slip, slip, knit (left-leaning decrease); |
| M1L | make 1 left (increase leaning to the left); |
| M1R | make 1 right (increase leaning to the right); |
| st(s) | stitch(es) |
| RS | right side |
| WS | wrong side |
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