Let’s knit a sweater for a Little Teddy Bear.
The sweater is worked flat in rows from the top down. The sleeves are also worked flat.
At the end, the sweater is seamed along the back, and the sleeves are seamed as well.
Cast on 48 stitches using your preferred cast-on method (I use the long-tail cast-on).
The knitting begins with a wrong side (WS) row on the WS.
| Row 1 (WS): | p 1, [ p 1, k 1 ] x 23, p 1 – 48 sts |
| Row 2 (RS): | k 1, [ p 1, k 1 ] x 23, k 1 – 48 sts |
Repeat rows 1 and 2 1 more time. The next row is 5.
| Row 5 (WS): | p 1, [ p 1, k 1 ] x 23, p 1 – 48 sts |
| Row 6 (RS): | k 1, [ k 2, M1L ] x 23, k 1 – 71 sts |
| Rows 7-11: | 71 stitches in stockinette |
| Row 12 (RS): | k 14, place the next 10 stitches on a stitch holder or scrap yarn, cast on 2 new stitches, k 24, place the next 10 stitches on a stitch holder or scrap yarn, cast on 2 new stitches, k 13 – 55 stitches |
| Rows 13-25: | 71 stitches in stockinette |
| Row 26 (RS): | k 1, ssk, p 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 25, k 1 – 54 sts |
| Row 27 (WS): | p 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 26, p 1 – 54 sts |
| Row 28 (RS): | k 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 26, k 1 – 54 sts |
| Row 29 (WS): | p 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 26, p 1 – 54 sts |
Bind off 54 stitches using your preferred bind-off method.
Break the yarn, leaving a 30-35 cm tail.
Proceed to knitting the sleeves.
Sleeves
Place the 10 stitches for one sleeve onto the needles. Pick up and knit 3 stitches along the underarm cast-on edge of the body, knit 10 stitches, then pick up and knit 3 stitches along the underarm cast-on edge again.
| Rows 2-10: | 16 stitches in stockinette |
| Row 11 (RS): | k 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 7, k 1 – 16 sts |
| Row 12 (WS): | p 1, [ k 1, p 1 ] x 7, p 1 – 16 sts |
Bind off 16 stitches using your preferred bind-off method.
Break the yarn, leaving a 20 cm tail.
Weave in the short tails inside the toy; leave the long tails for further seaming.
You should be left with 3 working yarn tails.
Sew the sweater along the back using mattress stitch.
Now move on to seaming the sleeves. Sew them using the mattress stitch.
The sweater is finished. All that’s left is to weave in the remaining ends and give it a wash. You can decorate the sweater however you like — for example, by adding some embroidery.
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