Alana Dakos - Sheepish - Knitting Pattern

A sweet sheep inspired cardigan that could be worn by a boy or girl. This pattern offers simple construction with just a little tastes of intarsia work. It is worked in one piece from the bottom up with almost no seaming! Made out of a super soft merino wool, this cozy cardigan will be a must have piece for Fall and Winter.

Sizes:

6 months (12 mos, 2 years) 

Finished Measurements:

Chest: 20 (23, 25) inches

Length: approx. 10.5 (13, 15) inches after blocking

Materials:

(MC) Sublime Merino Wool DK (100% Organic Merino Wool; 113 yd/105m per 50g skein); color: #113; 4 (5, 5) skeins. Or 420 (460, 500) yards of DK weighted wool or wool blend.

(CCI) Cascade Yarns Lana D'Oro (50% Super Fine Alpaca, 50% wool; 110 yds/101m per 50g skein); color: #1049; 1(1,1) skein. Or 55 (55, 60) yards of light worsted weight alpaca or alpaca blend.

(CC2) Cascade Yarns "Cloud 9" (50% Merino Wool, 50% Angora; 109 yd/100m per 50g skein); color: #101; 1(1, 1) skein. Or 20 yards of light worsted angora or angora blend.

2# 32-inch US #6/4mm circular needles

1# 24-inch US #5/3,75mm circular needle

1 set of US #5/3.75 double pointed needles

4 pieces of scrap yarn to hold underarm stitches

Stitch holders

Stitch markers (4 st markers in a contrasting color to mark intarsia sections)

Bobbins wound with CC1and CC2 for intarsia work

5 medium to large buttons and matching sewing thread

Tapestry needle

Gauge:

22 st/32 rows = 4" in stockinette on size 6 needles