I would like to introduce you all to the newest member of the baby sweater social elite – Baby Sophisticate. This sweater is ideal for the baby who enjoys the finer things in life – silver spoons, gourmet mush, and Baby Einstein as a personal tutor. No silly pockets for this baby; only a sophisticated and luxurious shawl collar. :-)
Of course I’m kidding – your baby doesn’t have to be an Upper East-Sider to look adorable in this sweater! Using Mission Falls 1824 Wool and with a gauge of 15 sts/ 4″, Baby Sophisticate is an extremely quick knit (perfect for last minute baby shower invitations).
The design is a top down cardigan, with a picked up all-in-one button band and collar. This means no seaming – minimal finishing is the only way to go!
I want to give a HUGE thank you to Emmadoodle (aka Emily) for test knitting this design! She did a wonderful job of helping me find mistakes and just making things all around more clear! We hope that all the bugs got worked out in this process!
Happy knitting!
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24 responses so far ↓
Ola // 04/07/2009 at 1:53 PM |
A really beautiful pattern – just what I need for a certain Little Gentelman :)
Krista // 04/11/2009 at 5:28 AM |
Handsome sweater! I’m dying for a grandchild and, even though there’s none in sight, I’m thinking of making this and hanging on to it. Thanks for the pattern…
Kelly // 04/11/2009 at 11:59 AM |
I love this pattern, I’m always looking for quick knit baby sweaters since I make them for charity. Thanks for the beautiful pattern.
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michelle dupont // 04/16/2009 at 8:47 AM |
thank you for this wonderful pattern!!
Nina // 05/10/2009 at 8:07 AM |
What an adorable sweater. Thank you for sharing.
Nimbus « Stockinette // 05/14/2009 at 3:56 PM |
[...] to snap a few photos. I had almost a whole ball of yarn left over so I decided to start another Baby Sophisticate for little Cole. Using such I bulky yarn it is coming out much bigger than the orignal – [...]
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Big Boy Cole Sophisticate « Stockinette // 05/19/2009 at 8:40 PM |
[...] with Berroco Peruvia Quick, I had almost an entire ball of yarn left over. I decided to make a Big Boy Sophisticate for little cousin Cole, since he is too big now for the original (and besides, it is summer so by [...]
morewithles // 05/28/2009 at 11:48 PM |
This is a GREAT looking pattern. I can’t wait to try it. :)
mama_g // 07/09/2009 at 11:47 AM |
What a great pattern. I love the collar!
Sarah // 07/10/2009 at 4:15 AM |
Just saw this over on Soulemama – what a great pattern and thank you for making it available for free
Julie Ann // 07/19/2009 at 8:42 PM |
wow just finished this- it’s so well written and I love the finished product. view my grandsons sweater at http://hanswife.blogspot.com/
Vanessa // 07/20/2009 at 3:10 PM |
love the sweater might make 4 my girls
emily // 07/24/2009 at 11:47 AM |
thanks for designing and sharing this lovely sweater! i’m enjoying knitting one up using your pattern (0-3 mos.) and i had a question:
when i’m done shaping the shoulders, i have 15, 23, 30, 23, and 15 stitches separated by markers, but the pattern says to place 25 stitches on holders after two of the markers. is this supposed to make the right side wider than the left by 2 stitches?
thanks for your help!
Claudette // 07/27/2009 at 12:58 PM |
My daughter would like me to knit this adorable sweater for my grandson….. I downloaded the pattern, but in reading the directions I am confused about w&t:wrap and turn…could someone explain this for me? Thank you as I am very excited to begin knitting .
stockinette // 07/28/2009 at 2:59 PM |
Hi Claudette!
Here is a helpful video on how to work short rows by wrapping a stitch and turning your work:
In this video she is working with stockinette stitch and the collar for baby sophisticate is done in garter stitch. She uses two different ways of wrapping a stitch – depending on whether or not she is on a knit or a purl row. The reason there are two ways depending on the row is to prepare you for the next row you will be working. In other words, the way you wrap the yarn on a purl row is designed to set you up with the yarn at the back of the fabric so you are ready to knit. Since you are only working knit rows in Baby Sophisticate, you should use the wrap&turn method as shown in the video for a purl row on every row, because you always want to have the yarn ready for working a knit row. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions!
kyle // 08/01/2009 at 11:39 PM |
made one for my friends’ baby girl — her dad loves tweedy jackets and such, so i thought she’d enjoy being daddy’s little girl. i even tacked on small leather patches on the elbows.
thanks for the pattern!
newmama // 08/06/2009 at 8:26 PM |
Thanks for this beautiful pattern.
I seem to have major new-mama brain. I’m ripping this out for the sixth (yes, sixth) time … but I am determined to make a go of it.
Could you please please please take pity on me and tell me at which stitches the markers should be on row three (and ideally on all the odd rows as well)?
Also, a question about the final inc1 at the end of the row: should this be in the last, or the next-to-last, stitch?
Thank you so much. I’m knitting it in the cranberry Mission Falls wool and it’s going to be beautiful if I can just get those markers set in the right places!
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[...] colors. I’ve done a lot of calculations, and I think it will be doable. The pattern is Baby Sophisticate, available free and really quite cute. Now, I don’t think I have the buttons I want to use [...]
kim // 09/29/2009 at 8:15 PM |
My mom made me two of the baby sweaters and I have never seen anything so perfect. She mentioned you might be making an adult version????
please let me know. we want to make daddy a matching one before baby comes is feb
thanks
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