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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A really beautiful pattern – just what I need for a certain Little Gentelman :)
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…
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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thank you for this wonderful pattern!!
What an adorable sweater. Thank you for sharing.
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This is a GREAT looking pattern. I can’t wait to try it. :)
What a great pattern. I love the collar!
Just saw this over on Soulemama – what a great pattern and thank you for making it available for free
wow just finished this- it’s so well written and I love the finished product. view my grandsons sweater at http://hanswife.blogspot.com/
love the sweater might make 4 my girls
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!
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 .
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!
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!
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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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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Can someone help me? I’m new at knitting so I’m not all the time sure what the directions mean. On Baby Sophisticate, row 3 says “* to last stitch, inc1, k1.” Row 5, 9, and 13 say, ” . . . repeat from * to end.” At the end of the knitting row, do we do nothing (no sl1 or inc1)? I’m short stitches and can’t figure out where. Does anyone know what the number of stitches should be between markers?
Hi Terri!
On rows 3, 7, and 11, you are increasing at the neck edge to create a slight v-neck. On rows 5, 9, and 13, you are not increasing, so you simply knit to the end. If you are having trouble finding where you missed an increase, I would try counting the stitches for each section and comparing them to see if you have the same number – if you don’t, you know where you missed an increase (e.g. count the sts for each sleeve to see if they match – if they are different then you know you missed an increase on the sleeve). I hope this helps! Let me know if you are still having troubles and I’ll try to get stitch counts for each row for you.
-Linden
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Thanks for your response. I’m really “young” at this. I’ve only knitted a hat and a scarf before so it’s all pretty new. I loved this sweater and thought I would give it a whirl. I found that with my stitching, I had to go with a chunky yarn and size 10 needles to get the gauge I needed for the 6-12 months size. After pulling it apart a couple of times because of stitch counts, I decided to keep track of each row by first counting from the pattern how many stitches should be on each row. Then as I knitted each row I counted inbetween the markers to make sure I was spot on. I wish I would have done that to begin with because now it came out perfect and spent a lot less time then trying to find and fix errors. I’m almost done with the length of the sweater under the arms and am looking forward to making the sleeves and collar. Thanks again for your help.
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I have a follow up question to Terri’s on 1/15/10 regarding rows 3, 7, and 11…you say to increase at neck edge. Could you please tell me exactly what I am to do AFTER the LAST marker? Do I knit until the last stitch and then inc1 or do I inc1 on second to last stitch and then knit? I am not so new at knitting, but new at this sweater and my friend is away and I want to conquer this cute thing. Thanks for you help!!!
Hi there,
Thank you so much for this pattern. I knitted it twice, one in burgundy and another in rose pink and it works great for a baby girl! i have also posted your link to my website, hope that was ok. Thanks again!
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YAY! I finally figured it all out! A friend was helping me and he thought I understood more than I did, yadda yadda….anyway…I am loving making this sweater. I am on the sleeves right now and look forward to making more. Lots of babes coming my way!
Hi Clara!
I’m so sorry that I didn’t answer your question – I need to switch to a new system of keeping track of comments because I totally lost yours! Sorry! I’m glad everything worked out!
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Okay so now I’m back to the “not getting it” stage of the pattern. I have been waiting for a friend to help me, but he is busy in grad school and I understand. So I’m reaching out for help and I’m embarrassed to ask, but……….what the heck with the sleeves? I know how to get my stitches onto dpns and begin knitting. But that isn’t it is it? If I just sit and knit it turns out funky….like purling. So what little bit of info am I missing? Will knitting always be so challenging? Frustrated and not wanting to knit only scarves. Thanks for the help. Also when I do the collar is it on dpns, circular, straight?
Thanks!
Hi Clara!
So, when you say that you know how to put the stitches on dpns and start knitting, are you joining to work in the round? You should be knitting the sleeves as a tube. If you have been able to knit in the round, is it possible that you’ve turned the sleeve inside out, and that’s why it appears that you are purling? I’m just trying to figure out why you wouldn’t be getting stockinette. The collar will be knit straight.
And don’t worry, there’s definitely a learning curve with knitting, but it will eventually all make sense! Let me know if this is absolutely no help, and I’ll keep trying to think of what’s going wrong!
-Linden
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Hi there,
Thanks for the great pattern!
I’m in the finishing stages and I have a quick questions… do I need to make buttonholes? If not, where exactly should the buttons be inserted?
I’ll appreciate your help! :)
Hi Mercedes! Yes, you do make buttonholes on the collar – they are worked as “K2tog, YO” after you work the short rows for the shawl collar (in the pattern, they are in the “Next Row” after you complete row 7 of the collar 5 times more). Let me know if you have any other questions!
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I just finished knitting this for the babe in my tum. It was SOOOO much fun to knit and it turned out wonderfully. My only problem is that I want to knit bigger sizes !! Has anyone tried to map this out for larger sizes? I have a 5 yr old and a 3yr old and they both want one. Any suggestions?
I vow to NOT throw this sweater across the room….yes the same sweater I wrote to you about months ago. I figured out the sleeve thing…yes I was knitting it “inside out”. Now I am down to the “cuff” where you p a row and then k a row for seven rows. I know how to do those stitches. The knitting is fine, but when I purl I end up with a crazy mess…like too many stitches and craziness with the first stitch on each needle…a yarn over perhaps? HELP!!! I so want to finish this adorable thing. The kid is now too big/old for it, but someone else will come along. Thanks for your help and patience.
Hi, I really loved this pattern and am waiting to start knitting it.. But i’ve big trouble with the collar, and i am not able to understand how to do it. I’ve watched the video too, but could not understnad how to apply it to the collar.. Request you to please provide a video which would help amateur’s like me!! Thanks a lot… I realy hope you would help me as I want to finish this for my 3 month old nephew!! Please please help me as im getting frustrated because im not able to understand….:(:(
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thank you for this great pattern, it was so much fun to knit and my little son loves to wear the jacket!
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It was so much fun to knit and it is turning out wonderfully. This eveing i’ll work on the collar, fingers crossed!!!
I am making this and on the sleeves it says to put 23 stitches on the holder then later it says to slip the 25 stitches onto dpns. I am sorta confused can you please help.
Hi! I’m sorry, I think you must have a version of the pattern that wasn’t corrected – you should have 23 sleeve sts, not 25. I’ll check the pdfs that are available from different sources to make sure this mistake gets fixed! Thanks for letting me know!
This version is still online and available to download… I am glad I found this thread because I thought Ihad to pick up two more stitches.
The pdf is not corrected anywhere I can find it. So it’s only 23 stitches for the sleeves? Also, row 3 is confusing. Do you knit to the second to last stitch and then increase one and knit one after? it says to knit to last stitch and then increase and then knit one which isn’t possible…
Hi! The increase specified in the pattern doesn’t require a stitch to be worked (it’s a backward loop placed on your right needle as seen here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/make-1-away-continental), so as written you should knit until only one stitch is left and then inc1, k1. If you would like to use an increase that requires a stitch to work, then you should knit until two stitches are left and work your increase. Hope this helps!
Hi, i would like to thank for you the wonderful pattern – i made the sweater for my 6 months old baby and we all love it. However, he is growing out of it and i was wondering if you could help me readjust the size for 12 mo. I also have a bigger boy, he is 3 and would love to make one for him as well.
Thanks,
Stefka
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Do I start the pattern on a circular needle and just don’t join it? Sorry, I’m confused – I’ve only done pants and hats before and you join them on a circular, so I’m confused as to why I’m using a circular needle…
Hi! Yes, you start the pattern on a circular needle, but don’t join it – I just think the pattern is easier to work on a circular needle because it’s flexible, but you could use a straight needle if you wanted. I think the collar would be especially difficult to work on a straight needle, that’s why I suggest a circular. Hope this helps!
I don’t understand the inc1 and for some reason I am not able to access the knitty website that you referred us to. Is there anyother
place where I can find these instructions. This is one of the cutest sweaters I have seen for a baby and I can’t wait to make it for my 7 month old grandson.
Thanks in advance.
Here is a link to the Knitting Help website were the increase is called “make 1 away”, and you can watch a very helpful video of how the increase is worked. Hope this helps!
I FINALLY FINISHED THIS SWEATER! I think it took me a year. I mean the knitting has been done for MONTHS, but I was so disgusted with the obvious flaws I have made (ie three button holes….where DID that fourth one go?), slipped stiches, etc. But it is done! Buttons and everything. Now I worry that some poor baby will chew off and choke on said buttons. Thanks for a great pattern. I will try it again………soon-ish. Take care!
Thank you so much for the great pattern. I just finished one, I’m hoping it will be small enough for my newborn to wear home from the hospital…
I used the PDF and it still looks like there is an error, but when I went to the “pattern page” I saw it was corrected. Also, I found the comments to be hugely helpful. I had never made a sweater before, so I was a little uncertain about my progression…great instructions, and thank you for answering everyone’s questions, they helped me greatly!
I also blogged about it here: http://daniellebartran.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-knit-this.html
Wow, I’m sure my son will love this sweater! He’s turning 1 in a few weeks so I guess if I begin now I can finish just in time for his birthday… I have a question though; he’s a big boy for his age and I was wondering what I’d need to do in order to adjust the pattern for a bigger size. I read about ‘adjusting the gauge’ somewhere, but I don’t know what it means. Using bigger needles? Using different wool? No, right? Could you please help me out? (sorry, I know you’re already posting the pattern for free, so I shouldn’t be bothering you with a request like this… but here we go :-)
Hello,
Thank you for the awesome pattern. When you say sl1, do you slip ALL the stitches “knit wise” or “purl wise”? What is your preferred method to make the inc1? Do you make them all going the same direction?
Thank you!
Hi
I found your pattern in an italian site. They did not put any links to your site.
This site is copying large number of projects and brings them back without indicating the author of the blog.
just to let you know
Thanks for letting me know about this, I appreciate the heads up. Now I just need to look into what I should do about it . . . :(
Hey, thanks so much for this pattern! It’s my first real project, I guess (I’ve only done baby booties before this one), and I’m enjoying it more than I can tell, but I still have a lot of trouble visualizing some steps. For example, now I am at the “Split fo body” part, but I can’t really understand if, after I put the sts on holder, I’ll just keep knitting so that the fronts and back will be one single piece. In fact, I think I just got to understand the process while writing this comment (and reading the others, too), but It’s probably better to make sure and don’t do anything stupid, anyway.
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Este trabajo es hermoso y útil. Si alguien lo traduce al esàñol seria genial.. Quedo a la espero que esto suceda. Gracias Susana
What a lovely ,simple and classy project!
I loved it… This is my favorite kind of design – nothing too complicated but that looks so charming :)
I would like to know how I could adapt this pattern for a 3-year-old boy. Would that be possible? I don’t have great knitting skills though…
Thank you for sharing!
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I love the way this pattern is turning out..but i am stuck on the collar instructions… I am ‘assuming’ that I start to pick up the stitches at the bottom edge of the sweater front…and that it works up the front band and around the collar? after i knit 4 rows..do i continue up the front and around the collar…? i haven’t tried it yet…maybe it will work itself out..but appreciate some direction! It has come a bit small..even though my gauge is correct…but prefer to master it before i rip out ..or keep for a winter newborn!
Figured out the collar part of the pattern…my w&t’s need some work..one more question..is the pattern written for a girl where the button holes are? I need it for a boy..so i put the holes into the next row..does it matter? If you can clarify..appreciate it!
Elsie I’m stuck at the same spot. I knitted 4 rows for the collar and I don’t understand row 5 on. Are we working shorts rows from the bottom up? How did you figure it out? Can you help?
Hi! Yes, in row 5 you start working short rows to shape the collar – this means that you will be knitting on an increasingly smaller number of stitches centered at the back of the neck. After working the short rows, you will again knit all of the collar stitches on each row. I hope this helps!
Hi Elsie, I’m sorry for taking so long to respond to your comments . . . it’s probably clear that I’m having a little bit of trouble keeping up with the blog right now, but I hope to be back on track soon. In any case, you may have already figured out the buttons, but yes, they are on the side traditionally used for girls sweaters. I typically put them on that side because it’s slightly easier for the person dressing the baby (assuming they are right-handed). If you would like the buttons on the traditional boy side, it’s perfectly fine to have added them in the next row on the other side of the sweater.
I checked Michelle’s website,,for the big boy sweater..but can’t find the modifications..do you know if they were ever posted? thank you.
Hi again Elsie! I don’t think that Michelle ever posted her modifications for the larger size sweater, sorry. It’s possible to make the pattern larger by using a heavier weight yarn or adding additional yoke increases.
Sorry I have not been back to the website…August was an exceptionally busy month for me… all goodness though..thank you for your replies…i did put the buttons on the ‘boys’ side. sweater is adorable..but alas much too small..so will work at it again in the near future. my best to all with the hurricane weather!
I love your pattern,but I have a problem and I don’t know what I did wrong and or how to fix it.I ended up with a big hole on each side of the collar from the w&t,so now I have 5 holes instead of 4 for the buttons (last 2 are next to each other).is it supposed to be like this or I did the w&t the wrong way (I followed the instructions from ur pattern,plus I watched it on youtube).Please help!!!Thank you.
Hmm, you’re not supposed to end up with a hole where you start your w&t’s – are you sure that you wrapped the stitch on the first row you were supposed to? If you missed the first wrap but still turned your work then there would be a hole there . . . but I can’t think of another reason unless you just accidentally turned your work at some point. Do you have a matching hole on the other side? If you’ve already bound off, you could probably just sew up the extra hole with an extra piece of yarn – just catch all the stitches surrounding the hole and weave in the ends of the new piece of yarn. Anyone else have an idea about what the hole might be?
I did ended up with a hole on each side.Are we supposed to wrap the same stitch 4 times,because that is what I did (the 22nd stitch).When I tried to pick them up it was really hard and that is how I got the holes.When I did the wrap I brought the yarn from back to front,slipped the stitch purl wise, and brought the yarn back.Maybe I did the w&t the wrong way?
Thank you
Hi! So, it sounds as if you are working the w&t correctly (as long as you turned the work after slipping the stitch and bringing the yarn to the back). None of the stitches should be wrapped more than once, though. When is this happening? Just on the 22nd stitch, or on all your w&t’s? Once you have wrapped a stitch, you shouldn’t be knitting up to that stitch again until you are picking up all the wraps.
Hi Stockinette,
Could you please verify the NEEDLE size for this sweater for me? The pattern says a Size US 8 – however, the photos appear as thought this was knit on a size 10 or 11 needle with a BULKY yarn.
I want to make this for a NEW Great Nephew (Holden – born July 15th) in the larger, 6-12 months size. Holden has an older cousin named Cole – too!
I plan to make this sweater using Martha Stewart’s Alpaca Blend which has a gauge of: 13 sts x 18 rows = 4” on Size 10 needles.
Please advise.
Thanks!
grandmajeans
Hi grandmajeans! Congrats on the new great nephew! I did actually use a size 8 needle in the pattern and a worsted weight yarn, but I’ve since learned that I knit much looser than most people. You’re bulky weight yarn should work well though, since many people have said the pattern comes out small in the specified pattern gauge. Hope this helps!
I have a question on the collar. I knitted the 4 rows. I do not understand row 5, 6 and 7? Are we counting 22 sts from the left and then do the w&t or is it after. Confused.
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Love this pattern. Kittting it for my 7 month old. Question about picking up stitches for the collar. You say to start at left front. Does this mean to pick up stitches from the wrong side of fabric? In essence, the left side as the sweater is worn. Or do you mean the left side as the sweater is facing you, which would mean you’d pick up stitches from the fabric’s right side?
Hi! When you pick up the stitches for the collar, you start on the left side as you are facing the sweater. Hope this helps!
It does! Thanks.
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I love this sweater I made it for my new Grandson. It took me longer to find the right buttons than it did to knit it.
I recommend using this pattern as a first sweater pattern. It is easy, quick and very very cute. I gained so much confidence from knitting it.
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HELP, HELP, HELP. Male knitter needs help! This pattern is awesome and the cardigans look amazing but I am a little stuck:
I picked up my slipped stitches but when I looked back at them, they were so baggy and stretched that it looked like a hole for each stitch. After undoing them, I then picked up the stitch over and was really happy with how tight it looked (on both sides actually as the slipped stitches sat nicely underneath). Anyway, does that mean that I now have double the stitches I should have? When we slip, isn’t it one slipped stitched picked up for every 2 rows, or am I doing it wrong?
The reason I ask is, when I knit to 22 from the end before my wrap and turn, 22 from the end is only 2 inches (if that) from the bottom and so my collar increase starts really low. Should I double up to 44 as I doubled my stitches? Is the collar increase supposed to start after part where the buttons will go? My way hasn’t left me room for any buttons! Or am I just not seeing the final picture yet and the increase is supposed to be that low.
Also, I think I got the w&t sorted but according to the video above, you bring the yarn forward, slip the stitch then take the yarn back, pull slipped stitch back but then that leaves you with the yarn at the back, so you have to wrap it again to get it to the front ready for your next row? The video describes her knitting then purling a row and we are knitting each row so I am little confused because she is knitting the same row as we are, but then she is setting up for a purl row.
I really hope you can get back to me as I can’t wait to finish this!!!!!
Thank you
Hi! I’m glad you like the pattern so far! :) Yes, if you went back and picked up a stitch for every row that you knitted, you will now have double the stitches that you need. One option is to keep the stitches the way you have picked them up and then k2tog all the way across the first row. If you knit all of the stitches you have picked up, it will be too many and the collar will turn into a ruffle; also, when you knit to 22 sts from the end before you w&t you don’t have enough room for buttons, like you said.
Thanks for pointing out that in the video she’s knitting stockinette, not garter stitch. For garter stitch, on each row you should slip the stitch, take the yarn to the front, slip the stitch back, and then turn the work.
I hope this all helps!
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Thank you so much for this!
I’m working on the sleeves but don’t uneerstand why I have to knit. Shouldn’t be st stitch like the rest of the body? What am i missing?
Thank you!!
Hi! On the sleeves you are knitting in the round, so every round should be knitted to create stockinette stitch. The rest of the sweater is knitted flat, so you have to alternate rows to create stockinette stitch. Hope this helps!
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Hi, I am just starting the Cardigan part. I have completed rows 1-13 and have a total of 82 stitches. Directions say to repeat same 3 more times until 106 stiches. If I repeat 2-13 3 more times I will have too many stitches. Do I just add stitches until I reach 106 and then do st st until it measures 3/5″?? I’m confused! Thanks!
Hi! I hope you’re enjoying the cardigan so far! Actually, after you have worked rows 1-13, you should repeat rows 2 and 13 3 times more, not 2 through 13. This is because rows 3, 7 and 11 have 2 extra increases at the neck that you should stop working after row 13. Does that distinction make sense? I hope this helps!
Hola…!!! gracias por compartir estas técnicas…soy de Urguay, solo hablo español, tendríamos la traducción en mi idioma? gracias! abrazos y besos para todas!
¡Hola! Lo siento, pero no tiene una traducción al español del patrón. Se puede encontrar en portugués, italiano y francés, si eso ayuda. Aquí hay un enlace a una página donde se puede encontrar la traducción: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-sophisticate
help i just dont know how to do the collar ,does anyone live in jannali nsw so they can help me it is so fustrating ,thanks
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Any plans to rewrite this pattern for toddlers…made the 6-12 month size for my grandson, who is 5 months old. He’ll be able to wear it for a short time. His parents love the sweater.
I would love love love to make this sweater in bigger sizes….I have made 8 or them and have given them as gifts=very happy babies and parents! It is a big bang for the buck. Heck I would like one for ME! I learned a lot by knitting this sweater..it was hard at first and now I can whip it up no problem so this pattern has a certain symbolic meaning for me as well!
okay enough rambling! Knit on!
FINALLY – I finished! http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8784/img2210k.jpg
Thank you for the pattern and all of your help that you give, to all of us who have posted on here.
Ryan
It looks great! Thank you so much for your comment; I’m so glad I could help! :)
Hi Linden, i have finished my w&t part but now i don’t understand what should i do for next row :-(
K to the last 17(21) sts, picking up and knitting the wraps as you go. Where i must start this row? Is that 17(21) sts from the bottom edge? Should i pick up one stich or more? I’m really confused with this part :-(
Help me please……
Nita
Hi Nita, now that you have finished your w&t’s you should have now turned your work after the final wrap. On the next row you will start knitting just as if you were going to continue working short rows, but you will knit past the wraps (you can either pick them up and knit them with the wrapped stitch or leave them there). You continue knitting on this same row until there are only 17(21) stitches left to work before you reach the bottom edge. You will then knit all the way to the bottom edge of the sweater, working the buttonholes as you go. I hope this helps! It will probably make more sense once you get started!
Finally i have finished this little cute sweater :-) It seems not so pretty like yours, but i’m really proud to my self that i have already finished this. It was my first sweater, that i’ve ever knitted ;-)
Thanks a bunch for this lovely pattern and your kindness to help me :-)
HI there
can you clarifyplease- it says to slip 23 stitch onto a holder for sleeves, then later says place 25 from holder onto DPNs – which is correct?
Hi! It should be 23 sts, not 25. Sorry for the typo!
Is this adorable sweater available in any sizes larger?
Hi Dana! The pattern is available in adult sizes here: http://stockinette.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/sophisticate/ !
I just wanted to say that I just knit up this sweater in a week—I’m a pretty novice knitter—and it is the cutest thing I’ve ever made! I absolutely love it! Thank you for creating and sharing this pattern!
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Hi there. I’m wondering when you start the st st if we are supposed to continue slipping one stitch at the beginning of the row?
Yep, continue working that slipped stitch – it will make it easier to pick up stitches for the collar.
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Hi Linden: I am a grandmother for the first time as of January! And my daughter requested a sweater for baby’s birthday. I found your sweater, fell in love, ordered the yarn, and suddenly realized that this sweater only goes up to 12 months! OOPS! Would you have any instructions for a 12-18 month size?
Hi Jody! Sorry it’s taken a while to get back to you, but I was kind of waiting until I could tell you that a new version of Baby Sophisticate with sizes from 3-24 months and child sizes 2-10 is currently with my tech editor and will be released soon!
Oh, thanks so much! I love your sweater and I will surely knit it again when I see the larger size. Now that I have a camera that I can use, I will be able to post pictures in Ravelry file!
Any chance the pattern for the larger sizes will be released before the end of the month? I’d like to give this as a gift in early March, but I’m too much of a novice to play around with stitch counts myself.
I hope so! The pattern is still with the tech editor, but I’ll get it out as soon as I can! :)
Thank you for this wonderful pattern. I really love it!!!
I too would really like this pattern in a toddler size! Thanks
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Cute pattern and am very excited about knitting it. I have a question at the part when you are repeating row 2 and 13 3(4) more times. It says to continue in St st until yoke measures 3.5(4.5)” ending on a WS row. Does this mean 3.5(4.5)” from finishing the 3(4)repeat or from the cast on edge? Thanks for your help.
I too, would love a bigger size in this. 18-24months? Please help
What if I were to take the measurements for the larger size, and double everything. Would I still be able to follow the pattern as is?
Hi there, am loving your pattern but seem to have got stuck at a bit where everyone else has succeeded!!! i have finished the ‘repeat row 2 and 13 4 times until 120 sts. it then says to continue in st st until the yoke measures 4 1/2 inches. If i continue in straight st st i will lose the raglan sleeve detail?? How does it work? The picture you have on the pattern looks like the raglan detail carries on until you get to the armpit seam. Am i being stupid??? Please explain, i don’t want to mess it up now!
Hi! Yes, after you finish the increase rows, you will continue in stockinette stitch until you get to the specified yoke length. You are right that this stops making the line of increases that makes that nice raglan detail, but it will only be for a few rows (which will probably end up hidden at the underarm anyway). Hope this helps!
Buttons? After I completed the body, I picked up the stitches all around – then it says to knit 4 rows. Where, exactly, do the buttonholes go? How do you make them and how far apart are they to be spaced? I have really enjoyed knitting this sweater until now. I like things written out exactly as they are to be done. I don’t like guessing. Could you please shed some light on this issue? Thanks for the cute pattern!
Hi! For Baby Sophisticate, the buttonholes are worked on this row: “Next row: K to the last 17(21) sts, picking up and knitting the wraps as you go, k2tog, YO, k2(3), k2tog, YO, repeat to last 3(4) sts, k3(4)” of the “Make Collar” section of the pattern. The k2tog, YO is what makes the buttonhole. Hope this helps!
OOOPS. I continued knitting the increases until the top yoke was done. I guess I’ll have to decrease some stitches? Or does it really matter?
Do you mean you continued to knit increases until the yoke was the full 3.5 or 4.5 inches? I don’t think it should make too much of a difference, but how many stitches do you have? If its only a few more than called for, I would just go ahead with it.
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What an adorable pattern this is. Adding this to my list to make, thats for sure.
hi I am pretty new to knitting in general but would love if you could help me with your pattern, I finished all of the yoke part rows 1-13 and have the right amount of stiches also do i purl last row? and do i cast/bind off before starting body split rows ??so lost thankyou?
Hi! Yes, you should purl across that last row. You will not be binding off any stitches before or while you split for the yoke, you will only be putting some stitches on a stitch holder or waste yarn (these stitches will be worked later and turn into the sleeves). I hope this helps!
Can I use straight needles?
Sure! The body is knitted flat, so that should be no problem for you. For the sleeves, instead of knitting in the round, you will need to knit them flat and then seam them up.
Is the larger version pattern ready yet? My grandson out grew the smaller one. Such a nice and easy pattern to follow
Hi! Yep, the new pattern has just been published! http://stockinette.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/baby-child-sophisticate/ Happy knitting!
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