Love Lines

Monochrome stripes give a modern twist to the classic heart motif on this birth-to-teen sized jacket. A smart inset pocket and the clever non-flipping hem, cuffs and front bands add the final polish. Swap Hudson Bay Company colours for the black and grey, and no Canadian will be able to resist!

Jacket is a very roomy fit; it’s perfect for layers. Worked bottom up in pieces and seamed with modified set-in sleeves. Heart motif on back is worked in intarsia. Front bands and neck edging are applied after assembly.

This knitting pattern includes written directions, chart for intarsia motif, front and back images, instructions for both male and female button placement, a schematic with measurements, and thoughtful details.

Sizes/Finished Measurements

• Sizes: 0-6 mo (6-12 mo, 12-24 mo, 2, 4, 6)(8, 10, 12, 14, 16) yrs
• Finished chest: 21 1⁄4 (23 1⁄2, 25 3⁄4, 28 3⁄4, 30 1⁄2, 31 1⁄2)(33 1⁄4, 35, 37 1⁄4, 39 1⁄2, 41 1⁄4)“ / 54 (59.5, 65.5, 73, 77.5, 80)(84.5, 89, 94.5, 100.5, 105) cm
• Intended to be worn with 3 to 7” / 7.5 to 17.5 cm positive ease (less ease for small sizes and more ease for largest sizes)

Yarn

• Main colour: 135 (165, 210, 255, 300, 335)(380, 435, 490, 565, 605) yd / 120 (150, 190, 235, 275, 305)(350, 400, 445, 515, 555) m Natural
• CC1: 30 (35, 35, 35, 60, 60)(65, 65, 75, 100, 105) yd / 30 (30, 35, 35, 55, 55)(60, 60, 70, 95, 95) m Black
• CC2: 20 (40, 45, 45, 45, 60)(75, 75, 75, 80, 120) yd / 20 (35, 40, 40, 40, 55)(65, 70, 70, 75, 110) m Charcoal
• CC3: 115 (130, 155, 170, 175, 180)(200, 220, 225, 240, 245) yd / 105 (120, 140, 155, 160, 165)(185, 205, 210, 220, 225) m Medium Grey
• CC4: 25 (25, 30, 40, 50, 50)(55, 60, 80, 90, 90) yd / 25 (25, 25, 40, 45, 45)(50, 55, 75, 80, 85) m Light Grey

Substitution Notes
The specified yarn is a smooth, 4-ply worsted weight wool. Wool blends and acrylics would also work well for this project. For the smaller sizes a cotton could also work, but perhaps for the larger sizes it might be too heavy. Choose an easy-to-launder yarn because this sweater will get a lot of wear for more than one year because of the generous positive ease. In fact, you could plan for that and add a little length.

Techniques
Increases/decreases, three needle bind off, bias bind off (explained), working intarsia from a chart, afterthought pocket, basic modified set-in sleeve sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up.

Helpful Links
Raised Increases video tutorial
Raised Increases photo tutorial
SSK & SSP Decreases video tutorial
How to insert waste yarn placeholder for planned afterthought pocket