Samwelle

Samwelle is like your best friend, or favourite toy. It’s reliable, snuggly and comforting. Designed to keep the torso and head warm while allowing those busy kid limbs to keep moving.

Samwelle is knit seamlessly from the top down and incorporates kid-friendly saddle shoulders. Samwelle features a crossover textured yoke and contrast striping, which is repeated on the kangaroo pocket, hood and edgings. This is an easy to wear and easy to knit garment.

Construction:

Being a saddle shoulder construction, that’s where the knitting starts. However, there’s a little twist to the working here. After knitting the first saddle, you immediately cast on the stitches for the back and the second saddle, and then knit the second saddle. It’s a quirky little process that may seem a bit weird but at the end of it you have your two saddles with the back of the garment already joined on.

Sizing:

To fit actual chest measurement of: 

15-21: 15/38 – newborn (16/40.5 – 3mths, 17/43 – 6mths, 18/45.5 – 9mths) [19/48 – 12mths, 20/51 – 18mths, 21/53.5 – 24mths]

22-30: 22/56 – 3yrs (23/58.5 – 4yrs, 24/61 – 5yrs, 25/63.5 – 6yrs) [26/66 – 7yrs, 27/68.5 – 8yrs, 28/71 – 10yrs, 30/76 – 12yrs] inches/cms.

Finished chest measurement:

15-21: 16¾/42.5 (18/46, 19/48.5, 20/51) [20¾/52.5, 22¼/56.5, 23/58.5]

22-30: 24/61 (24¾/63, 26¼/66.5, 27/68.5) [28/71, 29¾/75.5, 31½/80, 33¼/84.5]

inches/cms

This is a classic fitting garment with approximately 2½ to 3 inches/6.5 to 7.5 cms of positive ease graduated across the size range.

Sample shown in the 22” size knit to size 6 lengths on a six year old with a 22½“ chest.

Skill Level:

Intermediate

Techniques used:

Knit and purl 

Increasing and decreasing 

Tubular Cast-off

EZ’s sewn cast-off

Changing colours 

Short rows 

Working in the round on circular needles 

Working small circumference in the round 

Picking up stitches

Yarn Requirements:

* Swans Island Natural Colors Merino Worsted (100% organic merino; 250yd 229m/100g) − 1 (1, 2, 2) [2, 2, 2] 2 (2, 2, 3) [3, 3, 3, 3] skeins of Main Colour and 1 skein of Contrast Colour.

* OR 10 ply/worsted weight yarn in: 

Main Colour: 

15-21: 220/205 (240/220, 260/240, 290/265) [320/295, 350/320, 380/350]

22-30: 410/375 (440/405, 480/440, 520/475) [560/515, 600/550, 640/585, 690/630]

Contrast Colour: 

15-21: 50/45 (60/55, 70/65, 70/65) [80/75, 80/75, 90/85]

22-30: 90/85 (100/95, 100/95, 110/100) [120/110, 130/120, 140/130, 150/140]

yards/metres approximately.

Original yarn is a 10ply/worsted weight organic merino with a 3ply structure.

Sample shown in Swan Island Natural Colors Charcoal and Maize.