Avery Big Kid

A favourite sweater with bold blocks of colour on the front, I’ve sized Avery up for an older crowd. Inset sleeves and full fashion shaping create a more sophisticated look and fit for school-aged children. The key design elements of corrugated ribbing and patterned sleeves made this one a best seller for the toddler set, and it looks just as good on the big kids. They’ll love the comfort, you’ll love the look.

This knitting pattern includes written directions, a colour chart for intarsia stitch pattern, detailed yardage requirements for each intarsia bobbin/section, and a schematic with measurements.

Sizing/Finished Measurements

• Sizes: To fit 4 (6, 8, 10, 12) yrs
• Finished chest: 29 ¾ (31, 32, 34 ¼, 36 ¼)” / 75.5 (78.5, 81.5, 87, 92) cm
• Intended to be worn with 6 to 7” (15-18 cm) positive ease.

Yarn

• Fingering weight (sock) yarn
• Solid Colour: 650 (730, 835, 965, 1110) yd / 595 (670, 765, 885, 1015) m (MC)
• Self-patterning: 540 (610, 685, 755, 845) yd / 495 (560, 630, 695, 775) m (CC)

Needles & Notions

• 2.5 mm (US 1 ½) and 3 mm (US 2 ½) needles
• 2.5 mm (US 1 ½) circular needle, 16” (40 cm) long
• 6 stitch holders
• 2 stitch markers

Gauge
30 sts and 42 rows to 4” (10cm) over stocking stitch using larger needles.

Substitution Notes
Choose a fingering weight/4-ply yarn with easy care instructions. Superwash wool and sock yarns (whether wool or cotton blends) will work wonderfully. The self-patterning yarn may be substituted with a solid colour, a variegated yarn or a gradient yarn.

Techniques
Increases/decreases, short rows, three needle bind off, working intarsia from chart, corrugated ribbing (stranded), basic set-in sleeve sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up, seaming, picking up stitches, neckband worked in the round.

Helpful Links
Raised Increases video tutorial
Raised Increases photo tutorial
SSK & SSP Decreases video tutorial
Japanese Short Rows video tutorial