Dormant Dandy
A Yarn-Madness pattern, by Madeleine Nilsson
The small ones of course need stylish design already from the beginning! Dormant Dandy features a top down yoke knitted in the round, followed by a striped body worked flat. Finish it off with an unusual front flap and a button - no seaming what so ever, and all edges are done while knitting. A quick and satisfying knit that will be finished before you know it!
Sizes:
3m/6m/12m/2y (4y/6y/7y/8y)
Gauge:
4.5 sts and 6 rows per inch in stockinette
Materials and tools:
Worsted or light aran weight yarn (Featured garment in size 12m in Drops Nepal (wool/alpaca)) Mc (shown in yellow) Appr 65/80/100/120 (160/185/210/240) meters or 75/90/110/130(170/200/225/270) yards cC (shown in white) Appr 45/50/55/65(90/100/120/140) meters or 50/55/60/70(100/115/140/160)yards
Sizes:
3 months (chest: 18 inches/45 cm) 6 months (chest: 18.5 inches/47 cm) 12 months (chest: 19.5 inches/50 cm) 2 years (chest: 21.3 inches/54 cm) 4 years (chest: 24 inches/60 cm) 6 years (chest: 25.5 inches/65 cm) 7 years (chest: 26.5 inches/67 cm) 8 years (chest: 28.5 inches/72 cm) 5 mm circular needle (Us 8), or size to get gauge Double pointed needles, if not knitting shorter circumferences with magic loop or short circular. 1 button Needle for weaving in ends
Yoke:
With MC, lo0sely C0 52/58/60/64 (70/76/78/84) sts. Being careful not to twist, join to work in the round and place beginning of round marker. Round 1: Knit all sts. Round 2: Purl 16/18/18/20 (22/24/24/26) sts, pm, purl 10/11/12/12 (13/14/15/16) sts, pm, purl 16/18/18/20 (22/24/24/26) sts, pm, purl 10/11/12/12 (13/14/15/16) sts. Round 3 (lncrease round): \*Kfb, knit to 1 st before marker, kfb, sm,\* repeat \*-\* 3 times more. (8 sts increased) Round 4: Purl all sts, slipping markers when required. Round 5: Increase round (see round 3). Round 6: Knit all sts. Round 7: Increase round. Round 8: Knit all sts. Round 9: Increase round. Round 10: Knit all sts. Round 11: Increase round. = 92/98/100/104 (110/116/118/124) sts 0n the needles
Abbreviations
K = knit P = purl sts = stitches cO = cast on BO = bind off pm = place marker MC = main color cC= contrast color Yo = yarn over k2tog = knit 2 together (1 st decreased) ssk = slip 1 as if to knit, slip 1 as if to knit, knit them together through the back loop (1 st decreased) kfb = knit into the front and back loop of the next stitch (1 st increased)
Sleeve edging and BO:
Size 3m to 2 years:
Round 12: \*Knit to marker, purl to marker,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Round 13: Increase round. Round 14: \*Knit to marker, purl to marker,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Round 15: Increase round. Round 16: \*Knit to marker, BO sleeve sts purlwise,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Size 4 to 6 years: Round 12: Knit all sts. Round 13: Increase round. Round 14: Knit all sts. Round 15: Increase round. Round 16: \*Knit to marker, purl to marker,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Round 17: Increase round. Round 18-19: Repeat rounds 16-17 once. Round 20: \*Knit to marker, BO sleeve sts purlwise,\* repeat \*-\* once more.
Size 7 to 8 years:
Round 12: Knit all sts. Round 13: Increase round. Round 14-17: Repeat rounds 12-13 twice. Round 18: \*Knit to marker, purl to marker,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Round 19: Increase round. Round 20-23: Repeat rounds 18-19 twice. Round 24: \*Knit to marker, BO sleeve sts purlwise,\* repeat \*-\* once more.
Body:
Round 1: Knit acr0ss the 30/32/32/34 (40/42/44/46) sts for the front. C0 10/10/12/14 (14/16/16/18) sts for armhole. Knit across the 30/32/32/34 (40/42/44/46) sts for the back, and C0 10/10/12/14 (14/16/16/18) sts for armhole. Place beginning of round marker here. Round 2: Knit all sts. Round 3: \*Knit 30/32/32/34 (40/42/44/46) sts, purl 10/10/12/14 (14/16/16/18) sts,\* repeat \*-\* once more. Round 4: Knit all sts. Round 5-6: Repeat rounds 3-4 once more. Round 7-9: Knit. Round 10: Remove the beginning of round marker. Knit 15/16/16/17 (20/21/22/23) sts. This is the new beginning of round. Break yarn for MC.
Stripes:
The rest of the garment will be worked flat. Join CC. Row 1 (RS): Knit all sts. Row 2 (WS): Purl to last 3 sts, k3. Row 3-4: Repeat rows 1-2 once. Join MC - no need to break yarn between stripes, just let in run along on the inside. Row 5-6: Repeat rows 1-2 once. Row 7-10: With CC, repeat rows 1-4. Continue working stripes in this manner (4 rows CC, 2 rows MC), until you have worked 5/6/6/7 (9/10/11/12) CC stripes, ending with a WS row. (Or until just before desired length.) With MC, knit 5 rows. Loosely BO in knit on the WS.
Front flap:
Evenly along the right front and with MC, pick up approximately 3 sts per 6 rows, making sure you end up with an uneven number. Row 1 (ws): K1, purl to last st, k1. Row 2 (RS): K1, ssk, knit so last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. Repeat these 2 rows until you have 7 sts left on the needles, ending with a Ws row. Button hole row: K2, k2tog, yo, k3. WS: K1, purl to last st, k1. RS: Knit all sts. Ws: K1, purl to last st, k1. RS: BO all sts.
Finish:
Block garment, weave in ends and attach button. Job well done!
