Free children's knitting patterns for sweaters or cardigans, knitpattern for kids clothes

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Children's cardigan or sweater pattern image for ; hooded round neck cardigan

Tips for my basic knitting patterns

1 First you knit your knitting swatch, if you want to knit in a fantasy pattern, knit your swatch in this stitch,
2 then determine your gauge, now you can choose a knitting pattern with the right gauge, this way it will always fit,
3 no need for special yarns or needles size, you decide which yarn you use and which gauge you use, so easy.

If you want to knit one of my stranded color knitting designs, check my Norwegian color chart pages,
or an intarsia knitting design, check my color chart pages, and select a nice design.

Then check the amount of stitches you need, to knit the design, for instance;
if your knit pattern gives 60 stitches for the front, ( and back ) your color pattern has to be between 40 - 50 stitches wide,
you must start with the color chart at least 5 stitches from each side of the front panel. Take care not to knit with too long floats.

your free knitting pattern in multiple sizes SCROLL DOWN FOR SIZES 66, 71, 76 and 81 or 26, 28, 30 and 32

Regular length Straight Cardigan with Ribbing and Horizontal Rib front bands
Drop shoulder with Full length Moderate Taper sleeves with Ribbing
Round (crew) front neck and Shallow back neck with Simple Hood

Free pattern
Standard Child 66 cms chestsize or in inches; 26 (USA)

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first

STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 21,0 stitches by 28,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 4 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 3 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms): ... with Moderate fit.
Chest: 71,0 Armhole: 33,0 Top Neck Opening: 15,0
Hem Width: 17,0 Front Neck Width: 8,0
Front Neck Depth: 6,0
Hem Width: 69,0 Sleeve Bottom: 18,0 Back Neck Width: 13,0
Sleeve Length: 31,0 Back Neck Depth: 1,0
Body Length: 41,0 Hem Length: 4,0 Hood Length: 23,0
Hood Depth: 19,0
Hem Length: 5,0
Front Band Width 2,0 Number of buttons: 6

BACK:
1. Cast on 74 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 3 stitches evenly across the row to 77 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 19,3 cms (54 rows), excluding hem.
3. Mark this row at both ends for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 15,7 cms (44 rows),
4. Shape neck. knit both sides at the same time. knit 25 stitches.
Now attach another ball of yarn, cast off the next 27 stitches.
knit remaining 25 stitches. Dec 1 st at neck edge every row twice, until 23 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 17,1 cms (48 rows). Cast off 23 shoulder stitches loosely.

FRONT: Cardigan right side knitted first.
1. Cast on 36 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 1 stitches evenly across the row to 37 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 19,3 cms (54 rows), excluding hem.
3. Armhole. Mark this row at left end for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 10,7 cms (29 rows).
4. Shape neck. Wrong side of knit facing. knit 30 stitches. Cast off next 7 stitches. Next row. Dec 1 st at neck edge (right
end) every row 7 times, until 23 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 17,1 cms (48 rows). Cast off 23 shoulder stitches loosely.
6. Left cardigan front. knit as for right side, reversing shapings.

SLEEVES:
1. Cast on 38 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 4,0 cms. Inc 2 stitches evenly across the row to 40 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch.
3. Inc 1 st at each end of every 4th row 3 times, then every 5th row 12 times to 70 stitches (72 rows total, excluding hem).
4. knit even until sleeve measures 27,0 cms (76 rows), excluding hem.
5. Cast off loosely.

SHOULDER SEAMS:
1. Sew fronts to back along shoulder seams.

SIMPLE HOOD:
1. Use an open (looped) cast on with 126 stitches on size 3 needles.
2. Folded front band. knit even for 12 rows, with lace holes for drawstring near the ends of row 3 (or row 9 for lace
holes on outside of band). To complete the band, graft the cast-on stitches to the last row knitted.
3. Change to size 4 needles and knit 9 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next row, then every following 2nd row 14
times, until 96 stitches remain. knit even until piece measures 17,1 cms ( 48 rows), excluding front band. Cast off
loosely.

BUTTON BAND:
1. Start with left front for girls/women, right front for boys/men. Using size 3 needles pick up and knit 88 stitches
(approximately 9 stitches for each 10 rows along cardigan front) between bottom of hem and bottom of hood.
2. knit in 1x1 ribbing for 7 rows. Cast off loosely.
3. Mark positions for 6 buttons, the first one 1,0 cms above the band bottom, the last one 1,0 cms below the band top.
The rest should be evenly spaced between these two, approximately 6,6 cms apart.

BUTTONHOLE BAND:
1. knit buttonhole band as for button band, knitting buttonholes at the marked positions.
2. Sew buttons at marked positions on the button band, being careful to align buttons with buttonholes.

FINISHING:
1. Sew sleeve top to armhole, easing to fit. Sew side and sleeve seams using invisible seam. Sew back seam(s) of
hood. Placing hood bands at center front, sew bottom of hood (including bands) to neckline. Thread a drawstring
if required.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
200,8 for body and sleeves
31,7 for ribbing and/or hems
67,1 for collar/hood (includes cardigan front bands)
299,6 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Free Pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Regular length Straight Cardigan with Ribbing and Horizontal Rib front bands
Drop shoulder with Full length Moderate Taper sleeves with Ribbing
Round (crew) front neck and Shallow back neck with Simple Hood

Free pattern
Standard Child 71 cms chestsize or in inches; 28 (USA)

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first

STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 21,0 stitches by 28,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 4 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 3 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms): ... with Moderate fit.
Chest: 76,0 Armhole: 36,0 Top Neck Opening: 15,0
Hem Width: 17,0 Front Neck Width: 8,0
Front Neck Depth: 7,0
Hem Width: 73,0 Sleeve Bottom: 19,0 Back Neck Width: 13,0
Sleeve Length: 34,0 Back Neck Depth: 1,0
Body Length: 44,0 Hem Length: 4,0 Hood Length: 23,0
Hood Depth: 19,0
Hem Length: 5,0
Front Band Width 2,0 Number of buttons: 6

BACK:
1. Cast on 79 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 3 stitches evenly across the row to 82 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 20,7 cms (58 rows), excluding hem.
3. Mark this row at both ends for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 17,1 cms (48 rows),
4. Shape neck. knit both sides at the same time. knit 28 stitches.
Now attach another ball of yarn, cast off the next 26 stitches.
knit remaining 28 stitches. Dec 1 st at neck edge every row twice, until 26 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 18,6 cms (52 rows). Cast off 26 shoulder stitches loosely.

FRONT: Cardigan right side knitted first.
1. Cast on 38 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 2 stitches evenly across the row to 40 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 20,7 cms (58 rows), excluding hem.
3. Armhole. Mark this row at left end for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 11,4 cms (31 rows).
4. Shape neck. Wrong side of knit facing. knit 33 stitches. Cast off next 7 stitches. Next row. Dec 1 st at neck edge (right
end) every row 7 times, until 26 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 18,6 cms (52 rows). Cast off 26 shoulder stitches loosely.
6. Left cardigan front. knit as for right side, reversing shapings.

SLEEVES:
1. Cast on 38 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 4,0 cms. Inc 4 stitches evenly across the row to 42 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch.
3. Inc 1 st at each end of every 4th row 10 times, then every 5th row 8 times to 78 stitches (80 rows total, excluding hem).
4. knit even until sleeve measures 30,0 cms (84 rows), excluding hem.
5. Cast off loosely.

SHOULDER SEAMS:
1. Sew fronts to back along shoulder seams.

SIMPLE HOOD:
1. Use an open (looped) cast on with 130 stitches on size 3 needles.
2. Folded front band. knit even for 12 rows, with lace holes for drawstring near the ends of row 3 (or row 9 for lace
holes on outside of band). To complete the band, graft the cast-on stitches to the last row knitted.
3. Change to size 4 needles and knit 7 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next row, then every following 2nd row 16
times, until 96 stitches remain. knit even until piece measures 17,1 cms ( 48 rows), excluding front band. Cast off
loosely.

BUTTON BAND:
1. Start with left front for girls/women, right front for boys/men. Using size 3 needles pick up and knit 93 stitches
(approximately 9 stitches for each 10 rows along cardigan front) between bottom of hem and bottom of hood.
2. knit in 1x1 ribbing for 7 rows. Cast off loosely.
3. Mark positions for 6 buttons, the first one 1,1 cms above the band bottom, the last one 1,1 cms below the band top.
The rest should be evenly spaced between these two, approximately 7,0 cms apart.

BUTTONHOLE BAND:
1. knit buttonhole band as for button band, knitting buttonholes at the marked positions.
2. Sew buttons at marked positions on the button band, being careful to align buttons with buttonholes.

FINISHING:
1. Sew sleeve top to armhole, easing to fit. Sew side and sleeve seams using invisible seam. Sew back seam(s) of
hood. Placing hood bands at center front, sew bottom of hood (including bands) to neckline. Thread a drawstring
if required.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
235,0 for body and sleeves
33,2 for ribbing and/or hems
68,7 for collar/hood (includes cardigan front bands)
336,9 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Free Pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Regular length Straight Cardigan with Ribbing and Horizontal Rib front bands
Drop shoulder with Full length Moderate Taper sleeves with Ribbing
Round (crew) front neck and Shallow back neck with Simple Hood

Free pattern
Standard Child 76 cms chestsize or in inches; 30 (USA)

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first

STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 21,0 stitches by 28,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 4 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 3 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms): ... with Moderate fit.
Chest: 81,0 Armhole: 38,0 Top Neck Opening: 14,0
Hem Width: 18,0 Front Neck Width: 7,0
Front Neck Depth: 6,0
Hem Width: 78,0 Sleeve Bottom: 20,0 Back Neck Width: 12,0
Sleeve Length: 38,0 Back Neck Depth: 1,0
Body Length: 48,0 Hem Length: 4,0 Hood Length: 23,0
Hood Depth: 19,0
Hem Length: 5,0
Front Band Width 2,0 Number of buttons: 7

BACK:
1. Cast on 84 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 3 stitches evenly across the row to 87 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 24,3 cms (68 rows), excluding hem.
3. Mark this row at both ends for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 17,9 cms (50 rows),
4. Shape neck. knit both sides at the same time. knit 31 stitches.
Now attach another ball of yarn, cast off the next 25 stitches.
knit remaining 31 stitches. Dec 1 st at neck edge every row twice, until 29 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 19,3 cms (54 rows). Cast off 29 shoulder stitches loosely.

FRONT: Cardigan right side knitted first.
1. Cast on 41 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 1 stitches evenly across the row to 42 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 24,3 cms (68 rows), excluding hem.
3. Armhole. Mark this row at left end for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 12,9 cms (35 rows).
4. Shape neck. Wrong side of knit facing. knit 36 stitches. Cast off next 6 stitches. Next row. Dec 1 st at neck edge (right
end) every row 7 times, until 29 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 19,3 cms (54 rows). Cast off 29 shoulder stitches loosely.
6. Left cardigan front. knit as for right side, reversing shapings.

SLEEVES:
1. Cast on 40 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 4,0 cms. Inc 4 stitches evenly across the row to 44 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch.
3. Inc 1 st at each end of every 4th row 3 times, then every 5th row 16 times to 82 stitches (92 rows total, excluding hem).
4. knit even until sleeve measures 34,0 cms (96 rows), excluding hem.
5. Cast off loosely.

SHOULDER SEAMS:
1. Sew fronts to back along shoulder seams.

SIMPLE HOOD:
1. Use an open (looped) cast on with 126 stitches on size 3 needles.
2. Folded front band. knit even for 12 rows, with lace holes for drawstring near the ends of row 3 (or row 9 for lace
holes on outside of band). To complete the band, graft the cast-on stitches to the last row knitted.
3. Change to size 4 needles and knit 9 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next row, then every following 2nd row 14
times, until 96 stitches remain. knit even until piece measures 17,1 cms ( 48 rows), excluding front band. Cast off
loosely.

BUTTON BAND:
1. Start with left front for girls/women, right front for boys/men. Using size 3 needles pick up and knit 106 stitches
(approximately 9 stitches for each 10 rows along cardigan front) between bottom of hem and bottom of hood.
2. knit in 1x1 ribbing for 7 rows. Cast off loosely.
3. Mark positions for 7 buttons, the first one 1,1 cms above the band bottom, the last one 1,1 cms below the band top.
The rest should be evenly spaced between these two, approximately 6,7 cms apart.

BUTTONHOLE BAND:
1. knit buttonhole band as for button band, knitting buttonholes at the marked positions.
2. Sew buttons at marked positions on the button band, being careful to align buttons with buttonholes.

FINISHING:
1. Sew sleeve top to armhole, easing to fit. Sew side and sleeve seams using invisible seam. Sew back seam(s) of
hood. Placing hood bands at center front, sew bottom of hood (including bands) to neckline. Thread a drawstring
if required.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
279,8 for body and sleeves
35,2 for ribbing and/or hems
69,3 for collar/hood (includes cardigan front bands)
384,3 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Free Pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Regular length Straight Cardigan with Ribbing and Horizontal Rib front bands
Drop shoulder with Full length Moderate Taper sleeves with Ribbing
Round (crew) front neck and Shallow back neck with Simple Hood

Free pattern
Standard Child 81 cms chestsize or in inches; 32 (USA)

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first

STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 21,0 stitches by 28,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 4 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 3 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms): ... with Moderate fit.
Chest: 87,0 Armhole: 41,0 Top Neck Opening: 14,0
Hem Width: 19,0 Front Neck Width: 7,0
Front Neck Depth: 7,0
Hem Width: 82,0 Sleeve Bottom: 21,0 Back Neck Width: 12,0
Sleeve Length: 41,0 Back Neck Depth: 1,0
Body Length: 52,0 Hem Length: 5,0 Hood Length: 24,0
Hood Depth: 20,0
Hem Length: 6,0
Front Band Width 3,0 Number of buttons: 7

BACK:
1. Cast on 88 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 6,0 cms. Inc 5 stitches evenly across the row to 93 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 25,7 cms (72 rows), excluding hem.
3. Mark this row at both ends for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 19,3 cms (54 rows),
4. Shape neck. knit both sides at the same time. knit 34 stitches.
Now attach another ball of yarn, cast off the next 25 stitches.
knit remaining 34 stitches. Dec 1 st at neck edge every row twice, until 32 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 20,7 cms (58 rows). Cast off 32 shoulder stitches loosely.

FRONT: Cardigan right side knitted first.
1. Cast on 42 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 6,0 cms. Inc 2 stitches evenly across the row to 44 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch. knit even until piece measures 25,7 cms (72 rows), excluding hem.
3. Armhole. Mark this row at left end for armhole. Continue until armhole measures 13,6 cms (37 rows).
4. Shape neck. Wrong side of knit facing. knit 39 stitches. Cast off next 5 stitches. Next row. Dec 1 st at neck edge (right
end) every row 7 times, until 32 stitches remain.
5. knit even until armhole measures 20,7 cms (58 rows). Cast off 32 shoulder stitches loosely.
6. Left cardigan front. knit as for right side, reversing shapings.

SLEEVES:
1. Cast on 42 stitches on size 3 needles. knit in K1P1 ribbing for 5,0 cms. Inc 4 stitches evenly across the row to 46 stitches total.
2. Change to size 4 needles and Stocking Stitch.
3. Inc 1 st at each end of every 4th row 7 times, then every 5th row 14 times to 88 stitches (98 rows total, excluding hem).
4. knit even until sleeve measures 36,0 cms (102 rows), excluding hem.
5. Cast off loosely.

SHOULDER SEAMS:
1. Sew fronts to back along shoulder seams.

SIMPLE HOOD:
1. Use an open (looped) cast on with 134 stitches on size 3 needles.
2. Folded front band. knit even for 14 rows, with lace holes for drawstring near the ends of row 3 (or row 10 for lace
holes on outside of band). To complete the band, graft the cast-on stitches to the last row knitted.
3. Change to size 4 needles and knit 8 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next row, then every following 2nd row 16
times, until 100 stitches remain. knit even until piece measures 17,5 cms ( 50 rows), excluding front band. Cast off
loosely.

BUTTON BAND:
1. Start with left front for girls/women, right front for boys/men. Using size 3 needles pick up and knit 114 stitches
(approximately 9 stitches for each 10 rows along cardigan front) between bottom of hem and bottom of hood.
2. knit in 1x1 ribbing for 10 rows. Cast off loosely.
3. Mark positions for 7 buttons, the first one 1,2 cms above the band bottom, the last one 1,2 cms below the band top.
The rest should be evenly spaced between these two, approximately 7,2 cms apart.

BUTTONHOLE BAND:
1. knit buttonhole band as for button band, knitting buttonholes at the marked positions.
2. Sew buttons at marked positions on the button band, being careful to align buttons with buttonholes.

FINISHING:
1. Sew sleeve top to armhole, easing to fit. Sew side and sleeve seams using invisible seam. Sew back seam(s) of
hood. Placing hood bands at center front, sew bottom of hood (including bands) to neckline. Thread a drawstring
if required.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
318,0 for body and sleeves
42,8 for ribbing and/or hems
83,1 for collar/hood (includes cardigan front bands)
443,9 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Free Pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN