Baby Cartigan

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Dirghagamaa little baby cardigan

I wanted to make a cardigan that would be the perfect baby shower gift to give to anyone expecting a

little girl. Originally made for the baby of a lovely couple, who study the Drgha gama, this had to bethe name of the pattern as well. The Drgha gama means a long (drgha) discourse of Buddha

(gama)' in Sanskrit and is a collection of 48 stras, or rather records of the oral teachings of the

Buddha from the 8th century. So now you know!

Copyright Henriette Roued-Cunliffe |www.roued.com | facebook.com/eddiesroom | @HenrietteRoued

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Sizes: 6 months

Finished measurements: before blocking: 45cm (18) circumference chest x 23cm (9) long and

after blocking: 48cm (19") circumference chest x 23cm (9") long

Materials:Yarn: Rowan Purelife British Sheep Breeds Chunky 1 ball, 100g (3.53 ounces), 110m (120 yards),

This design uses the Blue Faced Leicester colourway.

Needles: 6mm / US 10 circular needles (it is possible to use straight needles if you prefer)

Notions: tapestry needle for weaving in ends, blocking wire/pins, 6 stitch markers (2 of one colour (A)

+ 4 of another colour (B)) and 100cm (40), 1cm (1/2) wide ribbon.

Gauge: The stockinette is 12 stitches per 10cm / 4" after blocking.

It is very important to get the gauge right as this is a 1 ball project and uses exactly 1 ball of the

recommended yarn.

Pattern notes:

Abbreviations:

co: cast-on

bo: bind-off

k: knit

p: purl

rs: right side of knitting

ws: wrong side of knittingm1: make 1 stitch by picking up the yarn between 2 stitches with the left needle and knitting it through

the back loop with the right needle

yo: yarn over (see video)

k2tog: knit 2 together (see video)

p2tog: purl 2 together

M: marker

SM: slip marker

PM: place marker

repeat **: repeat the instructions between the previous stars

Instructions:

The cardigan is knit back and forth starting at the neck, creating raglan-sleeves and joining for the body

below the sleeves to create a seamless garment. The live stitches from the sleeves are then knit last.

Cast on (co) 25 stitches and while doing so place the 2 A markers and 4 B markers (PM) as follows:

co1, PM A, co1, PM B, co 5, pPMm B, co 11, PM B, co 5, PM B, co1, PM A, 1co (25)

Setup-row: (ws) purl till end


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Main body:

1. (rs) k1, m1, SM A, *m1, k1, SM B, k1, m1, k till 1 before M* (repeat ** 2 more times), m1, k1, SM B,

k1, m1, SM A, m1, k1 (35)

2. purl

3. k1 till 1 before M, m1, k1, SM A, *knit till 1 before M, m1, k1, SM B, k1, m1* (repeat ** 3 more times),

k till M, SM A, k1, m1, knit till end (45)4. purl

STOP and read this! Drop the A markers while knitting row 6.

5 - 6. Repeat row 3 and 4 (55)

7. (rs) *knit till 1 before M, m1, k1, SM B, k1, m1* (repeat ** 3 more times) (63)

8. purl

9 - 16. Repeat row 5 and 6, 4 more times (95)

STOP and read this! While knitting row 17, drop the stitch markers as you go.

17. (rs) *knit till first marker, put 21 stitches (till next marker) onto stitch holder* (repeat **), knit till end

(53)

Ribbon band:

18. (ws) k53

19. (rs) *k1, p1* (repeat ** till 1 st before end), k1

20. p1, *yo, p2tog* (repeat ** till end)

21. *k1, p1* (repeat ** till 1 st before end), k122. knit

23. knit

24. purl

Pattern

25. (rs) *k2, yo, k2tog* (repeat ** till 1 st before end) k1

26. purl

27. knit

28. purl

29. k4, *yo, k2tog, k2* (repeat ** till 1 st before end) k1

30. purl

31. knit

32. purl

33 - 40. Repeat rows 25 to 32 one more time (you can leave out this part if you are running out of yarn)

Bottom edge:

41. (rs) knit

42. knit

43. *k1, p1* (repeat ** till 1 st before end) k1

44. knitPicot bind off: *co 2 with cable cast-on, bo 4, slip stitch on right hand needle back to left hand needle*

(repeat ** till end)


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Neck edging:

From the right side of the knitting, pick up 20 stitches along the right edge, 20 stitches along the top

and 20 stitches along the left edge (60)

(ws) Knit 1 row

(rs) Bind-off with Jenys Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-of: *yo from back to front, k1, pass yo over knitstitch, yo from back to front, k1, pass yo over knit stitch, then pass previous stitch over last stitch to

bind off* (repeat ** till end).

Sleeves

From the right side of the knitting, pick up 1 stitch from under the sleeve (use this to close the gap

between the live sleeve stitches and the main body), move the 21 live stitches from the stitch holder

onto your needle, pick up another stitch from under the sleeve again (23)

(ws) Knit 2 rows

Picot bind off: (ws) * co 2 with cable cast-on, bo 4, slip stitch on right hand needle back to left hand

needle* (repeat ** till end)

Repeat for second sleeve.

Sew in yarn ends and block.

Thank you for downloading and knitting this pattern. I look forward to seeing your finished project linked to the Ravelry

Pattern page. You can also share your photos on any of the social networking sites listed below or on my blog.

The copyright for this pattern is mine but let me just tell you a little about what you can do with the pattern. You are free to

download it, print it and knit it yourself. You are free to send a link to the pattern page (either on my website orRavelry) so

that your friends, family, students, customers or someone you met on the internet can download it, print it and knit it

themselves. The reason that I keep emphasising that everyone who wants to knit the pattern should download the pattern

themselves is that it is the only way for me to see how many people are actually using the pattern. I hope you understand.

You are free to use this pattern for teaching (just either get the students to download it themselves or contact me). You are

free to give away your knitted items made from this pattern. With regard to knitting for charity, I am generally very positive

towards this. But please contact me first so that I know what it is for and why. Just because I am a nosey so and so :-)

If you wish to use this pattern in any other way that described above, please also contact me and give me the chance to

say yes or no.


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