Yes, I finished the What’s Up Buttercup?! While I was typing these
notes, I got the phone call… YES, a baby girl has arrived, and this
Grams is ready to gift her a sweater!
Buttercup
Baby
Marilynn
Blacketer '16
The
Buttercup Baby works well in DK acrylic, or wool blend. The
wrap can be finished in a weekend or two, and makes a perfect gift or
accessory for any little one. This may be considered an intermediate
level pattern because you'll be making unique yoke increases and
working the garter stitch border at the same time. The wrap is
designed to fit a newborn or infant, with bigger needles and yarn,
this can easily be made larger to fit a toddler.
Finished
sizes:
Newborn: 14”
chest, 8” height neck to hem, 5” sleeve
3-6mo
Infant:
16” chest, 10” height neck to hem, 6” sleeve
Gauge:
US#5, 6 stitches = 1”;
US#6, 5.5 stitches = 1”
Adjust needle size to match gauge.
Materials:
Yarn: acrylic or wool blend in DK;
Newborn:
Main color, 174yards, 50grams;
Contrasting color, 90yards, 25grams
Infant:
Main color, 210yards, 60grams;
Contrasting color, 90yards, 25grams
Photo:Buttercup
Baby, size Infant,
was knit in Plymouth Yarn Dreambaby DK Paintpot; 50% acrylic, 50%
nylon; main color 1406; & Plymouth
Yarn Dreambaby DK; 50% acrylic, 50% nylon; contrasting color 142
yellow
Needles:
Newborn: Size US#4, Newborn & Infant:Size US#5 , Infant: US#6,
16”, 24” circular needles; and/or sets double pointed needles
(for sleeves)
Notions:
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, two ½ ” buttons, yarn/kitchen
scale
Abbreviations:
CO=cast on K=knit k2tog=knit 2 stitches together p=purl
KFB=knit front&back pm=place marker rm=remove
marker sm=slip marker Rnd=round sts=stitches RS=right side
WS=wrong side yo=yarn over MC=main color
CC=contrasting color
8/17/23 Special Stitches: The sweater starts with 8 stitches increased in the neckband. While
working the front border and yoke, the CC and MC yarn are held
together and knit as one stitch, then on the WS row those “two”
stitches are worked on their own (split) making the increases at the
front border of the sweater. Row
9 creates a stripe in the sweater. It doesn't add an increase at the
border, 8sts increased for that row. I
designed the technique/pattern because I liked the clean look. I
enjoyed working the borders along with the sweater rather than
picking up the stitches along the edge to add borders when the
sweater was finished.
Buttercup
Baby Directions Directions
are written for newborn [infant in brackets].
(Notes are in italic.)
Getting Started:
Pull, do not cut, and wind 5
grams of CC into a ball. (This
is enough CC yarn to complete the border and one sleeve.)
Neckband:
With CC, use long tail CO making the slip knot with the 5 gram
(very long) tail and skein, with size #4 [#5] circular
needles, CO 31 sts. Do not join, work back and forth in rows.
Set
up(WS): with skein
CC, Knit3, pm, k5, pm, knit15, pm, k5, pm, k3
Row
1(RS): with skein CC, KFB, k2, sm, KFB, k3, KFB, sm, KFB, k13,
KFB, sm, KFB, k3, KFB, sm, k1, KFB, k1 (39sts)
Row
2 (WS): with ball CC, Knit
Row
3(RS): with ball CC, KFB, k3, sm, KFB, k5, KFB, sm, KFB, k15, KFB,
sm, KFB, k5, KFB, sm, k2, KFB, k1 (47sts)
Row 4(WS): with skein
CC, Knit (the ball is resting, and will be available for the
right front border, but the sweater is worked upside down so this
is your work to the left)
Yoke and Front
Borders:
Row
1(RS): with (skein) CC, with size #5 [# 6], 24”circular needles, Knit 3,
pick up MC and knit both CC&MC in the fourth stitch, drop CC,
with MC * knit to 1stitch before marker, yo, k, sm, k, yo;
repeat from * to last 4sts, pick up (ball)CC and knit both CC&MC in the
same stitch, drop MC, with CC, knit 3 (10
sts increased on RS rows) (This first row, you're right there, just
yo, knit, sm, ... at the last 4 sts, yo as you pick up CC to knit
MC&CC in the same stitch)
Row
2(WS): with CC, Knit 4, bring the CC forward,
with MC, purl to last 4 sts, with CC, knit 4 (You may need
to work sts 4&5 out of order to keep borders even)
Rows 3-8: Repeat Rows
1 and 2.
Row
9(RS): with CC, * Knit to 1stitch before marker, yo, k, sm, k, yo;
repeat from * to end (8sts increased on RS row)
Row
10(WS):
with skein
CC, Knit 4, purl to last 4 sts, knit 4 (Row
10: 95sts, Row 20:143sts)
Repeat
Rows 1-10 a total of 2
times and Rows1&2 twice more.
(163sts)
Divide
Body and Sleeves:
RS:
with CC Knit 3, pick up MC and knit both CC&MC in the fourth
stitch, drop CC, with MC knit to 1st marker, sm, slip33 sleeve sts
onto holder, rm, CO3 underarm sts, k43 across back, rm, slip33
sleeve sts onto holder, CO3 underarm sts, sm, knit to last 4sts, pick
up CC and knit both CC&MC in the same stitch, drop MC, with CC
knit 3 (front
28sts, back 49sts, front 28sts= 105sts)
WS:
with CC, Knit 4, with MC, purl to last 4 sts, with CC, knit 4
(105sts)
Body
and Front Borders:
Row
1 (RS): with CC, Knit 3, pick up MC and knit both CC&MC in the
fourth stitch, drop CC, with MC * knit to last 4sts, pick up CC and
knit both CC&MC in the same stitch, drop MC, with CC knit 3
(2sts increased RS rows)
Row
2 (WS): with
CC, knit 4, with MC, purl to last 4 sts, with CC, knit 4
Rows
3-8: Repeat Rows 1 and 2. (as established, you are ready for Rows
7-8)
Row
9(RS): with CC, Knit (no stitches increased on RS row)
Row
10(WS): with skein CC,
Knit 4, purl to last 4 sts, knit 4 (Row
10 counts: 107, 115, 123, [131]sts)
Repeat
Rows 1-10 (from the neck)
total 5 [6] times, and Rows 1-8 again.(4.5”
[5.5”]from underarm, 131[139]sts)
Bottom
Eyelet Border: (cut MC, cut
ball CC, place hanging markers to note sides, remove markers)
Rows
1, 2: with CC, with
size#4 [#5], 24”circular needle, Knit
Row 3(RS): with CC, Knit
3[2], * k2tog, yo, k1; repeat from * to last 2sts, knit 2
Rows 4, 5, 6: with CC,
Knit (131 [139]sts)
Row 7(RS): with size#5
[#6] needle, Bind Off loosely in knit, to last 2sts, k2tog, Bind Off.
Sleeves:
Move
33 stitches from holder onto size #5 [#6] circular/or double pointed
needles. Pick up and knit 5 sts from underarm, pm, pick up and knit 5
more sts, and join to work in the round. 43sts
Rnds
1-4: with MC, Knit
Rnd
5: with MC, K1, k2tog, knit to last 2 sts before marker, k2tog
Work stripes as
established Rnds 9-10: with CC, knit ,decrease if necessary.
(Carry CC at first stitch of Rnd 5)
Repeat
Rnds 1-5 a total of 5 times (33sts)
Work even until sleeve
measures 4.5” [5.5 ”]
from underarm, and ending on a Rnd 8.
Cuff
Eyelet: (cut MC)
Rnd
1: with CC, with size #4 [#5] needles,
Knit
Rnd
2: with CC, Purl
Rnd
3: with CC, * K2tog, yo, k1; repeat from * to end
Rnd
4: with CC, Purl
Rnd
5: with CC, Knit
Rnd
6: with CC, Purl
Rnd
7: with CC, with size #5 [#6] needle, Bind Off loosely in knit.
Repeat
for other sleeve.
Finishing:
Weave in all the tails. Very securely sew 1/2” buttons to
front left side and border. The right eyelet border will be used as
the button holes .
Buttercup
Baby is available at MarilynnsGardenKnitDesign.blogspot.com
Copyright
2016, Marilynn Blacketer. All rights reserved. 11/20/16
For
pattern support please contact: marilynnblacketer@gmail.com
Here are a few photos of the process:
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| Started by working the CC neckband, and joined MC to work the yoke with CC borders. |
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Using #4 needles as the stitch holders, I divided for the sleeves.
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| Worked the body, cut MC and ball CC to work the bottom eyelet border. |
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| Picked up the stitches, knitted the sleeve onto #6 needles, and worked both sleeve on two circular needles. Used #5 needles to work the cuff. |
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| I securely stitched on two buttons. |
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| I tested the pattern by knitting another Buttercup Baby. |
Buttercup
Baby is available at MarilynnsGardenKnitDesign.blogspot.com
Copyright
2016, Marilynn Blacketer. All rights reserved. 11/20/16
update: (skein) (ball) 7/15/22; 8/17/23
For
pattern support please contact: marilynnblacketer@gmail.com
