I love lizards. I had wanted to design a fair-isle sweater pattern for a while, but I didn’t want to do anything too complicated because I’ve only knit simple fair-isle projects myself. I chose to design a baby sweater, because many of my friends are having babies these days, and a sweater is a great gift that can work up quickly in worsted weight yarn. I incorporated buttons into the design to accommodate babies’ growing heads. This is why the sweater is knit in the round until the armpits and worked back-and-forth afterward. I chose a yoke construction, which is traditional among Scandinavian colorwork sweaters.
This project is great for knitters who want to give fair-isle a try, because it’s small, it only involves two colors, it’s worked up in worsted weight yarn, and fair-isle is only used on the yoke. It’s a great fall sweater with short sleeves knit from a machine-washable cotton/acrylic blend.
I have to give big thanks to my wonderful transcribing husband and test-knitting friend Pauline, without whom I would never have been able to create this pattern this summer. I also want to thank Kandice for the use of her son Justin as a great baby model! The sweater shown is the 6-month size.
