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.

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