Chunky Monkey is a quick, easy knit and is sized for babies and toddlers. It’s knit from the bottom-up and all in one-piece. At the underarms stitches are bound off and each front and back piece is worked separately to the shoulders. At the shoulders the fronts and back are seamed together using the three needle bind off technique. To create the armband ribbing as well as the front band ribbing, stitches are picked up and worked in 2×2 ribbing.
Pattern cost: $5.00
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Sizing:
- Sizes: 3–6 mo (6–12 mo, 12–18 mo, 18–24 mo, 2T, 3T, 4T)
- Finished Chest Measurement: 19.75 (20.75, 22, 23.25, 23.25, 24.25, 25.5)” / 50 (53, 56, 59, 59, 61.5, 65) cm
Gauge:
- 14 sts & 22 rows = 4” /10 cm in St st
Yarn:
- 118 (128, 138, 148, 158, 168, 178) yds of bulky weight yarn for main color, 128 yds for contrasting color 1 (for ribbing) 128 yds of contrasting color 2 (for stripes), shown in 128 Superwash by Cascade (100% superwash merino wool; 100 gram ball = 128 yds), 1 (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skeins of main color, 1 skein of contrasting color 1, 1 skein of contrasting color 2.
Needles and other supplies:
- 24” / 61 cm circular knitting needles in size US 10 / 6 mm (or size needle you need to get gauge)
- 29” / 74 cm & 16” / 41 cm circular knitting needles in size US 9 / 5.5 mm (or 1 size smaller than size needed to get gauge)
- Extra US 10 / 6 mm needle for three needle bind off technique (can be straight, DPN, or circular)
- Crochet hook size H (or close)
- 2 stitch markers
- 3 stitch holders or pieces of scrap yarn
- Tapestry needle
- 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5) buttons, size ¾-1”
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