ABC Knitting Patterns - American Girl Doll Basic Sweater.

American Girl Doll Basic Sweater

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Difficulty level:

Easy

Free Doll Sweater Knitting Pattern

Materials: Red Heart Super Saver 100% acrylic yarn worsted weight, color - Watercolor, 223 m (244 yds)/141 g - 1 skein.

Needles:
4 (3.50 mm) OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE.

Gauge:14 st x 17 rows = 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm)

Patterns:

Rib:
1 k, 1 p

Stocking Stitch
1 row and all odd rows - knit sts
2 row and all even rows - purl sts

Front
Cast on 30 sts (including edge stitches).
Knit rib for 4 rows.
Knit stocking stitch for 26 rows.
Row 31: cast off 8 sts in the middle of the front and continiue knitting the left and right parts of the front separately.
Row 33: decrease 1 st to shape the neckline.
Rows 34-36: stocking stitch. Cast off.

Back
Cast on 30 sts (including edge stitches).
Knit rib for 4 rows.
Knit stocking stitch for 4 rows.
From row 9 divide the stitches into 2 parts and continue each part separately.
Knit 26 rows of stocking stitch.
Row 32: cast off 4 sts to shape a neckline.
Row 33: decrease 1 st to shape the neckline.
Rows 34-36: stocking stitch. Cast off.

Sleeve
Cast on 20 sts (including edge stitches).
Knit rib for 4 rows. In the last row add evenly 10 sts
Knit stocking stitch for 18 rows.
Cast off.

Finishing:
Join shoulder seams.
Pick up 36 sts along the neckline and knit 10 rows of rib for the collar. Cast off.
Join side seams and sleeve seams. Set in sleeves.
Sew 4 sew-on snaps to the back opening.

Enjoy!

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# 1. Poster: Doris
December 29, 2012

Can I use other yarn for your patterns? I have lots of sport or worsted (4 ply?) yarn from left over projects.

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# 2. Poster: Elaine Phillips
January 8, 2013

Yes, you can use sport weight yarn, but you need to achieve the gauge specified in the pattern.

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# 3. Poster: gilberte daigle
February 11, 2013

i would like to know where do you cast off 4 stitches is it 4 on each side or what

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# 4. Poster: Elaine Phillips
February 13, 2013

Since you suppose to finish each half of the back separately, you have to cast off 4 st once on each back.

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# 5. Poster: Joyce
February 25, 2013

on the front, "row 31 - cast off 8 stitches in middle,knit right and left parts separately. row 33 - decrease 1 stitch ____". What do I do on row 32?

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# 6. Poster: Elaine Phillips
March 5, 2013

Row 32 - purl

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# 7. Poster: joanne wagner
May 4, 2013

On row 31 when you cast off 8 sts in the middle of the front and continue knitting the left and right parts of the front separately, are you working with two sets of needles and two separate skeins of yarn?

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# 8. Poster: Elaine Phillips
May 14, 2013

One set of needles, but 2 balls of yarn.

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