Theo’s striped overall is a fantastic overall knitted with stripes.
The overall has a spacious fit. It is knitted from top to bottom, back and forth on circular needle, with short rows in the back. Italian cast on is used and it’s increased with raglan. Finally, you pick up stitches for button posts. Italian cast off is used to get elastic and stylish finishes on the rib.
Sizes: 0 (1) 3 (6) 9 months // (1) 1,5 (2) 3 (4) years
Top width: 46 (48) 50 (54) 56 // (58) 62 (64) 66 (68) cm
Gauge: 20 sts per 10 cm
Yarn: Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull (50 g = 100 m)
Yarn quantity:
Main color: 150 (150) 150 (200) 250 // (250) 250 (300) 300 (350) g
Contrast color: 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 // (50) 100 (100) 100 (100) g
Yarn alternative: Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino (50 g = 125 m), Jord Clothing Woolly (50 g = 125 m), Hillesvåg Sol (100 g = 290 m), Nøstebarn Vestlandsull (100 g = 290 m), double thread Sandnes Garn Sunday (50 g = 235 m)
Knitting needles: 3 and 4 mm, 40 or 60 cm circular needles and double pointed needles (or long circular needle for magic loop)
Extra: 5-8 buttons, appr. 12-15 mm in diameter
This pattern is digital and will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.
In this pattern the following techniques are used: