Information
The Children's Crab Sweater is a charming raglan sweater with decorative crab motifs, knitted in Viking Alpaca Storm. The soft blend of alpaca and merino wool creates a warm, lightweight and comfortable sweater for children.
This knitting kit includes yarn for your chosen size in Viking Alpaca Storm together with the digital knitting pattern. The sweater is knitted from the bottom up with raglan shaping. The pattern is suitable for knitters with some experience of raglan shaping and stranded colourwork.
The pattern is available in Norwegian, English, German, Danish and Swedish.
Sizes 2 (4) 6 (8) 10 (12)
Measurements of the garment
Overall width: 61 (65) 69 (73) 81 (86) cm
Total length: 35 (40) 45 (50) 54 (58) cm
Sleeve length: 24 (27) 32 (37) 40 (42) cm
Neck circumference: 38 (38) 38 (39) 41 (42) cm
Knitting tension
21 x 27 rows stocking stitch on 4 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Sticks
Double pointed needles and circular needle (40 cm) size 3 ½ and 4 and circular needle size 4 (40 and 60 cm)
Yarn and yarn quantity
Viking Alpaca Storm, 40% superfine alpaca, 40% merino wool and 20% nylon fiber, running length per skein 50 g = 133 m
Color 527 Jeans Blue, 200 (200) 250 (250) 300 (350) g
Color 551 Orange, 50 g