Knitting kit - Always 4-ever Unicorn Sweater by Wool & Beyond

An oversized children's sweater with a unicorn

Sizes:
74/80, 86/92 (98/104, 110/116, 122/128) 134/140, 146/152, 158/164

Garment chest circumference:
68, 75 (78, 82, 85) 90, 94, 98 cm

This design is intended to be worn with approximately 20 to 22 cm of positive ease.

Gauge

17 stitches × 22 rows = 10 × 10 cm in stockinette stitch.

Needles

• 5 mm circular needles with 40 to 100 cm cable
• 4 mm circular needles with 40 to 80 cm cable

Materials

Yarn 1 (main color):
100, 150 (150, 200, 200) 200, 250, 250 g of Drops Air (50 g = 150 m)

Yarn 2 (motif color):
50 g of Drops Air (50 g = 150 m)

Yarn 3 (for the mane):
50 g of Drops Air (50 g = 110 m)

Not included - Yarn 4 (for the eye):
Approximately 1 m of fingering weight yarn or embroidery floss.

...or any other yarn to obtain the same gauge.

About the pattern

The Always 4-Ever Unicorn Sweater is a loose-fitting children's sweater featuring a unicorn motif. It is knitted top-down using the intarsia technique.

You start by casting on the stitches for the back, then the shoulders are shaped with increases on each side. The back is then knitted down to the armholes. Stitches are then picked up along the shoulders to knit the front.

The front shoulders are worked separately before shaping the neckline and casting on its stitches.

The intarsia unicorn motif begins slightly below the neckline. Once the front is finished, it is joined to the back by casting on the armhole stitches.

The body is then joined to be knitted in the round. However, since the unicorn motif is worked in intarsia, German Short Rows are used to be able to turn the work to one side and continue knitting the body flat, while maintaining the motif.

The body finishes with a ribbed border. Stitches are then picked up to knit the neckline and the sleeves, which are worked in the round.

For the finishing touch, the unicorn's silhouette is decorated with a 3D mane and an embroidered eye.