Indigo jumper with Fair Isle band. (from Debbie Bliss’s two colour raglan jumper with amended higher neck)
I love this jumper pattern and have made it many times but I’ve always felt the neck was a bit too big and got even bigger with wear. I only really started knitting 2-3 years ago (making up this very pattern for a toddler) and as I’ve become a bit more skilled and confident I thought I’d have a go at making the jumper with a higher neckline.
Fair Isle band on indigo jumper
To put it simply:
continue the sleeves for another 4 rows (2 knitting rows with decreases at either end, each followed by a pearl row);
For the front: leave 6 fewer stitches (3 each side) on the needle holder (adding the 3 each side to the decreasing which forms the curve of the neck).
For the back, add one more row after the pattern ends, followed by a pearl row. Then decrease one stitch each side on the next two knit rows (each followed by a pearl).
There will now be fewer stitches and the neck will be that bit tighter. The next jumper I do I will note down stitch numbers more accurately but I was so carried away with excitement as it was looking good that I raced ahead.
Simple Fair Isle band on jumper sleeve
To finish off I used Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off which gives a lovely looking edge yet has the stretch to easily accommodate small people’s surpriisngly large heads. I’m not giving a YouTube link here because there are several videos and none are without irritation.
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I do know the feeling about racing ahead when it’s going well! It makes it hard to reproduce, but it is such a thrill, isn’t it!
However old one gets, Rachel, a rush of enthusiasm is hard to hold back on!
Well done Mary! Your little grandson looks suitably impressed (love the crown)
Thank you Nella. And his mum likes it too.
Oh anatural model! Jumper looks great.
And Happy Christmas!
I much enjoy your posts. X
Aren’t all little ones natural models Linda – their parents are constantly taking photographs of them with their phones?!
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