Monkey Chased the Weasel
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Baby sweaters are always quick and easy projects, but this one is even easier than most due to a small little quirk – there are no purl stitches! A few increases and decreases, but absolutely no purls!
Items knitted in the round typically have “jogs” in the stripes where the round begins and ends, but this sweater uses “spiral knitting” to create truly jog-less stripes. You will be working with four balls of yarn all at once, but the process is remarkably easy.
The sweater shown is worked with three of the stripes (CC#1, #2, and #3) worked in the same color, but you can add as much color as you like. Three or four colors are no more difficult than two. Have fun!
Color changes are worked continuously around the sweater. The instructions for the yoke instruct you on when to make the initial color changes. To change colors as you work, knit up to where the new color is hanging inside the work. Knit the last stitch worked with that color, then drop your working yarn and pick up the new yarn. Do not twist the yarns. Give the new yarn just enough tension to keep a gap from forming.
As you work in this manner, the color changes will stack in the same position on each round. There will be one section that feels “too long”, but it’s not. You will knit with one color for twice as many stitches once each round. Don’t worry about it, just knit to the next color!
If you have to stop knitting for a while, stop working at a color change. When you come back to the work, pick up the lower of the two yarns and begin working.
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