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Kitting pattern - baby jumper

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Callistemon Tue 03-Sept-19 22:49:15

If you knit the neckline twice as long as required then cast off very loosely you can catch it down when sewing up.

Sometimes I have knitted cardigans (for girls) with a picot edge along the bottom and up the front edges and neck instead of just rib.

www.instructables.com/id/How-to-knit-a-quotPicotquot-Edge/

I haven't tried following these particular instructions so not sure of their success, but Ravelry or others sites could have some patterns.

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Grannyknot Tue 03-Sept-19 22:37:04

Hi Giraffe I also took up knitting again when my grandson came along.

I think the neckline finish you describe is only achievable on a knitting machine, or a machine knitted jumper (but I could be wrong).

Have you looked for patterns on Ravelry?

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puzzledgiraffe Tue 03-Sept-19 22:21:53

I am really struggling to find a pattern for a baby jumper. There seem to be hundreds for cardigans but I can't find what I am after in jumpers. I want something fairly plain, because the wool is multicoloured, so mainly stocking stitch and the most important thing is the neck. I am after the sort of neckline where you fold it over onto the inside, so the neckband is double thickness as I think this gives a much neater finish. I'm sure my children had jumpers like this, but they were probably knitted by my mother in law who was a prolific knitter. The patterns were probably originally for her own babies, so 1960's vintage. I think I have done this sort of neck line myself at some point, but I haven't knitted much for 25 years, but since the arrival of my granddaughter at Easter I have started knitting again. I seem to think the neck band has a row of holes where the fold goes (Fold along the dotted line!) but I might be imagining this. If I could find the neckline on any jumper pattern I could probably adapt a pattern with a different neck. They just look so unfinished to me when the neck edge is just cast off. Can anyone help please?

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