A Little Fishy Knitting Pattern

My youngest son has had a fascination with fish since he was a toddler. I guess it was only a matter of time before I ended up trying to combine his love of fish with my love of knitting.

This color stranded fish design starts out as a top down raglan so there’s no seams to sew. The color rows are all worked in the round and carefully placed so they aren’t interrupted by any shaping.

Though this isn’t an exceptionally difficult sweater to knit, experience with knitting in the round and color stranding is helpful.

Sizes:
2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12).
To fit chest:
21 (23, 25, 27, 28, 30) inches.

Finished Measurements:
Chest: 25.5 (27, 29, 30.5, 32, 34) inches.
Length 14.5 (17.5, 18.5, 20, 22, 23.5) inches.

Yarn:
[MC] Nature Spun Worsted [100% wool; 245yd per 3.5 ounce skein]
Color: Blue Knight 2 (2, 3, 3, 4, 4) skeins.
1 skein each color: Winter Blue, Sunburst Gold, Scarlet, and Enchanted Forest.

Needles:
1 24-inch circular US #6/4mm needle
1 16-inch circular US#6/4mm needle
1 set US #6/4mm double point needles

A note on needles:
Change circular needle lengths as necessary to accommodate the number of stitches you are working.

Extras:
Waste yarn for holding stitches, stitch markers.

Skill level:
Intermediate.

Skills Needed:
Increasing, working with double point needles, working in the round, color stranding.

Guage:
20 stitches/28 rows=4in/10cm over stockinette stitch in the round on US #6/4mm needle.

Price: $5.00
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