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Sideways Sockyarn Baby Sweater Supplemental Materials

Here are a few pointers to make knitting this pattern go smoothly.

• Checking your row-gauge is important. Unlike other patterns, the row-gauge is as important as the stitch-gauge.
• The buttonholes are worked as a one-row buttonhole. As discussed in the notes, the M2 instruction needs to be worked as a backwards-loop cast-on (or a cable cast-on), rather than as a raised-bar increase.
• The yardage requirements were based on test-knitting each size, with 5% to 10% added for a ``safety margin.''
• Several folks who have knit the pattern used a contrasting, solid color yarn to knit cuffs, collar, and waistband. Doing so for the cuffs and collar is trivial, but changing the color of the waistband requires a few changes.
  • Work 8 fewer ridges on the gusset panels.
  • Omit the first and last 8 sts on the sides, front, and back, but continue to slip the first st of each row.
  • Pick-up and knit 3 sts in each pair of slipped sts in the contrasting color and work either a garter-ridge band or work ribbing.
• Another delightful variation replaces the cuff ribbing with garter ridges.