Cats at Home Sweater

Pets can be an integral part of our lives. This modified drop shoulder pullover, worked in sport weight yarn, celebrates the cats so many of us love. The pattern offers 13 sizes for teens and adults and 9 sizes for infants and children. Sweater body is worked flat in two colors from the bottom up with a multi-cat motif in the front. The sleeves are worked in the round and feature cat’s paws. The main motif is charted for intarsia, but the cat’s paws chart for the sleeves may be done in a stranded technique. Infant sizes feature a buttoned shoulder to expand the neckline. There are separate patterns for the Infant/Child and Teen/Adult sizes. Both are included in the price. **Sweater Sizes:** Infant sizes: 3 (6, 12, 18) mos; Child sizes: 2T (4T, 6, 8, 10); Teen sizes: 12 (14, 16); Adult sizes: XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X) **Materials** **Infant/Child Sizes Yarn:** Sport weight , Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport Weight (137 yd/125 m (per 50 g balls/skeins) in colors Turmeric [MC] and Chestnut [CC1]. Optional, for fluffier cats, add a strand of silk mohair lace in the same color as CC for the cats in the motif, purchase the same yardage/meterage as CC. Infant Size: 3 (6, 12, 18) mos 2T (4T, 6, 8, 10) Balls MC: 2 (2, 2, 3) CC: 1 (1, 1, 1) Yards MC: 274, (274, 274, 411) CC: 137 (137, 137, 137) Meters MC: 250 (250, 250, 375) CC: 125 (125, 125, 125) Child Size: 2T (4T, 6, 8, 10) Balls MC: 3 (3, 4, 5, 5) CC: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) Yards MC: 411 (411, 548, 685, 685) CC: 137 (137, 137, 137, 137) Meters MC: 375 (375, 500, 625, 625) CC: 125 (125, 125, 125, 125) Materials **Teen/Adult sizes Yarn:** Sport weight , Hobbii Friends Extra Fine Merino (Superwash) (180 yd/165 m (per 50 g balls/skeins) in colors 95 Dark Turquoise [MC]); 01 (White) [CC1]. Optional, for fluffier cats, add a strand of silk mohair lace for the cats in the motif, purchase the same yardage/meterage as CC. Teen: Size 12 (14, 16) Balls MC: 6 (6, 7) CC: 1 (1, 1) Yards MC: 1080 (1080, 1260) CC: 180 (180, 180) Meters MC: 990 (990, 1155) CC: 165 (165, 165) Adult: XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X) Balls MC: 6 (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) CC: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) Yards MC: 1080 (1260, 1440, 1620, 1800, 1980, 2160, 2340, 2527, 2700) CC: 180 (180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180) Meters MC: 990 (1155, 1320, 1485, 1650, 1815, 1980, 2145, 2310, 2475) CC: 165 (165, 165, 165, 165, 165, 165, 165, 165, 165) **Needles:** US 3 (3.25 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm) needles, or size needed to reach gauge; for body use a larger needle 32” or longer, for sleeves 12”. You may substitute dpns in the same sizes for sleeves. Markers for end of round, center front Markers (optional) Tapestry needle for weaving in ends Three ½” buttons for Infant sizes **Gauge:** 24 sts/32 rows = 4”/10 cm on US 4 needles in stockinette stitch.