Crochet pattern for a boy's stripey jumper

Simple stripes of double crochet and trebles combine for this sweater. Make it in jolly stripes of three shades for a comfy classic your little one will wear again and again

Excerpted from Easy to Crochet - Cute Clothes For Kids by Sue whiting, priced £14.99, published by New Holland Publishers.

materials

Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK (50 g balls): 2 [2:3] balls in Ballad Blue 508 (A), 2 [2:3] balls in Poppy 512 (B), and 2 [2:2] balls in Lime 509 (C) 3.50 mm and 4.00 mm crochet hooks

abbreviations

dc2tog - (insert hook as indicated, yarn over hook and draw loop through) twice, yarn over hook and draw through all 3 loops on hook
tr2tog - *yarn over hook and insert hook as indicated, yarn over hook and draw loop through, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops, rep from * once more, yarn over hook and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Tension

18 stitches and 12½ rows to 10 cm measured over pattern using 4.00 mm hook. Change hook size if necessary to obtain this tension.

Note: For a plain sweater, you'll need 4 [4:5] x 50 g balls. Work as given for the striped sweater, but using same colour throughout.

See here for stitch diagram See here for shapes of components

Sweater back

With 4.00 mm hook and B, make 52 [58:64] ch.
Foundation row (RS): 1 dc into 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc into each ch to end, turn. 51 [57:63] sts.
Cont in patt as follows:
1st row: Using B, 3 ch (counts as first tr), miss dc at base of 3 ch, 1 tr into each dc to end, turn.
Join in C.
2nd row: Using C, 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc into tr at base of 1 ch, 1 dc into each tr to end, working last dc into top of 3 ch at beg of previous row, turn.
3rd row: As 1st row but using C.
Join in A.
4th row: As 2nd row but using A.
5th row: As 1st row but using A.
6th row: As 2nd row but using B.
These 6 rows form patt.
Cont in patt for a further 11 [15:19] rows, ending after 2 rows using A [C:B] and a WS row. (Back should measure 14 [18:21] cm.)