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Gnome Knitting Chart for Baby Jumper with Written Instructions, Sidney

Gnome Knitting Chart for Baby Jumper with Written Instructions, Sidney

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This gnome knitting chart for baby jumpers comes with full written row-by-row instructions, so you can work it from the chart or the text, whichever suits you best. Meet Sidney, a snowflake-obsessed gnome in a claret hat, with strong opinions about symmetry and no intention of compromising on either point. He sits on the front of a baby jumper and makes an excellent reason to cast one on rather sooner than planned.

You can find a growing collection of motifs in my store.

A quick word about knitting charts. You can find charts online for free, and many of them are drawn on square grids. The problem is that knit stitches are not square, they are rectangular, wider than they are tall. A chart drawn on squares will knit up distorted, wider and shorter than it should be. Every motif in this library is drawn to the correct stitch ratio, so what you see on the chart is what you get on the jumper.

And if charts are not your thing, every motif also comes with full written row-by-row instructions, colour by colour, stitch by stitch. Work from whichever you prefer.

The PDF also includes instructions for placing Sidney into the front of the Blank Canvas Baby Sweater, with all the maths already worked out for each size. You just cast on and follow along. The Blank Canvas Baby Sweater is not included in this PDF and is available to purchase separately.

Of course, Sidney does not have to go on a Blank Canvas Baby Sweater. He will sit happily on any baby jumper front of the right dimensions, worked in DK yarn at standard tension.

Designed by Jane Burns. I've been creating knitting and crochet patterns for babies and children for 18 years, so you can trust this one is as straightforward to follow as it looks.

About the Blank Canvas Baby Sweater

The Blank Canvas Baby Sweater is a plain, well-proportioned baby jumper designed as the perfect base for any of the motifs in the library. It is worked flat and seamed, in Stylecraft Special DK, with a 2x2 rib hem, cuffs, and neckband. Skill level is Confident Beginner. It comes in six sizes, from 0-6 months to 4-5 years, with a chest measurement ranging from 48cm (19 inches) to 68cm (26.75 inches).

The Blank Canvas Baby Sweater is a plain, well-proportioned baby jumper designed as the perfect base for any of the motifs in the library. It is worked flat and seamed, in Stylecraft Special DK, with a 2x2 rib hem, cuffs, and neckband. Skill level is Confident Beginner. It comes in six sizes, from 0-6 months to 4-5 years, with a chest measurement ranging from 48cm (19 inches) to 68cm (26.75 inches). The base pattern is available to purchase separately here.

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Chart details

Yarn Stylecraft Special DK (295m/100g, 100% Acrylic)
Yarn requirements Yarn A, Cloud Blue (1019): 1 ball for sizes 0-6m and 6-12m, 2 balls for sizes 12-18m to 4-5y. Motif colours: small amounts only, no more than 10g of any single shade
Motif colours Claret (1123), White (1001), Fondant (1241), Silver (1203), Black (1002)
Needles 3.25mm and 4mm straight needles. 3.25mm circular needles, useful for the neckband but straight needles will work.
Also needed Darning needle, stitch markers, stitch holder
Sizes 0-6 months to 4-5 years (6 sizes)
Skill level Confident Beginner
Gauge 22 sts x 30 rows = 10cm x 10cm using 4mm needles and stocking stitch
Techniques used Intarsia colourwork, duplicate stitch (for snowflake detail)


Size guide

Size 0-6m 6-12m 12-18m 18-24m 2-3y 4-5y
To fit chest (cm) 41 46 51 53 56 61
To fit chest (in) 16 18 20 21 22 24
Actual chest (cm) 48 54 59 61 63 68
Actual chest (in) 19 21.75 23.25 24 24.75 26.75
Finished length (cm) 27 29 32 35 37 39
Finished length (in) 10.5 11.5 12.5 13.75 14.5 15.25
Sleeve length (cm) 16 18 26 30 32 36
Sleeve length (in) 6.5 7 10.5 12 12.5 14.25


What you'll receive

Your chart is an instant PDF download, ready to save or print as soon as your purchase is complete.

  • Full colour knitting chart for the Sidney Gnome motif, 16 stitches wide by 40 rows tall
  • Written row-by-row instructions for every row of the chart, colour by colour
  • Instructions for placing the motif into the front of the Blank Canvas Baby Sweater, in all six sizes
  • Yarn requirements for the background and all motif colours
  • Notes on working the snowflake detail in duplicate stitch

Please note: the Blank Canvas Baby Sweater base pattern is not included in this PDF. It is available to purchase separately here.

A lovely addition to a Christmas knit for a little one, or a very good reason to cast on one rather sooner than planned.

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