Inspiration
Atlas Insider: 5 Sweaters for a Little Girl
I definitely enjoy the process of knitting, but for me, it’s all about that finished product. Luckily, knitting for kids is a product-focused knitter’s dream.
You only have to cast on 120 stitches for the body? Done!
You only have to knit in the pattern until it measures 13 inches instead of 30? Easy!
I can knock out a child-sized sweater in the blink of an eye. Because of that, I am definitely willing to go crazy when it comes to pattern and color choices and just have a lot of fun with it. Stranded colorwork is way more approachable when it’s done in miniature.
My daughter, Faye, turned six in October, and these are some of my favorite pieces I’ve knit for her over the years.
Nordic Autumn Sweater by TrineP
This is the first sweater I ever knit for Faye, and somehow it was magical enough to last for three solid Christmases!
Festival Sweater by Petite Knit
When Faye turned three, Petite Knit released the Festival Sweater around the same time we were sampling with MDK’s own yarn, Atlas. I knew it’d be a perfect fit. Whisper, Peat, Lapis, and Merlot made the sweetest color combo. Unfortunately, this sweater met its fate inside the washing machine and is now a sweater for ants.
A Rainbow
Four-year-old Faye requested that I knit her a rainbow sweater. Despite my attempts at a cascading rainbow of Atlas colors starting at the bottom and growing up over her shoulder, she insisted on a traditional rainbow shape. The pattern here is Lang Yarns Yak, a simple pullover.
Strange Brew by Tin Can Knits
Last year, Halloween became her favorite holiday, so I figured it would be fun to knit a sweater with ghosts and pumpkins. I found the Tin Can Knits Strange Brew pattern and drafted my own yoke design based on some other sweaters I’d seen floating around.
Good Old Raglan by Twisted Knitwear
With a visit to the American Museum of Natural History fast approaching, I finally brought to life the dino bones motif from Mary P. Hunt’s Fossil Frenzy Tee Jr. that had been on my mind for years. The sweater pattern is a great, simple raglan pullover. Faye, of course, chose the rainbow colors.
I am not sure what’s next up on my needles for Faye. I know she still wants a chicken and rooster sweater—but whatever comes next, I know it’ll be a pop of color and a whole lot of fun.
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Oh yes! I have one of those but she’s now approaching adult sizes and I’m still doing her bidding as regards patterns and colours – although the gorgeous bonkers colours are now moving to navy, black, grey and sludge with rainbows. When the rainbows stop I’m stopping and she can knit her own black and griege sweaters!
I feel fortunate if I get any requests from my teenagers….I’ll oblige any colors. Anything I can do these days to be part of their journey, I guess ?
That sounds like a great plan!
‘Ooo, Honey, I don’t think I can see those stitches anymore ☹️ Let me teach you to knit…’
My daughter is adult sized now but I love knitting for her. She is definitely knit worthy! She is always find items that she would like for me to knit. She uses Ravelry like a catalog!!
She recently took up the needles again after not knitting since 5th grade so maybe she will be making her own things? I will always knit for her though!
I love these sweaters!! I too, love knitting for kiddos – sweaters, hats, mittens, stuffies. Whatever. The “Willie” sweater was probably the most fun. A dachshund all the way around.
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My daughter Elanor turned six in October, too! Now her little brother, who was a year in July, is wearing some of the early sweaters I made for her, which warms my heart. I’ve knit a couple baby sweaters with sheep. The sweater in shades of purple with an owl on the front was a hit for a few years. Now she’s rocking a rainbow striped sweater, and I just made a rainbow colorwork hat to match. (Baby brother has a log cabin baby blanket in the same color, so they turned heads at Rhinebeck this year decked out in their finery.)
How inspiring is this! Thank you!
Love them all! Adorablest model ever!
Lucky girl!
Looks like she loved the apatosaurus… I’ve never seen that hall so empty!
Hope Kay showed her the wonders of Central Park.
What a little sweetie!
My mom knit and sewed for her 4 daughters (I’m the youngest) and I loved doing the same for my little girl. I’m making a quilt out of all the fabrics from her little dresses. She’s a teacher and I knit her a Cowloween for school and crocheted her a granny square cardigan in 70’s appliance colours. She loves it. Now she is a knit designer and knitting her own wedding dress
They’re all beautiful!
She’s a perfect little model!
I’m really taken by these gorgeous sweaters! Each one a treasure.
Beautiful sweaters on a beautiful girl! I lost my brain to hand connection early days into the Covid so have not been able to knit since. Hoping that it reconnects SOON!
Adorable sweaters on a delicious little girl! Well done, thanks for sharing.
I used the Bean & Olive sweater patterns to make a chicken sweater. The hearts were easy to graph into chickens. OTknitter on Ravelry
Amazing!
Enjoy these years while you can. One day, she’ll be in her thirties and way past rainbows. Instead, she’ll show up unannounced at your door and say, “Okay, here’s what I want: a cardigan, cropped, pieced, set-in sleeves, waist-shaping, v-neck, black, preferably machine-washable, 1”-diameter matte black buttons.” And you’ll get right on it, because you already have all of her measurements from all the other times she’s shown up unannounced at your door. And though she’ll probably be nice enough not to bug you for updates, you’ll update her anyway.
I tried teaching her to knit, but it didn’t work.
These sweaters are adorable! As I was scrolling through my 6 year old son, peeking over my shoulder, said he wanted me to make every single one of them for him! Especially the rainbow and halloween ones
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