Nice & Easy Doll's One-piece Sweater

 Nice & Easy Doll's One-piece Circular Yoke Sweater

Here are the instructions for a DK weight sweater with a circular yoke knitted in one piece. I've described the general process in my last post.  Instructions are modified to fit an 18" doll, but techniques for the tiers are from Irene Woods Round Yoke Sweater group on Facebook

Gauge: 22 stitches and 30 rows to 4”/10 cm

Yarn  was a #3 yarn from my sister's stash. Actually pink, but it shows white

Yoke (Bottom Up) T3

Tier 1: Cast on 106 needles with waste yarn and ravel cord.

Mark #15 and #37 left, then #15 and #37 right for attaching bottom later

This leaves 16 needles for fronts, 30 for back and 22 for sleeves

Knit 6 rows (6 row Fair isle or Lace pattern plus one row for decrease)

Double up every third stitch. (1-2-1-1-2) Total decrease is 34 stitches. Move unused needles to A position

Knit one row to secure stitches. RC007

Scrap off 72 sts

Tier 2: Bring 72 sts to work

Hang yoke back on

Knit 6 rows (6 row Fair isle or Lace pattern plus one row for decrease)

Double 3rd needle, then every other needle. (1-2-1-2)Total decrease  24 stitches. Move unused needles to A position Knit across RC014

Scrap off 46 sts

Tier 3 (Neckline edge): Bring 46 needles to work

Knit 4 rows. RC018. Scrap off

Knit 5 rows ribbing by hand. Bind off.

Sleeves (Yoke Down) – make 2 T3

RC000

Re-hang 22 stitches for sleeve marked along bottom of Tier 1.

Cast on 2 sts at beginning of next 2 rows ( 26 sts on needles)

Decrease 1 st each end on row 10 row and row 15 (22 sts)

Work even until RC 26.

Rib 5 rows by hand.  Bind off.

Body (Yoke Down) – T3

RC000

Re-hang 16 stitches for front, e-wrap 4 sts with small piece of yarn, hang the back 30 sts, e-wrap 4 sts, hang front 16 sts Total 70 sts.

Knit to RC 30

Scrap off at row 30 and rib 6 rows by hand. Bind off.

Bands (if not using hand knit band)

Button band: Pick up left front edge 53 sts and knit 6 rows. Reform to rib. Bind off

Buttonhole band: Pick up right front edge 53 sts and knit 3 rows. On 4^th row , transfer needles #3, 13, 23 and 33 to needle next to it. Knit 3 more rows. Bind off.

 Comments and photos, please!

I welcome your comments. If you find any errors, please let me know so I can correct them. If you have photos of your finished projects, I would love to see them.

Your Knotty friend, The Knotty Sloth