This is a PDF instant file.

This is a pattern for a handknit sweater for a five year old child.

I wanted to make a sweater with images of the old style National Parks posters. I chose four, three of which I have visited. On the front is a depiction of the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. A dark volcano is erupting with orange lava and fiery plumes of red smoke, with rolling ocean waves and tropical plants in the foreground. The back shows a white lighthouse emerging from the granite rocks of Acadia National Park in Maine. Sunset colored wispy clouds drift across the sky. The left sleeve is the blue-hued mountains of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. A very bright sunset fills the sky, as a mother black bear and her cubs stand among flowering fields. The right sleeve is the amazing Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. What amazing colors!

The wrists, hem, and neck have a trim of alternating black and red/white/blue stripes. There are also trims of white stars against a blue background at the wrists and hem. The neck closes with a sewn-on clasp that can be eliminated if desired.

Pattern has written directions, materials lists, and full color charts to enlarge. The pattern assumes a good knowledge of knitting, or at least an adventurous spirit and a knitting guidelines book. Obviously other color combinations are possible.

Have fun!

Finished Measurements
Height 18.5"
Width all around 33"
Sleeves 17.5"

Gauge
21 sts and 26 rows

Materials needed
Two sizes straight needles
16" circular needle in smaller size
Various dk weight yarns in 35 colors