Holger Shirt | PetiteKnit Printed Knitting Pattern

Play with colour with PetiteKnit’s Holger Shirt, a cheerful children’s knit featuring a striped body, contrasting sleeves and colourful ribbed edges. Worked from the top down in 4-ply yarn, it’s a lovely way to create your own colour combination. Printed knitting pattern for ages 1–14 years.

The Holger Shirt is worked from the top down. The body is worked in stockinette stitch with stripes, while the sleeves and neck edge are each worked in a different solid color. First, the back yoke is worked back and forth with the slope of the shoulders being shaped using short rows and in stripes, which are worked at the same time. Each shoulder is then worked back and forth on a circular needle, and then the shoulders are joined to form the front yoke. The front and back yoke are joined at the underarms to form the body, which is worked in the round on a circular needle with stripes. The sleeves are worked down from stitches that are picked up and knitted around the armholes. At the end, a folded neck edge is worked from stitches that are picked up and knitted along the neckline.

Size guide

The Holger Shirt is designed to have approx. 12 cm [4¾ inches] of positive ease. The sizes 1-2 (2-3) 3-4 (4-5) 5-6 (6-7) 7-8 (8-9) 9-10 (10-11) 11-12 (12-14) years are designed to fit a chest circumference of 53 (54) 56 (57) 59 (62) 64 (68) 72 (75) 78 (82) cm [20¾ (21¼) 22 (22½) 23¼ (24½) 25¼ (26¾) 28¼ (29½) 30¾ (32¼) inches]. The measurements for the finished shirt can be found on the front page of the pattern (please note that these measurements are only achieved if the correct gauge is maintained). If the intended wearer measures 62 cm [24½ inches] around the chest, you should knit a size 6-7 years. A size 6-7 years shirt has a chest circumference of 74 cm [29¼ inches] which in the given example would give the intended wearer 12 cm [4¾ inches] of positive ease. If the measured chest circumference deviates from the age guide, you can adjust the length to fit the person you’re knitting for. The same applies if the child is shorter or taller than average.

Sizes: 1-2 (2-3) 3-4 (4-5) 5-6 (6-7) 7-8 (8-9) 9-10 (10-11) 11-12 (12-14) years

Chest circumference: 65 (66) 67 (69) 71 (74) 75 (80) 83 (90) 91 (94) cm [25½ (26) 26½ (27¼) 28 (29¼) 29½ (31½) 32¾ (35½) 35¾ (37) inches]

Length: 35 (37) 40 (41) 43 (46) 47 (48) 49 (50) 51 (53) cm [13¾ (14½) 15¾ (16¼) 17 (18) 18½ (19) 19¼ (19¾) 20 (20¾) inches] measured mid back excl. neck edge

Gauge: 28 sts x 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] in stockinette stitch on 3 mm [US2½] needles

Needles: Circular needles: (for main body) 3 mm [US2½] / 60 or 80 cm [24 or 32 inches] and 2.5 mm [US1½] / 40 and 60 and/or 80 cm [16 and 24 and/or 32 inches]; Double-pointed needles: (for sleeves and cuffs) 2.5 mm [US1½] and 3 mm [US2½] (unless the Magic Loop technique is used)

Materials: six different shades of Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m [257 yds]) or Tynn Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 205 m [224 yds]) or Merino by Knitting for Olive (50 g = 250 m [273 yds])

Stripe colours for the body: Approx. 30 (35) 40 (43) 47 (54) 59 (64) 69 (74) 79 (84) g in each colour

Rib hem on the body: Approx. 11 (11) 12 (12) 13 (13) 14 (14) 15 (15) 16 (16) g

Sleeves: Approx. 13 (15) 18 (21) 23 (25) 27 (29) 31 (34) 37 (40) g in each colour

Neck edge: Approx. 8 (8) 9 (9) 9 (11) 11 (11) 11 (12) 12 (12) g

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5)

See the classification of difficulty here.

The multicoloured Holger Shirt is knitted in Sunday by Sandnes Garn in shades Almond [2511], Flamingo [4604], Night sky [5591], Matcha [9564], Green tea [9533], and Deep burgundy [4372].

Try this in Bramble & Fleece Wooltrace 4-ply 100g skeins and 25g balls

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