Boy's Cabled Sweater in BC Garn Loch Lomond - 5110BC - Downloadable PDF

Boy's Cabled Sweater in BC Garn Loch Lomond – Pattern Summary (Design 5110BC by Sanne Fjalland)

This Boy's Cabled Sweater is an intermediate-level knitting pattern designed by Sanne Fjalland and published by BC Garn as pattern number 5110BC. It is available as a free downloadable PDF and creates a classic, textured children's pullover sweater featuring prominent cable detailing. The design is sized for boys aged 4, 6, 8, and 10 years, with corresponding chest circumferences of 73, 80, 86, and 92 cm and lengths of 42, 46, 50, and 54 cm, making it a practical and versatile pattern that can grow with a child.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a children's cabled pullover sweater — a warm, structured jumper worked in an aran weight yarn. The cable panels give the sweater a traditional, heritage-inspired aesthetic that is both stylish and hard-wearing, ideal for everyday wear in cooler months. The garment is knitted in pieces using both straight and circular needles, then assembled.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for BC Garn Loch Lomond, an aran weight yarn, used in three colorways across the garment. The yarn quantities vary by size:

• LL 06: 100 (150) 150 (200) g — the primary color used for the main body sections
• LL 05: 50 (50) 50 (50) g — a consistent accent quantity across all sizes
• LL 10: 100 (100) 150 (150) g — a secondary main color for additional sections

Using multiple shades of BC Garn Loch Lomond adds visual interest and color blocking to the design, complementing the cable texture beautifully. BC Garn Loch Lomond is an aran weight yarn well suited to structured stitch patterns like cables, providing the stitch definition needed for the design to read clearly.

Needles and Tension

Two needle sizes are required for this pattern:

• 4 mm straight and circular needles (40 cm) — equivalent to US size 6 / UK size 8, used for ribbing and edging
• 4.5 mm needles — equivalent to US size 7 / UK size 7, used for the main body fabric

The stated tension before washing is 18 stitches and 24 rows to 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch, adjusting after washing to 19 stitches and 25–26 rows to 10 x 10 cm. As with all garment knitting, achieving correct tension is essential to ensure the sweater fits as intended across the four available sizes.

Techniques Used

This pattern is rated intermediate difficulty, making it suitable for knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques and ready to develop their cable knitting skills. The following techniques are used throughout:

• Cable knitting — the defining feature of the sweater, worked using a cable needle (cn) to cross stitches and create the raised, rope-like cable panels
• Stockinette stitch (St st) — knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side, forming the smooth background fabric
• Working in the round — using circular needles, likely for neckband or yoke finishing
• Shaping with decreases — using a slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over method for neat, directional decreasing
• Increases — lifting the loop between stitches with the left needle to add stitches where shaping requires
• K2tog (knit two together) — a simple right-leaning decrease used in shaping
• Marker placement (pm) — used to denote key