Boys Sweater in Bergere de France Coton Fifty - 67531-13 - Downloadable PDF

Boys Sweater Knitting Pattern – Bergere de France Coton Fifty (Pattern 67531-13)

This intermediate-level knitting pattern from Bergere de France produces a colourful boys' sweater worked in the brand's Coton Fifty yarn. Available in four children's sizes — 4 years, 6 years, 8 years, and 10 years — the design features bold stripe sequences and a decorative intarsia motif on the front, making it an eye-catching and practical garment for everyday wear. The pattern is supplied as a downloadable PDF, allowing knitters to get started immediately after purchase.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a boys' pullover sweater with a structured ribbed neckline and a colourwork panel on the front body. The sweater is sized for children aged 4 to 10 years, with stitch counts and yarn quantities adjusted for each size. The design combines a classic striped body with a charted intarsia design worked over the central stitches of the front panel, giving the garment a playful, graphic quality that suits children's knitwear perfectly.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for Bergere de France Coton Fifty, a 4-ply weight yarn, used in four distinct colourways across the garment:

• Perle (shade 21976) — the main background colour, requiring 3 to 4 balls depending on size
• Bleuet (shade 29307) — used for stripe sections, requiring 2 balls across all sizes
• Pétrolier (shade 23956) — a contrast colour, requiring 1 to 2 balls depending on size
• Ecarlate (shade 23165) — a further contrast colour, requiring 1 ball across all sizes

In addition to the yarn, the pattern requires 2 red buttons with shank, 15 mm (reference 42468, sold in packs of 6), which are used as a functional or decorative fastening detail on the finished sweater.

Needles

Two needle sizes are specified throughout the pattern:

• 2.5 mm needles — typically used for the ribbed sections to create a firm, neat edge
• 3.0 mm needles — used for the main body fabric, including stocking stitch, intarsia, and the ribbed neckline finish

Stitches and Techniques Used

This pattern draws on several knitting techniques, making it well suited to an intermediate-level knitter who is comfortable moving between different stitch types and managing multiple yarn colours simultaneously.

• Stocking Stitch (St st) — the primary fabric stitch used across the back and front body panels, worked on 3.0 mm needles. Stocking stitch is formed by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows, producing a smooth, flat fabric that shows colourwork clearly.
• 1×1 Rib — used at the neckline and likely at the cuffs and hem, worked on 3.0 mm needles. Rib stitch alternates knit and purl stitches within the same row, creating a stretchy, structured edging that helps the garment retain its shape at the openings.
• Stripe Sequences — the body is worked in a repeating stripe pattern using the four Coton Fifty colourways. Stripes are worked in 2-row repeats, with colour changes creating the characteristic horizontal banding across both the back and the front of the sweater.
• Intarsia — the front panel features a charted intarsia design worked over 27 to 29 central stitches (depending on size), introduced after a specified number of stripe repeats. Intarsia is a colourwork technique in which separate, isolated blocks of colour are knitted using individual yarn supplies — a separate ball or bobbin is used for each colour section within the row. Unlike stranded colourwork, the yarns are not carried across the back of the fabric; instead, they are twisted together at colour joins to prevent gaps. The intarsia chart is followed according to the size being worked, with precise stitch counts given for each colour section on the first row