Mini Christmas Sweaters - 009

A mini Christmas sweater is decorated in four ways - snowman, Santa, fairy and tree. The sweater is worked in two pieces, with cuffs and collars picked up and knitted on. Santa has a garter stitch beard, snowman has a garter stitch scarf, fairy has garter stitch wings, and tree is decorated with a star and beads.

Finished Sizes height - 9cm (3 1/2in), cuff to cuff - 12cm (4 1/2in)

Stitches Used Cast on and off, stocking stitch, garter stitch (knit every row), increasing - knit into front and back of stitch (diagram), decreasing - k2tog (diagram), picking up stitches.

Yarn Any Double Knitting (DK) weight yarn. I used wool DK for the red, dark green and pink. You also need one white and one dark green brushed or mohair-type yarn (around DK-weight or thicker), a white bobble or snow effect DK yarn (I used Sirdar Snuggly Bubbly), and a white sparkly yarn (I used Sirdar Pearls DK). Plain DK could be used instead of these three textures. Yarn Amounts - these m