Sweater in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 - 6749

Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 Baby Sweater – Pattern 6749

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Schachenmayr provides instructions for a charming baby and toddler pullover sweater, designed in three sizes to fit chest measurements 62/68, 74/80, and 86/92. The design is worked in pieces — a back, a front, and sleeves — and features a playful use of multiple colours drawn from the Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 yarn range. With its classic construction, ribbed cuffs and hem, and a decorative cable panel running up the centre, this is an ideal project for knitters with some experience who want to create a beautifully finished handknitted garment for a young child.

Garment Design and Construction

The sweater is a set-in sleeve pullover constructed flat in separate pieces that are seamed together. The back piece and front piece share the same basic structure, though the front features a deeper neckline shaping. Both pieces begin with a ribbed welt worked in Pattern A (Bündchenmuster A), followed by a body section combining stocking stitch panels on either side of a central 10-stitch cable panel (Zopfmuster). The cable panel measures approximately 3 cm wide and adds textural interest to an otherwise clean, smooth fabric.

The sleeves are worked separately, beginning with a ribbed cuff in Pattern B (Bündchenmuster B), and are knitted in a contrasting colour — Violett (shade 00147) — giving the garment a lively, colour-blocked appearance. Additional accent colours — Pink (shade 00137) and Orange (shade 00125) — are referenced in the materials list, suggesting further colourwork or contrast detailing within the pattern pieces.

Sizes and Dimensions

• Size 62/68: Total height approximately 26 cm; body worked over 60 stitches after ribbing decrease row
• Size 74/80: Total height approximately 30 cm; body worked over 70 stitches after ribbing decrease row
• Size 86/92: Total height approximately 34 cm; body worked over 78 stitches after ribbing decrease row

Instructions for all three sizes are given simultaneously throughout the pattern, with figures presented in the format: size 62/68 before the bracket, size 74/80 first figure in bracket, size 86/92 second figure in bracket. Where a single figure appears, it applies to all sizes.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting — all pieces are worked back and forth in rows
• Ribbing (Bündchenmuster A and B) — used for the lower welt and sleeve cuffs to create elasticated, neat edges
• Stocking stitch (glatt rechts) — the main body fabric, worked in smooth knit-on-right-side, purl-on-wrong-side rows
• Cable pattern (Zopfmuster) — a 10-stitch cable running centrally up the front and back, producing a classic twisted rope or braid effect; cables are created by holding stitches on a cable needle and crossing them in front of or behind the working needle
• Decrease rows within ribbing — a decrease row is worked at the transition from welt to body, reducing stitch count and creating a neat, fitted join between the ribbed border and the stocking stitch section
• Armhole shaping (Armausschnitte) — stitches are cast off at each side to create the set-in armhole curve, with further decreases worked every second row
• Neckline shaping — the back has a shallow neckline with a central cast-off; the front has a deeper V- or round-neck shaping with stepped decreases worked on either side of the centre stitches over several rows
• Shoulder cast-off — remaining shoulder stitches are cast off at full height to complete each piece

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (rechts) — forms the right-side rows of stocking stitch and the knit columns of the