MARIA

MARIA - a beautiful kid jersey with polo-neck or crew neck in DK-weight cotton - here girlish coloures. But also suitable for boys in boyish colours and then the jersey is called MARIO. Coloured in blocks with self-coloured back. Worked flat. The pattern is a simple textured pattern worked from chart. The sleeves are set-in sleeves - long or short. Would also be lovely plain coloured and then suitable to work in rounds without side seams.
Skill level required from 1 (beginner) to 5 (advanged): 3.
The measurements given troughout the pattern are all in cm as well as in inches.
Sizes: 7/8 - 10 - 12 yrs

Sizes included in the pattern: 7/8 - 10 - 12 yrs
Sizes by height: 128 - 140 - 152 centilong
Measurements of the garment:
Chest: 74 cm - 78 cm - 84 cm (29¼" - 30¾" - 33")
Length: 46 cm - 50 cm - 54 cm (18" - 19¾" - 21¼")
Yarn: this design applies for a DK-weight cotton, 100 g = 250 meters. In total 350 - 450 - 500 g divided in 3 colours which is 150 - 150 - 200 g of main colour A (cyclamen) and 100 - 150 - 150 g each colour B (crimson) and C (fuchsia).
For a plain colored version to use 250 - 300 - 350 g.
The original model has been made in CABLÉ, 100 % Egyptian cotton, from Campolmi Roberto Filati in Florence (Firenze), Italy.
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Accessories: 3 small buttons.
Needles: no 2½ mm and 3½ mm
Tension/gauge in stocking st: 22 sts on needles no 3½ mm = 10 cm (4 in)
Suggestions of yarn alternatives: ROWAN Cotton Glace, Lana Grossa Cotone, Schoeller und Stahl Limone, Cascade Ultra Pima Fine, Schackenmayr Catania, Rico Essentials Cotton DK, MONDIAL Cometa.
More patterns for a DK-weight cotton - look here.