Steamer Trunk Baby Henley Pullover

Completed: October 2014
Finished Size: fits a 0-to-6-month-old baby

Working a sweater from the top down
feels awkward at first.

I knitted this using Erica Kempf Broughton's Simple Baby Pullover pattern, which is a free pattern you can download from Ravelry.com.

It is a top-down pattern, and I'd never worked a sweater from the top down before, and I didn't have the right length #7 circular needle so the needle I made it on was enormously long, so it felt a little bit awkward while it was in progress, but it was interesting to see how it came together.

The finished product

The pattern is written for a Cascade Yarns worsted yarn, but, on the advice of Webs Yarn Store, I used Mrs. Crosby's Steamer Trunk yarn as a direct substitute with no change in gauge.

The sweater knits up very quickly with such a big yarn, and the roasted chestnut color I used had really nice color variegation. I had originally planned to put black buttons on the placket, but after seeing the color in person, I decided red would be better (not to mention more fun).

The superwash merino is also machine washable and dryable, which should certainly be a plus in a baby sweater.