Kitty Cat & Puppy Dog Junior (Knit)

The Kitty Cat & Puppy Dog Junior Sweater is knit top-down, seamlessly in the round. This is an intermediate difficulty pattern.

Some techniques you will encounter in this sweater: knitting in the round, folded collar, increase/decrease stitches, stranded colorwork with multiple colors, intarsia in the round (if you choose this technique), duplicate stitch, and some embroidery techniques (explained in pattern).

Sizing (age | finished circumference in inches)
1: 0-6mo (20in)
2: 6-12mo (22in)
3: 1-2yrs (24in)
4: 2-4yrs (26in)
5: 4-6yrs (28in)
6: 6-8yrs (30in)
7: 8-10yrs (32in)
8: 10-12yrs (34in)

Materials
Circular needles in US 8 (5mm) and US 7 (4.5mm) in suitable lengths (12in, 16in circumferences, and DPN in both sizes for sleeves), tapestry needle, scissors, measuring tape, and stitch markers

Gauge
16 STS X 22 ROWS = 4 X 4 inches in SS using listed yarn with US size 8 (5mm) needles

Yarn
Lion Brand Wool Ease (worsted) in 4 colors:

Main Color 1 (MC1): 150 (175) 200 (250) 300 (400) 550 (700) yards
Main Color 2 (MC2): 100 (125) 150 (175) 200 (225) 250 (250) yards
Accent Color 1 (AC1): 50 (50) 60 (75) 75 (100) 100 (100) yards
Accent Color 2 (AC2): 60 yards or less for all sizes
DOG BASE COLOR: 50 (50) 75 (75) 100 (100) 125 (125) yards
DOG ACCENT COLORS: use best judgment for duplicate stitch charts

Construction
Sweater starts top-down with a folded collar. Repeating motifs are included and suggested to use stranded colorwork technique.

Pet faces were added to the sweater using either stranded colorwork or intarsia in the round. Stranded colorwork will create a much heavier sweater than intarsia will.

You will select the “base type” pet chart that corresponds to the duplicate stitch chart you want to use and knit the base type with one color. Details will be added to the cat faces with duplicate stitch and embroidery techniques included in the pattern

Charts Included
This pattern includes every cat and dog chart I have made. There are a total of 18 cat breeds and 38 dog breeds represented in the pattern, and all different breeds can be customized to match your unique pet! Please see the table of contents photo for a comprehensive list of every breed included in the pattern.

Please note that charts may not be shared or published in any way. You may sell any finished product you create using this pattern.

Pattern will require small amounts of different color yarns depending on the breed. You will need to review the pattern for color requirements. The yarn below is for the sweater and the accent.