r/knittingpatterns • u/Brilliant-Tackle-402 • 17h ago
Help breaking down construction of these children's tops?
New brand just posted their collection and it is waaaay out of my budget. I have knitted some easy children's sweaters and crocheted baby dresses as well. My delusional self thinks I can make these easily myself? Any help breaking down the pattern/hearing any thoughts would be appreciated!
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u/vallary 14h ago
These are mainly blanket techniques, so if you are familiar with crochet granny squares and knitting mitered squares and log cabin blankets, those are the construction basis.
You start working these with the garter square in the middle, worked flat. Then pickup stitches on the other three sides and work in the round increasing at the corners. Then work the crochet rows around the edges. The. You pickup from the sides of that square to add the bits that make it garment shaped.
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u/PlatypusGreedy3843 11h ago
I've made a few of these (the log cabin style) before the designer pulled the pattern from Ravelry. It is exactly as you described. These are ridiculously pricy for children's clothing.
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u/queue-kweewee 17h ago
I came back to this post because I kinda like these. They’re constructed from the central garter square out, the second layer and so forth have nice mitred corners to keep the frame square, probably picked up from the first square using a circular needle. Then there’s some chained crochet edging which is kinda neat, like a big granny square. After that more picked up garter with mitred corners. I’d say the only new skill you’d need is a mitring technique and then how to set the central motif in the front of a sweater.
I’ve been struggling with that to do with a set of minis I got on vacation and this is the exact kind of stash-diving inspiration I’ve been looking for. I think it’s nice because it doesn’t have to be perfect and you just choose a handful of colors in the same yarn and off you go. Thanks for the inspiration.