Baby Cable Sweater Knitting Pattern PDF – 4 Ply, 16–22 Inch

Baby cable sweater vintage knitting pattern, instant PDF download.

One 1980s baby jumper design with cable panels, long sleeves, ribbed edges and a buttoned neckline, shown in different colours.

Important: This pattern is for one sweater design. The characters shown are optional sewn-on appliqués, not knitted-in motifs. The original character appliqués are no longer available, but you can find suitable substitute sew-on appliqués or leave the sweater plain. This is not a pattern for knitting the characters.

Sizes: To fit chest 16, 18, 20 and 22 inches (41, 46, 51 and 56 cm). Finished chest measurements: approximately 17½, 19½, 21½ and 23½ inches (44, 50, 54 and 60 cm). Choose by chest measurement rather than age.

Yarn: 4 ply. See item photos for yarn amounts.

Needles: 2.75 mm (old UK 12 / US 2) and 3.25 mm (old UK 10 / US 3). Two buttons and an optional sew-on appliqué are also required.

Language: English.

This is a digitally cleaned, readable PDF of vintage knitting instructions to download and read or print at home. No finished sweater, appliqués or paper pattern will be posted.

You may need to find a modern yarn substitute for the original vintage yarn. Original UK needle numbers are shown alongside modern metric and US equivalents above.

Vintage pattern help and knitting needle size conversion chart