Embroidered Star Sweaters – Knitting Pattern

Design No 5420 Sirdar Pattern , is a baby sweater pattern from the Wishing On A Star collection, featuring a round neck or frilled collar version with embroidered twinkling star motifs. The pattern uses Hayfield Baby Bonus DK yarn, a soft and durable yarn that’s perfect for baby clothes. The pattern is suitable for intermediate knitters, which means knitters who have some experience with knitting and have learned the basic techniques.

The sweater is knit with a combination of 4mm (UK8 – USA6) and 3.25mm (UK10 – USA3) knitting needles, as well as a 3.25mm (UK10 – USA3) 40cm circular needle. The star motifs are then embroidered using a simple lazy daisy stitch, adding a touch of elegance and charm to the sweater. The pattern also includes instructions for adding a button to the sweater, which can be used to fasten it in the front.

This pattern is perfect for knitters who are looking to add a touch of elegance and charm to their baby’s wardrobe. The star motifs are sure to make the sweater stand out and the soft and durable yarn is perfect for keeping your baby comfortable. It is a perfect addition to any baby’s wardrobe, especially for the winter season, and makes a great gift for new parents.

Overall, Design No 5420 is an adorable and elegant baby sweater pattern from the Wishing On A Star collection, featuring embroidered twinkling star motifs. It is suitable for intermediate knitters and uses Hayfield Baby Bonus DK yarn, making it soft and durable, perfect for baby clothes. It’s a perfect addition to any baby’s wardrobe and makes a great gift for new parents.

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When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round.

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles.

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends.

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time.

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up.

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round.

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try.

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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