Captain Barnacles Hooded Cardigan Knitting Pattern PDF Character Jacket DK 3mths - 6 years

Knit a cosy hooded cardigan for little adventurers with this Captain Barnacles knitting pattern. Featuring a cheerful polar bear character on the lower front, this design combines a playful intarsia motif with a practical everyday cardigan.

The cardigan is worked in stocking stitch with ribbed cuffs and hem, a shaped hood and a continuous ribbed border around the front opening and hood. The button fastening makes it easy to layer over everyday outfits.

Pattern details

• Five sizes, covering approximately 3–6 months to 5–6 years.

• To fit chest measurements of 18–26 inches / 46–66cm.

• DK / 8ply yarn.

• Knitted flat in pieces and sewn together.

• Hood worked from stitches picked up around the neckline.

• Written instructions in English and a colour chart for the character motif.

• Buttonhole instructions for either fastening orientation.

• Hat emblem, buckle and eyes may be embroidered afterwards if preferred.

Sizing and main-colour yarn

Choose your size using chest measurements; ages are an approximate guide.

The pattern specifies 50g each of dark blue and white, with additional contrast colours for the character details. Follow the colour chart for the light blue, grey, black and yellow areas.

You will need

• 3.25mm and 4mm straight knitting needles.

• A 3.25mm circular needle for the continuous front and hood border.

• Four buttons for the two smallest sizes, or five for the remaining sizes.

• Stitch holders and a sewing-up needle.

Tension: 24 stitches and 32 rows to 10cm over stocking stitch using 4mm needles. Check your tension carefully when choosing yarn.

Best suited to knitters comfortable with shaping, picking up stitches and following an intarsia colour chart.

This listing is for a digital PDF knitting pattern, not a finished cardigan.