Lauder Kids by Rebecca Clow

Lauder Kids

Knitting
December 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 39 rows = 4 inches
in Cables
US 3 - 3.25 mm
546 - 1462 yards (499 - 1337 m)
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) to fit approximately (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years) (4 years, 6 years, 8 years, 10 years)
English
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The Lauder sweater is a top-down, all-over cabled pattern with cabled detailing around the neck and shoulders. It’s worked with dropped shoulders. The back is worked first, then the fronts and then it’s joined in the round. The sleeves are shaped with short rows.

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Sizes: (1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) to fit approximately (6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years) (4 years, 6 years, 8 years, 10 years)

Finished Chest Circumference: (51.5, 58.5, 58.5, 60) (63.5, 68.5, 77, 80.5) cm/(20.25, 23, 23, 23.5) (25, 27, 30.25, 31.75) inches

Recommended positive ease Recommended positive ease 5-10 cm/2-4 inches

Gauge: 28 sts and 39 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in cable stitch pattern

Yarn
The sample was knit in Laxtons Sheepsoft 4ply 220m/240 yards per 50g. This is a fingering-weight pattern. A yarn that shows stitch definition is helpful.

Any yarn that meets gauge can be used.

(499, 561, 635, 740) (911, 1040, 1208, 1337) meters/(546, 614, 695, 810) (997, 1138, 1321, 1462) yards

This is a Kids Version of the Lauder Sweater for Adults.

The sample in the photo is 6 months size.

Techniques used
German Short Rows
Cables
Reading cable charts
Picking up Stitches

Note: the collar depth was updated after the test knit based on tester feedback, so there is some discrepancy with tester photos and the final pattern.