I am looking for a Koala Jumper Knitting Pattern

Busybee_2

Please can anyone help????

I have been desperately searching for a suitable knitting pattern in order to knit my daughter a jumper with a koala bear picture on it. It needs to be suitable for a girl with bust size 34". I can only come up with a pattern for a jumper suitable for a much larger bust size and I have absolutely no idea how to adapt it to fit.

I know this is a real long shot but have any MSE members by any chance got or seen such a knitting pattern anywhere that they can quote me the pattern makers name/number of so I can try and obtain a copy please?

Thanks for taking the time to read this post.;)

libra10

Most knitting patterns these days are straight from top to bottom, without any sleeve shaping. If you check the tension stated in the pattern it should be quite straightforward to cast on fewer stitches than stated. For example, if pattern for 38" states 8 stitches per inch, you would need to lose 4" overall for size 34". That is 2" for back and 2" for front. You would therefore cast on 16 fewer stitches than pattern states.

Don't know whether this is helpful, I used to do lots of knitting and will check whether there is anything that you might use.

Good luck

libra10

Just found this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KOALA-BEAR-SWEATER-KNITTING-PATTERN-28-42-CHEST-DK_W0QQitemZ230021049562QQihZ013QQcategoryZ41241QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

And this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WILD-ANIMALS-KNITTING-PATTERN-ZEBRA-CAMEL-KOALA-GIRAFFE_W0QQitemZ330134994309QQihZ014QQcategoryZ41238QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Hope you find something suitable

Busybee_2

Thank You so very much libra10 both for the knitting advice and the pattern details. The King cole pattern looks just perfect. I have actually been typing 'koala' in to search on ebay for several days now but for some reason I never got either of these come up. I can't thank you enough for your time and effort. I knew there would be an MSE member out there that could help me.
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libra10

You're welcome.

Good luck