This is a nice basic pattern which also comes in a children's size. At first you might think circular knitting is intimidating but it's not. It's a little awkward at first when you are using the double pointed needles, or maybe that's just because I am a little clumsy. Once you switch over to the circulars it's a total breeze.
I am using Ocean Aran by Tivoli, it's a lovely soft colourful yarn. I started with the lightest colourway in the centre working my way out to the darker colourway (161, 162, 163).
I'm planning on using colour 162 for the arms, it's got nice shades of purple going through it. I've bought 5 balls of yarn so far, but might need to buy another 2 before I finish.
I would advise you to just work the pattern each section at a time, if you read ahead like I did you might get a bit panicked as some of the instructions seem very complicated until you actually start working on it.
The i-cord edging is way easier to work than you might think. I'm alternating colours 163 and 162 for the edges. When I reached the edge I did not cast off, I picked up 3 stitches on my double pointed needles and knit 12 rows of i cord. When you reach the end of a row you do not turn the needle you just push the stitches to the other end of the needle. You just place those stitches on a holder, do the same with the second colour. Then you pick the first coil off the stitch holder with your dpn and knit the next 3 edge stitches onto the coil, finally you knit 2tog three times so you are back to working with 3 stitches. You basically carry on doing this until you run out of edging. Cast off and sew final 2 cords into the edge.
Here's the link to the pattern I have used, you need to be a member to view the free patterns but it is a safe site and they also have a childrens pattern on there too.
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