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About this design

Sometimes one color is all you want. This is a plain V-neck sweater drawn as a single-color stencil: the outline of the body and sleeves, two zigzag knit rows across the chest, and ribbing slots running through the cuffs and the hem. There is no motif and no lettering, which leaves it clean enough to repeat as a pattern or to sit beside your own text.

Think of it as the shape that says “ugly sweater” in the fewest lines possible. It suits beginners, quick crafts and anything you plan to paint.

Pieces and weeding

There are 9 pieces and 18 cut-outs. The body, both sleeves, the two cuffs, the hem, the V collar and the two zigzag rows are separate pieces, each divided from its neighbor by a thin cut line, and those lines are what draw the sweater. The cut-outs are the V-shaped neck opening and the slim rib slots in the cuffs and hem. Weed every slot and line carefully, since in a one-color design the gaps are the whole picture. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in near-black with a hint of green: the whole design in one layer. Cut it from any single color you like; the thin gaps between the parts show the shirt, card or wood underneath.

Using it as a stencil

Cut the solid file from adhesive stencil vinyl, weed it, then use transfer tape to lay it on a wood round, a canvas tote or a cookie tin. Dab paint on with a sponge pouncer and very little paint, working from the edges in, so it does not creep under the thin lines. Peel the stencil while the paint is still a little wet. Because the sweater is one shape, you can cut it several times and stencil a whole row across a long board.

Cookie and treat ideas

• A stencil for dusting powdered sugar or cocoa over a frosted cookie or a brownie tray.
• A reusable cocoa-dusting stencil cut from food-safe plastic sheet.
• Chalkboard labels on the dessert table, each with a little sweater.

Size guide

Pairs well with

Stencil it next to This Is My Ugly Sweater on a plain shirt, or use the full-color Ugly Christmas Sweater when you want every layer.