Lakehouse

This lightweight cardigan features crossed stockinette, two bold cables, and a cozy shawl collar. It is knit seamlessly using a construction method adapted from Barbara Walker’s top-down simultaneous set-in sleeves in Knitting from the Top.

Skills required:

Long-tail cast-on

Short rows

Cables

Picking up stitches

Increasing

Decreasing

Backwards-loop cast-on

Yardage details: 1565, (1680, 1795, 1900), {2010, 2115, 2230} yards

Crossed stockinette:

To work flat - knit through the back loops, purl as usual

To work in the round - alternate knitting through the back loops one round and knitting as usual one round