Strolling Cardigan

Textured cables and leaves adorn this long sleeve, crew neck cardigan. Worked from the bottom up in one piece with sleeves worked top down and in the round. 

Note: Cable and lace patterns are both charted and written

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Knit, knit through the back loop
• Purl, purl through the back loop
• Increases
• Decreases
• Cables
• 3-needle bind off
• German short rows
• Buttonholes
• Picking up stitches
• Sewing buttons

GAUGE

20 stitches and 30 rows on needle size US6 (4.0mm) in stockinette is 4” (10cm) knit flat and in the round

One repeat of charts B and D is 2 inches (5cm) wide

One repeat of chart C is 4.5 inches (11.5cm) wide

YARN REQUIREMENTS

1500 (1625, 1725, 1825) (1950, 2050, 2150) (2250, 2350, 2450) yards of wool or wool blend yarn needed to get gauge

Sample worked in size 36" with Hazel Knits Lively DK; 90% merino, 10% nylon; 275 yards in 130 grams; 6 skeins in color 267 Frost

NEEDLE REQUIREMENTS

• Size US6 (4.0mm) needles for small circumference knitting in the round (sleeves)
• Size US6 (4.0mm) 32” (40” for larger sizes) circular needle for body (worked flat)
• Size US5 (3.75mm) 24" circular needle (bands)