Girl’s Striped Cardigan in Schachenmayr Journey - S9474 - Downloadable PDF

Girl's Striped Cardigan in Schachenmayr Journey – Pattern S9474

This free downloadable knitting pattern (S9474) from Schachenmayr guides knitters through the construction of a charming girl's striped cardigan worked in a classic ribbed texture with bold, eye-catching color stripes. Designed at an intermediate difficulty level, the pattern covers six sizes ranging from 140/146 through 164/170, making it suitable for girls across a broad range of ages and builds. The cardigan features an integrated front band, shaped armholes, a rounded neckline, and shoulder shaping, all worked in Schachenmayr Journey yarn at an aran weight.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a girls' knitted cardigan featuring a structured stripe sequence across the body and sleeves. The garment includes a back piece, a right front piece with an integrated ribbed button band, and sleeves worked with their own stripe sequence. The cardigan has shaped armhole decreases, a scooped neckline with gradual shaping, and angled shoulder bind-offs for a neat, tailored finish. The front band is knitted directly onto the front piece rather than picked up separately, giving the garment a clean, professional look.

Sizes Covered

• 140/146 – smallest size grouping
• 152/158 – mid size grouping
• 164/170 – largest size grouping

All stitch counts, row counts, and shaping instructions are provided for each size, separated clearly throughout the pattern so knitters can follow their chosen size with confidence.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for Schachenmayr Journey, an aran weight yarn, used in three colorways to create the stripe effect:

• Natur (Fb 00002) – 350/400/450 g depending on size
• Stahl (Fb 00092) – 150/150/200 g depending on size
• Granat (Fb 00037) – 150/150/200 g depending on size

The warm Natur serves as the dominant background color, while Stahl (a steel grey-blue) and Granat (a deep garnet red) provide the contrasting stripe bands. Together these three shades create a classic, wearable palette well suited to children's knitwear.

Required tools include Milward 6 mm knitting needles and one tapestry/wool needle for finishing and seaming.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting – all pieces are worked back and forth in rows
• Stripe sequence knitting – colors are changed at set row intervals to build the stripe pattern across the body and sleeves
• Armhole shaping – worked through a series of bind-offs at each side: 1x 4 sts, 2x 3 sts, 1x 2 sts, and 1x 1 st in alternating rows
• Neckline shaping – center stitches are bound off, followed by additional decreases on each side to create a rounded neck opening
• Shoulder shaping – angled bind-offs worked in every other row to create a sloped shoulder seam
• Integrated front band – 18 stitches on the right front are maintained in rib pattern throughout to form the button band without a separate pick-up step
• Decreasing for neckline on front piece – stitches are decreased by working two or three stitches together (knitting together on wrong-side rows) at regular intervals every 4th row
• Seaming – pieces are joined using the wool needle after blocking

Stitches Used

• Rib stitch (Rippenmuster) – the primary stitch pattern used throughout the entire cardigan