Cascade Falls Open Front Cardigan in SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted - Downloadable PDF

Cascade Falls Open Front Cardigan in SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted by Amanda Scheuzger

The Cascade Falls Open Front Cardigan is a beautifully cozy, wearable knitting pattern designed by Amanda Scheuzger and published by SweetGeorgia Yarns. Inspired by a crisp, scenic hike ending at a breathtaking waterfall, this garment captures the spirit of outdoor adventure in a sophisticated, wearable silhouette. Available as a downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level knitting pattern is a rewarding project for knitters ready to move beyond the basics and explore more complex textural techniques.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is an open front cardigan — a relaxed, unfastened style that drapes elegantly at the front without buttons or closures. Its defining feature is a wide reversible cable that cascades prominently down the front panels, creating a dramatic, eye-catching focal point reminiscent of falling water. An extra thick collar provides additional warmth at the neckline, making this cardigan particularly well-suited to cool-weather wear. The overall design balances cozy functionality with refined, artisan craftsmanship.

Techniques Used

This pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty, meaning it is best suited to knitters who are comfortable with fundamental knitting skills and ready to take on more involved construction methods. Key techniques include:

• Reversible cabling — the wide cable panel is specifically designed to look attractive from both sides, making it an ideal technique for an open front cardigan where the inside of the fabric may be visible
• Working in the round — the pattern makes use of both circular needles and double-pointed needles, indicating that portions of the garment are knitted in the round for seamless construction
• Stitch holder management — scrap yarn is used to hold stitches during construction, a common technique in garment knitting when working sleeves or joining sections
• Gauge adjustment — two different needle sizes are specified, suggesting intentional changes in fabric density for different sections of the cardigan
• Seaming and finishing — a tapestry needle is listed among notions, indicating some finishing work such as weaving in ends and potentially seaming sections

Stitches Used

While the pattern does not enumerate every stitch explicitly in the provided content, the construction and design point to the following stitch types:

• Cable stitches — the central design element, worked with a cable needle to cross stitches over one another, creating the signature cascading cable panel
• Reversible stitch patterns — the cable is described as reversible, suggesting the use of stitches such as brioche, seed stitch, or ribbing-based cable structures that read attractively on both the right and wrong sides
• Knit and purl combinations — standard to cardigan construction for shaping, body fabric, and collar detailing

Materials: Yarn

The pattern calls for SweetGeorgia Yarns Trinity Worsted in the colorway Birch. This luxurious yarn is a three-fiber blend of 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, and 10% silk, combining the best qualities of each fiber into a single, sumptuous worsted-weight yarn. Each skein contains 200 yards / 182 meters and weighs 4 oz / 115 g.

Depending on the size being knitted, the pattern requires:

• 6 skeins for the two smallest sizes
• 7 skeins for the third size
• 8 skeins for the fourth and fifth sizes
• 9 skeins for the sixth size
• 10 skeins for the largest size

The superwash merino component provides softness, elasticity, and easy machine-washable care. The cashmere adds an incomparable cloud-like warmth and drape, while the silk introduces a subtle luminosity and strength to the finished fabric. Together, these fibers make Trinity Wor