Strand Up

Strand Up Cardigan is a long sleeved, v-neck cardigan knit in four colors of 100% wool, sport weight yarn. Worked from the bottom up in one piece, sleeves are picked up from the arm scythe and knit in the round down to the cuff with short rows to shape the sleeve cap.

Skills Required:

• knitting stranded colorwork flat

• knitting stranded colorwork in the round

• 3-needle bind off • picking up stitches

• cable cast on

• buttonholes

• reading a chart

• short rows

• decreases and increases

Yarn Requirements:

Sport weight 100% wool yarn in 4 colors.

• Main Color: 745 (790, 835, 880, 925, 975, 1020, 1065, 1110, 1155, 11200) yards

• Contrast 1: 145 (150, 160, 170, 180, 185,195, 205, 215, 220, 230) yards

• Contrast 2: 115 (120, 130, 135, 145, 150, 155, 165, 170, 175, 185) yards

• Contrast 3: 230 (245, 255, 270, 285, 295, 310, 325, 340, 355, 365) yards

Gauge

• 24 sts and 34 rows on needle size US4 (3.5mm) in stockinette is 4” (10cm)

• 24 sts and 24 rows on needle size US5 (3.75mm) in stranded colorwork pattern is 4” (10cm)