Berroco Coral PDF

Berroco Coral PDF – Knitted Cardigan Pattern by Amy Christoffers

The Berroco Coral is a knitted cardigan pattern designed by Amy Christoffers and published by Berroco. Rated as an intermediate skill level project, Coral is a relaxed, generously sized cardigan worked in DK weight yarn with a recommended positive ease of 6–10 inches (15–25 cm), making it a comfortable, drapey layering piece. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and includes nine sizes, with finished bust measurements ranging from 39¼ inches (99.5 cm) to 74 inches (188 cm). Finished lengths range from approximately 25½ to 28½ inches (65–72.5 cm) depending on size. The sample shown in the pattern photography is knitted in the 48-inch (122 cm) size.

What Is Being Made

Coral is a seamed cardigan featuring a classic open-front silhouette. The design incorporates two colors — a main color (MC) and a contrast color (CC) — which are used to create subtle colorwork detailing. The cardigan is designed with a relaxed, oversized fit that suits a wide range of body types across its nine available sizes.

Construction and Techniques

The Coral cardigan is constructed using a combination of techniques that intermediate knitters will find engaging and instructive. Key construction details include:

• Bottom-up construction: The body is begun at the lower edge and worked upward toward the shoulders, a classic approach that gives knitters good control over length adjustments.
• Worked flat and in the round: The body is worked in the round as a single piece up to the underarms, at which point the work is divided and the back and fronts are worked flat separately. This hybrid approach reduces seaming while maintaining a traditional cardigan structure.
• Seamed construction: The finished pieces are joined using seaming techniques, including a three-needle bind off for shoulder joins, which creates a clean and sturdy seam at the shoulders.
• Short-row shoulder shaping: Shoulders are shaped using short rows, which create a smooth, angled shoulder line without the stair-step effect of traditional bind-off shaping.
• Two-color knitting: The pattern calls for both a main color (MC, Sardinia #8933) and a contrast color (CC, Capri #8940), used together to create colorwork elements within the design.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch used throughout the Coral cardigan is Stockinette stitch (St st), which forms the smooth, classic fabric of the body and sleeves. The pattern also incorporates purl stitches in specific rows as part of the two-color detailing, as indicated in the row-by-row instructions referencing purl stitches worked with the contrast color. Knitters should be comfortable working both knit and purl stitches flat and in the round, as well as managing two yarns simultaneously for the colorwork sections.

Yarn and Materials

The Coral cardigan is knitted in Berroco Isola, a DK weight yarn sold in 100-gram balls. The pattern calls for:

• Main Color (MC): Berroco Isola in #8933 Sardinia — (3, 3, 4) [4, 4, 4] {5, 5, 5} balls depending on size.
• Contrast Color (CC): Berroco Isola in #8940 Capri — (1, 1, 1) [2, 2, 2] {2, 2, 2} balls depending on size.

Berroco recommends using the specified yarn to ensure accurate results, as gauge and drape are calibrated to Berroco Isola.

Needles and Notions

The following tools are required to complete the Coral cardigan:

• 32-inch (80