Doesn’t your grandpa have a cozy cardigan to wear around the house? Knit yours oversized to be comfy like Gramps, or to your chest measurement for a little more sass.
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The Gramps Cardigan is a size-inclusive pattern that includes details like:

• Bottom-up construction with raglan-style seamless sleeves
• Great-fitting shawl collar extended with short rows to be wider at the neckline for a better fit
• Cables worked on the fronts and modified for the sleeves, with the back knit in a wide-wale rib
• Cable pattern that is both written and charted.
• Options include longer sweater length and 3/4-length sleeves

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5){6, 7, 8, 9}(10, 11, 12, 13)
#sizeinclusive

ACTUAL FINISHED CHEST
31 (35, 36.25, 40, 43.75){45.25, 49, 52.75, 54.75}(78.5, 89, 92, 101.5, 111) inches
78.5 (89, 92, 101.5, 111){115, 124.5, 134, 139}(150, 156, 167.5, 179.5) cm

TOOLS
Size 7 (4.5 mm) and Size 8 (5 mm) 40” (100 cm) and 16” (40 cm) circular needles AND a set of DPNs in each size; stitch markers; cable needle

NOTIONS
1”/2.5 cm buttons, 5 for standard length sweater and 6 for longer length sweater, sewing needle and matching thread

GAUGE
17 sts and 27 rows per 4”/10 cm in stockinette on larger needles
36 sts per 5”/12.5 cm in Criss Cross Cable Pattern

YARN
Featured version is worked with Biches & Buches Le Gros Lambswool in Very Light Pink.
Standard Length: 950 (1100, 1175, 1350, 1500){1575, 1750, 1900, 1975}(2125, 2200, 2350, 2575) yards / 870 (1010, 1075, 1235, 1375){1445, 1605, 1740, 1810}(1945, 2015, 2150, 2355) meters worsted weight yarn
Longer Length: 1025 (1200, 1275, 1450, 1625){1700, 1875, 2025, 2125}(2275, 2350, 2525, 2750) yards / 940 (1100, 1170, 1330, 1490){1555, 1715, 1855, 1945}(2085, 2150, 2310, 2515) meters worsted weight yarn

SIZING
Modeled in Size 4 (in pink) with standard sweater length, long sleeves and 4”/10 cm positive easy.

This pattern listing is the adult unisex version of Gramps and features 13 sizes with options for different body and sleeve lengths. Click here for the child’s version; there is a slight overlap in sizing on the smallest end of the adult pattern.

EXPERIENCE
Pattern is designed for experienced knitters comfortable with decreasing in a cable pattern.

The following free tutorials are also available to help you knit your best sweater ever!
Cabling while decreasing
One-row buttonhole