Cast on a little classic style with this vintage-inspired cardigan. Salal begins with a plain stockinette upper back. Fronts are picked up from the back’s cast-on edge and knit in a lace pattern. After the scoop neck, motifs on each front are replaced with stockinette, one by one, to form a triangular shape. The fronts and back are joined when the underarms are cast on, and the body is continued in stockinette with waist shaping. ¾-length seamless set-in sleeves are picked up and knit around the armholes and shaped using short rows.

Gauge in Stockinette: 20 sts x 28 rows = 4 in x 4 in / 10 cm x 10 cm

Skills to Know: Knit, purl, cast on, bind off, increase, decrease, yarn over, picking up stitches, short rows, placing stitches on hold, removing stitches from holders, working in the round, working flat, matching gauge

Sizes: XS (S, M, L {1X, 2X, 3X} 4X, 5X, 6X)

Finished Chest: 30 (34, 38, 42 {45.5, 50, 54} 58, 62, 66) in / 76 (86, 97, 107 {116, 127, 137} 147, 157, 168) cm

Suggested Ease: 1-4 in / 2.5-10 cm of negative ease

Supplies: • US 7 / 4.5 mm circular needles with 16 in / 40 cm cables, 32 in / 80 cm cables, and DPNs. • 590 (710, 760, 830 {900, 990, 1070} 1150, 1250, 1310) yds / 540 (650, 695, 760 {825, 905, 980} 1055, 1145, 1200) m worsted-weight superwash merino yarn. • Stitch holders or scrap yarn. • 2 stitch markers labeled A and B. • 6 x ¾ in / 2 cm buttons. • Yarn needle.