cardigan | 23 by Deborah Doherty

cardigan | 23

Knitting
July 2023
Light Fingering ?
26 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Grass Stitch Pattern, blocked
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1350 - 2670 yards (1234 - 2441 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) [6, 7, 8, 9]
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
41¼ (45, 48½, 52¼, 56) 59¾, 63¼, 67, 70½
105 (114, 123.5, 133, 142) 151.5, 161, 170, 179.5 cm

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9

YARN
11 (12, 13, 14, 16) 17, 18, 20, 21 skeins of mYak Baby Yak Silk or mYak Kupa Collection (127 yards/116 meters/25 grams).
Sample in photographs: Baby Yak Silk in color Indra, size 1 with 5 (1”) buttons

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
Needle A (gauge needle): US 3 (3.25 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge, 24” circular needle or larger
Needle B (for ribbing and collar): US 2 (2.75 mm), or one size smaller than gauge needle, 24” circular needle
Tapestry needle, cable needle, locking stitch markers, waste yarn, 5 (5, 5, 5, 5) 6, 6, 6, 6 1” buttons

GAUGE
26 sts and 34 rows for 4”/10cm in Grass Stitch pattern, blocked

NOTES
This buttoned cardigan has ¾ sleeves and a foldover collar. The fronts, back, and sleeves are worked flat, from the bottom up. Selvedge stitches are worked as slipped stitches for the side and sleeve side seams only. All other edges are worked in Stockinette stitches.
The button bands and collar are picked up and worked after the pieces are seamed. The collar begins at the interior edges of the button bands. German Short rows add depth to the front collar points.