Introducing Carousel – a lightly shaped cardigan with a wide and dipping neckline. This is a top down knit worked in fingering weight yarn. Its overall texture – Mock English Rib – is a simple knit/purl repeat, that is bordered by 1x1 ribbing at its hems and edges. Slim sleeves are worked top down too, in the round, and set in. I chose to use 2 different yarns for reasons of my color selection only. Their gauges are identical, so mix or not, as you wish! Enjoy!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 31¼, 35, 38¾, 42½, 47½, 51¼, 55” / 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 108, 120.7, 130.2, 139.7 cm
Waist: 27½, 31¼, 35, 38¾, 43¾, 47½, 51¼“ / 69.9, 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 111.1, 120.7, 130.2 cm
Hip: 31¼, 35, 38¾, 42½, 47½, 51¼, 55” / 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 108, 120.7, 130.2, 139.7 cm
Length: 23¼, 23¾, 24, 24¼, 24½, 24¾, 25” / 59.1, 60.3, 61, 61.6, 62.2, 62.9, 63.5 cm
– shown in size 35”/ 88.9 cm, worn with no ease.

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Tern yarn by Quince & Co. (75% American wool / 25% silk; 221 yards / 202 m per 50g skein);
main color (MC) – Buoy #407; 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 1190, 1350, 1475, 1630, 1800, 1955, 2110 yards / 1090, 1235, 1350, 1490, 1645, 1790, 1930 m;
trimmed in Finch by Quince & Co. (100% American Wool; 221 yds/202m per 50g skein);
trim (CC) – Egret #101; 1 skein, or for comparable yarn, 130, 135, 140, 140, 145, 150, 150 yards / 120, 125, 130, 130, 135, 140, 140 m.
I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.

Needles
US4 / 3.5mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24” / 60 cm circular (for crossback, neckline trim, button laps, and sleeve caps)
• 1 24” / 60 cm to 32” / 80 cm circular (to manage multiple sts of joined bodice, bodice worked flat)
• 1 set double-pointed or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round

Notions
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Pins (blocking wires, optional)
• (7) ¾“ / 19 mm buttons

GAUGE (after blocking)
• 25.6 sts and 40 rows to 4” / 10.2 cm in Stockinette Stitch
• 25.6 sts and 40 rows to 4” / 10.2 cm in Mock English Rib

SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, Cable CO, decreases (ssk, k2tog, p2tog, p2tog tbl), increases (m1R, m1L, yo), short row shaping, picking up stitches, circular knitting, setting in sleeves, and blocking.

12 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, and definitions for relevant abbreviations.

Here’s a fun blog post about its name source.