Summary Cardigan, garter stitch, zig-zag stripes, buttonholes on either side for boys or girls, rated Advanced.

Notes First appeared in INKnitters, Winter 2002.

Sizes

• Small (20”/51 cm., size 1)
• Medium (24”/61 cm., size 2-4)
• Large (27”/69 cm., size 8).

Finished measurements

• 24(26,31)”/61(66,79) cm.
• The size is entirely dependent on your knitting gauge

Yarn

• 2 to 14 colors
• For Small or Medium sizes, use sport weight or similar thickness – look on ball labels for yarns that suggest you use about size 5 (5.75 mm) needles.
• For the Large size, use worsted weight yarn – look for yarns that suggest you use about size 7 (4.5 mm) or size 8 (5 mm) needles.
• The yarns do NOT need to be the same brands and types, but should all be washable in the same way.

Needles and Notions

• long circular needle (30”/75 cm. or more)
• set of five double point needles, all of the same size.
• For small or medium size – Size 6 (4.25 mm) needles
• For large size – Size 8 (5 mm) needles
• round stitch markers (rings or small yarn loops)
• two flexible stitch holders long enough to each hold 74 sts (lengths of yarn work well)
• two smaller (than the other two listed above) stitch holders
• small safety pins
• five .75” to .875” (3/4 to 7/5) inch / (1.9 to 2.2 cm) buttons

Gauge Varies with the size you choose to make

• For small or medium size (sport weight yarn): about 20 sts and 20 garter ridges per 4 inches, after laundering or resting.
• For large size (worsted weight yarn): about 18 sts and 18 garter ridges per 4 inches, after laundering or resting.

Publication Information December 2002, Revised January 2005.