When I walk my dog along the beach early in the morning the bay is often cloudy. If the weather is fine, with not too much wind, our walk tends to stretch out in time, and as I am walking the sun starts to break its way through the clouds, coloring the sky and the ocean in all possible shades of blue, grey, green…. This beautiful moment is what I tried to capture in the “Cloudy Bay” cardigan.

The “Cloudy Bay” turned out to be a true wardrobe favorite: perfect worn open over jeans and trousers, or closed with a brooch for dresses and skirts. The simple and repetitive stripe-pattern is worked using 6 different shades of blue going from light to dark, and with some garter Stich to add texture and interest.

The knitting is very basic. The body is worked flat and in one piece to underarms, where work is split for back and fronts and continued in separate pieces. Sleeves are worked in the round and bottom up, sleeve-cap is worked back and forth. Shoulders are seamed, sleeves are set in. Stiches are picked up along fronts to work front edge and shawl-collar. The shaping of the collar is achieved by working short-rows.

WoolI was using the soft and lovely Fine Tweed from Rowan to work the cardigan. It comes in balls of 25gr/0.88oz. You will be needing 6/7/7/8/9/9/10/10/11 balls of MC, and 1-2 balls of each of the CC’s depending on which size you are making.
Many wools are worked to the same gauge, and as you need little of each of the CC’s this cardigan could be the perfect stash-buster!
And if you do not enjoy weaving in ends you could use a self-striped wool instead of the 6 shades of blue. Many possibilities….

Sizing The cardigan is supposed to be comfortable with a little ease. About 1 inch of ease should be suffisicient. If you do want your cardigan to be relaxed you could add several inches.

Please note that the sample shown is made with side-seams. I decided to make the instruction for working the body in one piece, as this eliminates lots of ends of wool to be weaved in.