Effortless by Deborah Doherty

Effortless

Knitting
April 2024
Sport (12 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Beaded Rib Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1750 - 3040 yards (1600 - 2780 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) [6, 7, 8, 9]
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
43½ (47, 50¾, 54½, 58¼) 61¾, 65½, 69¼, 73
110.5 (119.5, 129, 138.5, 148) 157, 166.5, 176, 185.5 cm

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9
Choose the size with 10-16” of ease.

YARN
11 (11, 12, 13, 14) 15, 16, 18, 19 skeins Woolfolk TOV DK (160 yards / 146 meters / 50 grams)
Sample color in photographs: TDK00

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
Needle A (gauge needle): US 5 (3.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge, two 24 and one 32” circular needles and set of dpns.
Needle B (for ribbing): US 4 (3.50 mm), or one size smaller than gauge needle, 24” circular needle and set of dpns
Needle C (for ribbing): US 3 (3.25 mm), or one size smaller than gauge needle, 16” circular needle
Tapestry needle, cable needle, stitch markers, waste yarn, holders, 6 (6, 6, 6, 7) 7, 8, 8, 8 1” buttons

GAUGE
26 sts and 35 rows for 4”/10 cm in Beaded Rib stitch, blocked

NOTES
The cardigan is worked from the bottom up in 3 pieces. The sleeves and body are joined at the yoke, then worked as a single piece. The folded collar is worked from live stitches, then bound off by sewing to the inside. Button and buttonhole bands are created while working the cardigan
Optional: for tighter button bands, use Needle B dpns: work across the band with Needle B dpns, change to Needle A for body, then across the last band with Needle B dpns. Maintain tension between needle changes. Swatch for tension difference. If using this method, count the needle change as markers 1 and 10 for the yoke.
Sample in photographs is size 1 with +12” of ease.