For this Wardrobe-Workhorse, Stash-Manager Cardigan, I decided to pile up the yarns from my stash in the same weight, that had been dyed some version of yellow and make the most of those skeins! I used one main color to ground the speckles and that’s the one that I used for the button band, cuffs and bottom ribbing too. I used one colorway to knit the yoke and then began striping two colors after I separated for the sleeves. Using similar colors for the striping made a fade. Using two contrasting colors for the striping would create striped fabric. That would be very cool too!

I cropped this cardigan but some testers made it longer. It features a sturdy, three stitch raglan seam and is worked in reverse stockinette from the top down. Three-quarter length sleeves are worked flat and then seamed for speed and strength.

Notions

• Stitch markers
• 6 buttons X”/Ymm
• Highlighter Pen (optional - for highlighting your size’s instructions)
• Highlighter Tape (optional - to keep your place in the pattern)
• Scrap Yarn (for putting sleeves on holder)
• Measuring Tape
• Tapestry Needle
• Wool Wash and Blocking Mats

Techniques Used

• Long Tail Cast On Method
• Purl Forward and Back Increase
• Purled Decreasing
• Reverse Stockinette Seaming

Supplies to Gather & Techniques to Use
Yarn
Hedgehog Fibres Merino DK (219 yds / 115 g) in three colorways

• MC: Pollen - 2 (2, 2, 2, 2) (3, 3, 3, 3) Skeins
• CC1: Zenith - 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 3) Skeins
• CC2: Fools Gold - 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 3) Skeins OR Approximately 717 (783, 854, 944, 1057) (1200, 1306, 1397, 1500) total yds in complementary colors
• MC: 287 (313, 342, 378, 423) (480, 522, 559, 600) yds
• CC1: 215 (235, 256, 283, 317) (360, 392, 419, 450) yds
• CC2: 215 (235, 256, 283, 317) (360, 392, 419, 450) yds

Gauge
22 stitches and 34 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Reverse Stockinette Stitch on larger needles.

Suggested Needles*

• US Size 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle, 16” / 40 cm length for the neckline AND 24 - 40” / 60-100 cm length (depending on the size you’ve chosen) for the hem ribbing.
• US Size 5 / 3.75 mm 24 - 60” / 60-152 cm length (depending on the size you’ve chosen) for the sweater yoke and body.

Always choose the needle size that you need in order to obtain the pattern’s gauge.

Sizes XS (S, M1, M2, L1) (L2, XL, 2X, 3X)
Finished Bust Measurements
30.25 (33, 36.25, 39.5, 43) (47.5, 51, 54.25, 57.25)” / 76.75 (83.75, 92, 100.25, 109.25) (120.75, 129.5, 137.75, 145.5) cm

Sample shown in size XS with -2” / -5 cm negative ease. BUT some testers knitted a size with up to 5” of ease with great results. Make it yours!