Bundle Alert! When you bundle Olympia with an SQ of Forge on the Hudson + West Co. site, you’ll get a discount off the pattern.

Everyone who’s worn Olympia by Cheryl Toy hasn’t wanted to take it off. Covered in modern, twisting cables featuring a grand double-breasted shawl collar this cardigan is love at first sight and wear. Constructed in pieces from the bottom up, the cables flow seamlessly from the 2x2 ribbing and the lush collar is picked up horizontally and worked back and forth after seaming. Find the perfect buttons for this handsome cardigan and guard your sweater bin or else it’s sure to be “borrowed” regularly.

Finished Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); 37 (41.25, 43.75, 49.5, 53.25, 56.25, 62, 64.25, 70.25)” / 94 (105, 111, 125.5, 135.5, 143, 157.5, 163, 178.5) cm finished bust circumference, buttoned. Cardigan shown measures 43.75” / 111 cm with 5.75” / 14.75 cm positive ease on Brendan, and 11” / 28 cm positive ease on Laura.

Yarn
Hudson + West Co. Forge (70% U.S. Merino / 30% U.S. Corriedale; 235 yds / 215 m; 3.5 oz / 100 g): red feather (burnt orange), 9 (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) skeins.

Needles
Size A (for body): US 7 / 4.5 mm: 40” / 101 cm or longer circular needle; set of double pointed (dpn’s) for sleeves.
Size B (for ribbing): US 5 / 3.75 mm: 40” / 101 cm or longer circular needle; set of double pointed (dpn’s) for sleeves.
Size C (for tubular cast on): US 5 / 3.75 mm: 32” / 80 cm or longer circular needle.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Tapestry needle; stitch markers; locking stitch markers; (optional, for tubular cast on) waste yarn; cable needle (cn); ten 1” / 2.5 cm buttons; (optional, to stabilize back neck) crochet hook.

Gauge
21 sts and 26 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Reverse Stockinette on Size A needle.
Cable repeat measures approx 2.75” / 7 cm wide.

Skills Required
Increasing; decreasing; picking up stitches; seaming; cabling with (or without) a cable needle; slip and turn short rows; I-cord bind off.

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