Pacific Coast by Gabrielle Danskknit

Pacific Coast

Knitting
June 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
300 - 1100 yards (274 - 1006 m)
Nb (3 mo, 6 mo, 1 yo, 2 yo, 4 yo, 6 yo, 8 yo, 10 yo)
English French
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Pacific Coast: Knitted with fingering yarn, this unisex top-down cardigan is the perfect addition for any season!
A matching hat, Pacific Tour, is also be available.
(For the worsted version of this sweater, click here)

This project is perfect to destash (hello little skeins!), to make a rainbow sweater, gradient sweater, etc. Lots of possibilities!

Body is knitted flat and sleeves are knitted in the round. Seamless! Stitches are then picked up to knit the rib edges.
Instructions are given for 1 main colour (MC) and 1 contrast colour (CC) but you can use as many colours as you wish.

The cardigan comes in 9 sizes :
Nb (3 mo, 6 mo, 1 yo, 2 yo, 4 yo, 6 yo, 8 yo, 10 yo)
Blocked Garment Measurements
15 (16, 18, 19.5, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27) inches
38 (40.5, 46, 50, 53, 58, 63, 66, 68) cm
Your size’s choice should be based on finished chest measurements as you can shorten/lengthen body and sleeves length if needed. Age label is just there to give a reference.

Materials
• Fingering weight yarn or any other yarn that gives gauge
MC: 175 (190, 200, 250, 300, 350, 425, 500, 550)
CC: 125 (150, 200, 225, 275, 325, 400, 475, 525)yards
• 32’’ circular needle and double pointed needles (DPNs) US # 2½ and 3 (3 mm and 3.25 mm) or any size required to obtain the stockinette stitch gauge
• Other : 4 stitch markers, 2 stitch holders, 8 (8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12) 0.5’’ buttons

This pattern has been tested.
French translation available thanks to ranuk