Hand-knits are for special occasions: trips to the pumpkin patch, holiday dinners, and of course - school picture day! Targhee wool, structural and springy, lends oodles of textural depth to cables and ribs that are easy to memorize. Designed for active children, this sweater features plenty of ease and buttons for easy dressing.

The front, back, and sleeves are worked flat from the bottom up, and then seamed. Stitches are picked up and worked for the collar, then the button bands, which are seamed at the bottom.

The pattern features a progress chart so you can check off the instructions row-by-row for the AT THE SAME TIME shaping for the front armhole and neckline shaping.

Techniques Used

• Working directional increases and decreases
• Working in the round
• Working a sloped bind-off (instructions provided)
• Picking up and knitting stitches
• Cabling
• Knitting in the row below
• Working a one-row buttonhole (instructions provided)

Gauge

Note: The following gauges are given in nonstandard swatch sizes to avoid providing a fractional gauge.

The central chart worked over 24 sts and 30 rows will be 4 inches / 10 cm wide and 3.5 inches / 8.75 cm tall after wet blocking and allowing to dry completely.

A stockinette stitch swatch worked over 24 sts and 30 rows will be 4.5 inches / 11.25 cm wide and 3.5 inches / 8.75 cm tall after wet blocking and allowing to dry completely.

Body chest measurement: 18 (21, 22, 23) 24, 26, 282, 34) inches / 45 (52.5, 55, 57.5) 60, 65, 700, 85) cm

Finished chest measurement: 19.5 (21, 24, 24.75) 26.25, 27, 29.253.25, 35.5) inches / 49 (52.5, 60, 62) 65.5, 67.5, 733, 89) cm

Finished upper sleeve circumference: 9 (9.25, 9.25, 9.75) 9.75, 10, 10.752, 12.25) inches, 22 (23, 23, 24) 24, 25, 279.5, 30.5) cm

Picking a size: The sweater is designed to fit with 2.5 - 3.5 inches / 6.25 - 8.75 cm of positive ease in both the chest and arms.

Yarn requirements: Non-superwash DK weight wool with crisp stitch definition. 460 (530, 630, 700) 820, 920, 1070350, 1490) yd / 420 (480, 580, 640) 750, 840, 980230, 1360) m. Sample is shown in Brooklyn Tweed Arbor.

Notions

• Stitch markers 6 (6, 8, 8) 8, 8, 80, 10)
• Cable needle
• Tapestry needle
• Waste yarn for holding stitches
• Two 7/8 inch / 2.25 cm buttons