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Classy and classic, you’ll find this open cardigan essential for your winter sweater wardrobe. The simple cables affect the fabric around them, resulting in a restless bend and flow to the overall pattern. The sleeves have a bit of fullness that gathers in gracefully at the cuffs. Welted details add the perfect finishing touch. Worked almost seamlessly in a worsted weight yarn, this is a quick and satisfying knit.

This is a project for intermediate or adventurous beginner knitters. Skills used include working cables, shaping in stitch pattern, picking up stitches, circular knitting and short rows. The stitch pattern is given in charted form only. The sweater is knit flat in one piece from the bottom up to the underarms then divides. The shoulders are seamed. The sleeves are picked up and worked in stockinette stitch circularly from the top down using short rows for the sleeve caps. The pattern is 6 pages long and includes a schematic. It has been test knit and professionally tech edited to be clear and free of errors.

Sizes:
Womens’ Sizes: S (M, L) (1X, 2X, 3X) designed to be worn with 2-4 in/ 5-10 cm of ease. Shown in size M worn with 4 in/ 10 cm of ease and shortened by 1 in/ 2.5 cm for a petite size model.

Finished Measurements:
Bust (to meet in center with no overlap): 36 3/4 (40 3/4, 44 3/4), (48 3/4, 52 3/4, 56 3/4) in/ 93.5 (103.5, 114), (124, 134, 144.5) cm.
Hem to back neck: 22 in/ 56 cm - Length is adjustable, though longer lengths will require more yarn.

Gauge:
22 sts/ 28 rows/ 4 in/ 10 cm in cable pattern.

What You Need:

• Berroco Ultra Alpaca Natural (50% Superfine Alpaca, 50% Peruvian Wool; 219 yds/ 200 m per 3.5 oz/ 100g skein); “Jasmine Rice”; 5 (6, 6) (7, 7, 8) skeins. OR 1095 (1189, 1314) (1408, 1533, 1658) yds/ 1004 (1090, 1205) (1291, 1406, 1520) m of a similar worsted weight yarn.

• Needles in 2 sizes as follows:

  Gauge size needles: One 32 (32, 32) (40, 40, 47) in/ 80 (80, 80) (100, 100, 120) cm minimum length circular needle, one 16 in/ 40 cm circular needle, and one set of dpns in size required to obtain gauge. I used US #6/ 4.0 mm. You may need a size or two above or below that.

  Smaller than gauge size needles: One 40 in/ 100cm minimum length circular needle and one set of dpns in one US size smaller than gauge size needles.

• 2 stitch holders or scrap yarn

• 3 clip-on style stitch markers

• Tapestry needle

Tech Editing by Desert Rose Fiber Arts
Photography by JDStylos Photography