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Skully Cardigan

This cardigan solved a problem for me: a sweater is usually too warm and a cardigan needs at least one button if it is too cool but I never manage to sew on the buttons. For this cardigan I have solved this with a double-knit band across the chest, which holds the cardigan together.
Thanks to the double-knit inserts, and a combination of stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch pattern, this design is reversible. No matter how I take it off in the evening, I can put it on again in the morning and it is never wrong.

Pattern Specifications

Skill Level:
Intermediate

Sizes:
Measurements:
To fit bust:
75, (85, 95, 105, 115) (125, 135, 145, 155) cm / 30, (34, 38, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62)”

Finished Sweater Bust:
81, (88, 103, 110.5, 125.5) (132.5, 140, 155, 162) cm / 32 (34.75, 40.5, 43.5, 49.25) (52.25, 55, 61, 64)”

Lower Body length (measured from underarms):
32, (33, 34, 35, 36) (37, 38, 39, 40) cm / 12.75, (13, 13.5, 14, 14.25) (14.75, 15, 15.5, 15.75)”

For more detailed notes on sizing, see the last photos

Each size is written out separately in tables where necessary to make it easy to read the correct instructions for your size

Materials

Yarn
Yarn requirements (approximately) :
MC
850 (990, 1170, 1380, 1550) (1770, 1970, 2250, 2480) m / 929.2 (1082.2, 1279.2, 1509, 1695) (1935, 2154.1, 2460.2, 2712) yrds
CC
60 (65, 80, 94, 106) (122, 135, 154, 170) m / 65.2 (71, 87.1, 102.2, 115.3, 133.1, 148.2 168.1,185.3) yrds.

Sample shown here (size S) used Donna Smith Designs, Langsoond yarn (100% Shetland wool), double knit weight (220m / 238yrds per 100g) in colors Haigrie (MC) and Clod (CC).

Needles
Circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge, 80cm / 32” in length.
Preferred needles for small circumference knitting (circular or DPN) in size needed to obtain gauge.
Sample was knit on 5.0mm / US 8 needles.

Notions
2 unique stitch markers for end of round and opening.
Stitch markers for double-knit pattern repeat (optional)
Waste yarn to hold sleeve stitches
Darning needle
Blocking mat and pins (optional)

Gauge
19 sts and 32 rnds per 10cm / 4”, worked flat in stockinette st, after blocking.
Changes in gauge will result in size differences and affect the amount of yarn needed to complete the project. Please take the time to check your gauge.

Techniques Used
• Two-color long-tail cast-on, check out the how-to video here https://www.instagram.com/p/BUwkZ4HgXNl/
• Knitting flat and in the round
• Increasing and decreasing
• Double Knitting: Front and back are worked at the same time, using two different colors.

Important to know: the charts show the front only, the back is worked simultaneously

Construction
The cardigan is knitted from top to bottom. The collar is made using double-knitting, then the yoke is knitted in stockinette st.
After the stitches for body and sleeves have been divided, the stitches for the sleeves are put to rest and the body is knitted first. To start, a double-knit band is knitted in the round, as a closure for the cardigan. After that, the body is worked flat in reverse stockinette st to the desired length and finished with a border in garter st.
Finally, the sleeves are knitted. On the left arm there is also a double-knit insert, then you knit in reverse stockinette, the right sleeve is only knitted in stockinette. Both sleeves have also a cuff in garter st.

Tech Editor: James Bartley