Festooned in texture and cables, the Sweet Alford Cardi is a perfect canvas for that special DK you’ve been saving. It is worked seamlessly from the bottom up with raglan shaping on the yoke. There are flowing cables along side the button band and a cable detail on the cuff.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Garment Bust: 82.5 (93, 103, 113, 126, 133, 143.5) cm /
32.5 (36.5, 40.5, 44.5, 49.5, 52.5, 56.5) inches
Garment Waist: 72.5 (82.5, 95, 105.5, 115.5, 127, 137) cm /
28.5 (32.5, 37.5, 41.5, 45.5, 50, 54) inches /
Garment Hips: 85 (95, 105.5, 115.5, 126, 136, 146) cm /
33.5 (37.5, 41.5, 45.5, 49.5, 53.5, 57.5) inches /
See schematic for full measurements
Designed to be worn with 5-20 cm / 2-8 inches positive ease. Sonja has 94 cm / 37 inch bust and is wearing Size 4 (113 cm /
4.5 inch bust).

YARN REQUIREMENTS
John Arbon Textiles, Appledore (DK; 250m per 100g)
Shown in:
Winter Stubbard; 4 (5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins

GAUGE
22 sts x 32 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches on larger needles over Double Moss stitch after blocking
Always use a needle size that results in the correct gauge after blocking

NEEDLES + NOTIONS
3.75mm (9 UK / US 5) knitting needles suitable for working a large number of stitches and working small circumferences in
the round
3.5mm (- UK / US 4) knitting needles suitable for working a large number of stitches and working small circumferences in the round

10 Stitch markers, including 2 locking stitch markers
Cable needle
Lengths of smooth waste yarn for holding sts not being worked
Darning needle
6 x 15mm buttons - Maggie of Textile Garden always has brilliant ones

TECHNIQUES INCLUDE
Increasing, decreasing, working multiple concurrent instructions, picking up sts, working cables, knitting small circumferences in the round.

PATTERN NOTES
This V-neck cardigan is worked seamlessly from the bottom up, with mirrored cables running all the way up the body, alongside the button band and playful cable details on the sleeves. The body is worked back and forth and begins with a deep section of 2x2 ribbing. After this you’ll transition to textured Double Moss stitch with a touch of 1x1 rib at the sides. Body has a slight A-line shape with a little gentle waist shaping, which occurs right next to the 1x1 rib.

The sleeves are worked from the bottom up in the round. The 2x2 ribbing on the cuff transitions into a cable motif and then into Double Moss stitch with the same 1x1 rib detail at the under arm. Once the body and sleeves are completed, all are joined together and stitches are decreased in a raglan yoke. The 1x1 rib detail is incorporated into the raglan shaping, whilst the rest of the yoke is knitted using textural Double Moss. The mirrored cables continue to snake their way up the neck and (using some clever shaping) around to the back of the garment. The button band is then picked up and worked in 1x1 rib.

Cables are both written and charted.
Schematic by my marvelous friend Katie Green