One of my family’s favorite books is The Amazing Idea of You, by Charlotte Sullivan Wild. One of the most touching details of the book to me — and the inspiration for this pattern — is the cardigan the main character grows up with.

This sweater is a seamless bottom up cardigan, knitted flat with short-row shaping, and a circular yoke featuring simple stranded color work and elongated stitches. The color work is worked over a single row, so there is no carrying the yarn across the back on a wrong side row.

The Yoke instructions for the color work section are given in both charted and written directions.

Yarn:
MC: Cascade 220 Superwash, Worsted weight
220 yds / 183m / 100 g
CC: Cascade 128 Superwash, Bulky weight
128 yds / 117m / 100 g

Colorway:
MC: 817 Aran (natural)
CC: 308 Artichoke Green (green)

Needles:
For Main Fabric: US 6 - 32” / 80 cm circulars for working flat and for magic loop (or you may use DPNs for small circumference knitting)
For Ribbing: US 4/3.5mm - 32” / 80 cm circulars for working flat and for magic loop (or you may use DPNs for small circumference knitting)

Notions:
Tapestry needle, row counter, scrap yarn or stitch holders, 5 (5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6) 0.75” / 2 cm buttons, matching thread, and sewing needle

Yardage:
Cascade 228 (10% overage): 334 (411, 466, 530, 594, 652, 746) yds / 306 (376, 425, 485, 543, 596, 682) m
Cascade 128 (10% overage): 9 (10, 12, 13,15, 16, 18) yds / 9 (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17) m

Gauge:
24 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in blocked twisted stockinette st worked flat with worsted weight yarn on larger needles

Sizes:
0-6 m (6-12 m, 12-18 m, 2T, 3T, 4T, 6)
This cardigan is designed to be worn with 1-3” / 2.5-7.5 cm of positive ease for room to grow. The model is wearing a size 3T with 1” of positive ease.

Finished Measurements:
Chest Circumference (when buttoned):
17.5 (19, 20, 22.5, 23.5, 24.5, 26.5)”
44.5 (48.5, 51, 57, 59.5, 62, 67.5) cm

This pattern has been tech edited by the wonderful Meaghan Schmaltz.