A truly classic and wonderfully simple sweater, Tamarack only requires knits and purls along with common increases and decreases and some German Short rows to shape the shawl collar. But this wonderful simplicity does not in any way detract from its handsomeness. A timeless shawl collar cardigan, Tamarack is worked seamlessly from the top-down and uses Broken Rib stitch for easy-to-knit, all-over texture. The shawl collar is scaled so that the larger sizes will have a larger collar. Shown is size 6 on a child that normally wears size 5T.

Tamarack is part of the Woodland Ramble collection. The entire collection is available as both an ebook and printed book. You can find the printed book on my website here.

SIZES
(2, 4, 6) (8, 10, 12) years

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Finished chest measurement: (20.5, 22.5, 24.75) (25.75, 30, 31.75) inches / (52.5, 58, 63) (70, 75, 79.5) cm

Choose the size nearest the recipient’s size in ready-to-wear clothing or go up a size for extended wear.

YARN
(2, 2, 3) (3, 4, 4) skeins De Rerum Natura Gilliat in color Caramel.

Or (452, 547, 635) (765, 883, 1012) yards / (413, 500, 580) (700, 807, 925) meters worsted weight yarn.

NEEDLES
One 32 inch (80 cm) US size 7 (4.5 mm) (or size needed to obtain gauge), and one 32 inch (80 cm) US size 5 (3.75 mm) (or two whole sizes smaller than gauge needle) circular knitting needles.

NOTIONS
Same number removable stitch markers as buttons needed for your size (see below), waste yarn, and a tapestry needle.

(5, 6, 6) (7, 7, 8) ¾ inch / 19 mm buttons

GAUGE
21 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in broken rib stitch on US size 7 (4.5 mm) needles.

Broken Rib stitch:
Cast on even number of sts plus 1

RS: knit.
WS: p1, k1 end p1.

SKILL LEVEL & SKILLS REQ’D
Easy +

Increase (m1R & m1L), decrease (k2tog & ssk), pick up and knit, backwards loop CO, work German short rows.