Spring Cardigan

Spring Cardigan
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Description
Spring Cardigan is a hip length cardigan knitted with one strand of hand dyed
speckled 4 ply yarn and one strand of bare (undyed) 4 ply yarn. Both strands
are knitted together to give a gauge of 20 sts and 28 rows per 4 inches which
is on a par with a DK Weight yarn.
The subtle effect of knitting these two yarns together is to give a colour wash
effect which is subtle but very appealing. It also helps to minimise the
pooling effect that you can sometimes get with a hand dyed yarn.
The pattern could also be knitted using one strand of plain undyed yarn and a
selection of mini skeins to add extra colours and use up other scraps of 4 ply
yarn the benefit of knitting both the fronts and the back to the armhole at the
same time helps to allow for this.
Please read through all the instructions before beginning to knit and as usual it
would be advisable to knit a tension swatch to ensure that your gauge is correct.
Materials
4.5 mm circular needle for main body of cardigan and sleeves.
4mm circular needle for button hole bands and icord bind off.
1x strand plain 4 ply yarn 3(3, 3, 4, 4. 5, 5, 6, 7) 100g balls
1x strand speckled hand dyed 4 ply yarn, 3(3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7) 100g balls, both
knitted together.
7 (7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 12) buttons.
Abbreviations
Knit = K,
Purl = P,
knit two together = k2tog
purl two together = p2tog
pm = place marker
Gauge
20sts, 28 rows per 4 inches.
Description
This cardigan is knitted bottom up, back and fronts at the same time and then
divided at the fronts and back for the sleeve shaping and armhole. Button
hole bands and neckline icord bind off are picked up and knitted separately.
Sleeves are knitted flat and sewn on.
This cardigan has large size range from (30 inches which is XS) to 65
inches which is 5XL). The final sizes including ease are included below.
XS S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL 5XL
Size 30 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60
Final size 34 37 41 44 49 53 56 61 65
including ease
Estimated 963 1003 1144 1285 1434 1625 1989 2196 2414
yardage
Cast on sts 174 186 204 222 246 264 282 306 324
Fronts and back knitted at the same time
With 4.5mm needles and 2 strands of 4 ply yarn held together, cast on
174 (186, 204, 222, 246, 264, 282, 306, 324) sts.
Begin with stitch pattern as follows:

RS: Row 1. *k4, p2 rep from * to end.
Row 2. *k2, p4 rep from * to end.
Repeat rows 1&2 twice more (6 rows total).
RS: Row 7. P3, *K4, p2* rep from * to * to last 3 sts, K3.
Row 8. P3, *k2, p4* rep from * to * to last 3 sts, k3.
Repeat rows 7&8 twice more (12 rows total).
(Repeat the above 12 rows until work measures 10(10.5, 11. 11.5, 12, 12, 12,
12, 12.5) inches
Divide two fronts and back for armholes
With right side facing and keeping pattern correct, work across the right-hand
front 40 (42, 46, 51, 56, 60, 63, 69, 73) sts and place them onto a holder.
Cast off next

6 (6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 14, 15) sts at the beginning of the back section.
Work
88 (96, 104, 111, 123, 132, 142, 154, 163) back sts,
then put 2nd (left) front
40 (42, 46, 51, 56, 60, 63, 69, 73) sts onto a holder.
Turn work and working only on the back
88 (96, 104, 111, 123, 132, 142, 154, 163) sts
cast off 6 (6, 8,9, 11, 12, 14, 14, 15) sts at beginning of next row.
Keeping pattern correct, shape back armholes. Decrease 1st each side every
right-side row at armhole edge 5 (5, 5, 8, 9, 11, 11, 12, 13) times.
Continue working the remaining 72 (80, 86, 86, 94, 98, 106, 116, 122) sts for the
back until work measures 18, (18.5, 19.5, 20.5, 21.5, 22.5, 25, 26, 27.5) inches.
Shape top back
Cast off 7 (8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 11, 12) sts at beginning of next 4 rows
Cast off remaining 44 (48, 54, 54, 58, 62, 70, 72, 74) sts.
Left front
Keeping pattern correct, re-join yarn to armhole edge of left-hand front piece
40 (42, 46, 51, 56, 60, 63, 69, 73) sts and cast off first
6 (6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 14, 15) sts. Complete the row.
Armhole shaping:
Decrease 1st each right-side row at armhole edge 5 (5, 5, 8, 9, 11, 11, 12, 13)
times. 29 (31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 43, 45) sts left.
Work straight until the front measures
15 (15.5, 16.5, 16.5, 17.5, 18, 20, 21, 22) inches.
left front neck shaping
Decrease 1st at neck edge every row 15 (15, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21) times.
Continue straight until the front matches the back to the shoulder shaping.
Complete the shoulder shaping to correspond with the back by casting off
7 (8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 11, 12) sts at the beginning of the next 2 armhole edge rows.
Right front
Keeping pattern correct, re-join yarn to armhole edge of right-hand front
piece and cast off first 6 (6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 14, 15) sts. Complete the row.
Armhole shaping:
Decrease 1st each right-side row at armhole edge 5 (5, 5, 8, 9, 11, 11, 12, 13)
times.
Work straight until the front measures 15 (15.5, 16.5, 16.5, 17.5, 18, 20, 21,
22) inches.
right front neck shaping:
Decrease 1st at neck edge every row 15 (15, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21) times.
Continue straight until the front matches the back to the shoulder shaping.
Complete the shoulder shaping to correspond with the back by casting off
7 ( 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 11, 12) sts at the beginning of the next 2 armhole edge rows.
Sleeves
Cast on 42 (42, 48, 48, 54, 60, 60, 66, 68) sts
Knit two rows in pattern then begin increases.
Incorporate the increases into the pattern keeping the extra stitches in stocking
stitch until there are enough to complete a whole pattern repeat.
XS: Increase 1 st each side every 4th row 5 times, then every 6th row 15 times.
S: Increase 1 st each side every 4th row 2 times, then every 6th row 17 times.
M: Increase 1 st each side every 4th row 2 times, then every 6th
row 18 times.
L: Increase 1 st each side every 4th row 3 times, then every 6th row 18 times.
XL: Increase 1 st each side every 4th row 4 times, then every 6th row 18 times.
2XL: Increase 1st each side every 4th row 8 times, then every 6th row
16 times.
3XL: Increase 1st each side every 2nd row 1 time , then every 4th row 33
times.
4XL: Increase 1st each side every 2nd row 5 times, then every 4th row 32 times.
5XL: Increase 1st each side every 2nd row 13 times, then every 4th row 28 times.
Once shaping is completed, continue in pattern until sleeve measures
16.5 (16.5, 17.5, 18, 18.5, 19, 20, 20.5, 20.5) inches.
Cap Shaping
Cast off 6 (6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 14, 15) sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Continue
sleeve decreases for your size as follows:
XS: Dec 1st each side every other row 5 times, then every row 14
times, then every other row 2 times. Cast off 3 sts at beginning of next 4
rows, then cast off remaining 16 sts.
S: Dec 1 st each side every other row 6 times, then every row 14
times, then every other row 1 time. Cast off 3sts at beg of next 4 rows
then cast off remaining 14 sts.
M: Dec 1st each side every other row 8 times, then every row 13
times, then every other row 1 time. Cast off 3sts at beginning of next 4
rows. cast off remaining 16 sts
L: Dec 1st each side every other row 9 times then every row 11
times then every other row 2 times. Cast off 3 sts at beginning of
next 4 rows. Cast off remaining 16 sts
XL: Dec 1st each side every other row 10 times then every row 8
times then every other row 3 times. Cast off 4 sts at beginning of
next 4 rows, cast off remaining 18 sts
2XL: Dec 1st each side every other row 11 times then every row 10
rows, Cast off rem 20 sts.
3XL: Dec 1st each side every other row 13 times, then every row 12
times then every other row 5 times. Cast off 5 sts at the beginning of
next 4 rows. Cast off remaining 20 sts.
4XL: Dec 1ast each side every other row 14 times, then every row 15
times then every other row 5 times Cast off 5 sts at beginning of next 4
rows, cast of remaining 24 sts.
5XL: Dec 1st each side every other row 15 times, then every row 14
rows, cast off remaining 26 sts.
Sew shoulder seams together and sew sleeves onto garment.
Button hole bands and neckline

Using 4mm needles and starting at the lower right front.
Pick up 80 (82, 88, 88, 92, 98, 106, 114, 118) sts along the right front to
first neck decrease.
Work button hole band by purling the next row so that you end at the
base of the right front and begin knitting in k4, p2 rib for the next 2
rows. On the next row work the button holes along your pattern:
K4, p2 tog, yo, *k4, p2, k4, p2tog, yo* rep from * to * to end at top of
right front.
Work one row in pattern and at the base of the right front, begin the icord
bind off.
Icord bind off
Knit cast on 3 sts, put these 3 sts back onto left needle and *k2, k2tog
tbl. Put the right hand three sts back onto left needle*
Repeat from * to * until you have your last three sts on your needle at
the top of the right hand side. Leaving these three sts on your 4mm
circular needle:
Pick up 25 (25, 25, 32, 33, 33, 36, 36, 40) sts along neck edge, pm.
Pick up 30 (32, 32, 36, 38, 38, 40, 42, 44) sts along back neck edge, pm.
Pick up 19 (19, 19, 26, 27, 27, 30, 30, 34) sts along neck edge, pm.
Pick up 80 (82, 88, 88, 92, 98, 106, 114, 118) sts along the left front.
Working the left front button hole band 80 (82, 88, 88, 92, 98, 106, 114,
118) sts only, purl one row.
Work button hole band to correspond with the right hand band by
knitting in k4, p2 rib for 4 rows.
This will leave you at the bottom edge of the left hand button hole band.
Begin your icord cast off purlwise which is carried out in the same way
as the knitted icord bind off but done purlwise. Cast on the initial three
extra sts purlwise, purl the first two sts and purl the last of the three
together with the first st of the button hole band and continue the icord
cast off purlwise until you reach the top of the original right front three
sts and purl these three sts together and cast off the last st by pulling the
yarn through the loop as usual.
Sew in all the ends and sew on your buttons to correspond with the
button hole band.
Congratulations, you have completed the spring cardigan.

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Begin with stitch pattern as follows:

Repeat rows 7&8 twice more (12 rows total).

Divide two fronts and back for armholes

Cast off next

Sew shoulder seams together and sew sleeves onto garment.

Button hole bands and neckline

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