Grayson

Description

An open-front cardigan knit top-down and seamlessly with simultaneous set-in sleeves. (One side of each pocket does need to be stitched down.) The body and sleeves are trimmed in garter stitch, which conceals the large front pockets. The sample shown was knit in two colors, but the sweater can also be knit in one.

This cardigan is constructed using Barbara Walker’s method of knitting the sleeve caps along with the upper body. To make it a bit easier to navigate that area with all the different increase rates, a pdf with single-page worksheets for each size is included with line-by-line instructions and stitch counts that can be used if desired. You only need to print the page for your size.

Skills required: long-tail cast-on, backwards-loop cast-on, knitted-on or cable cast-on, picking up stitches, increasing, decreasing, stitching down pocket lining

Choose a size that gives you the amount of ease you prefer - 0 to 5 cm of ease is recommended. Shown modeled with about 5 cm of positive ease.

Sizes available (actual garment measurement at bust with front bands overlapping, in cm): 75.5, (83, 92.5, 100, 107), {114.5, 122, 129, 136.5}

Gauge: 22 stitches and 31 rows to 10 cm in blocked stockinette; 22 stitches to 10 cm of blocked garter stitch

Note: Though conversions to the metric system have been made on this page for your convenience, the pattern itself uses American measurements.