Cool cardigan

mandag

jun212010

Size
XXL
S (M) L (XL) can be bought in the Pickles shop

Yarn
Abuelita organic cotton
400 g of colour #1, 200 g of colour #2 and 200 g of colour #3

We´ve knitted it in Beach Lounge, Stone and Pistachio. You will find more colour combinations at the bottom of this pattern.

Needles
Long circular and DPN´s, US 4 and 6 or whatever needles you need to achieve the right gauge (important)

Gauge
19 s= 4” Stockinette

Pattern
Cast on 243 s on US 4 needles. Make ribbing:
Row 1: K3, *P1, K3* until end of row.
Row 2: P3, * K1, P3* until end of row.

Repeat row 1 and 2 until you have 3" of ribbing. Change your needles to US 6 and continue in stockinette. M1 s as you knit the first round of stockinette. = 244 s. PM in each side. Continue until your piece measures 16.5". Bind off 8 s under each arm. (4 s before and 4 s after each marker) = 114 s for the back and 57 s on each of the front pieces. Put it aside and knit the arms:

Arms:
Cast on 48 s on US 4 DPN´s And knit ribbing in the round: K3, P1 until you have 3" of ribbing. Change your needles to US 6 and continue in stockinette. PM at the beginning of the round. M4 s as you knit the first round of stockinette. = 52 s.

Continue until your piece measures 5.5". You are now going to increase 2 s on every 2nd round. Repeat the following rounds until you have 122 s.
Round 1: K until you have 1 s left before your marker. M1, K2, M1. Knit the rest of the round.
Round 2: Knit.

Bind off 8 s under each arm. (4 s before and 4 s after each marker). = 114 s. Put all your pieces onto the same needle (US 4). PM at the beginning and end of each arm. Purl one row from the wrong side. Then repeat the following rows 10 times:
Row 1: K2tog, knit 1 s past the first marker, K2tog. Knit until you have 3 s left before your next marker, K2tog. Repeat the decrease for the other arm. Knit until you have 2 s left on the needle, K2tog.
Row 2: Purl.

Then repeat the following rows 4 times:
Row 1: Knit 1 s past the first marker, K2tog. Knit until you have 3 s left before your next marker, K2tog. Repeat the decrease for the other arm. Knit until end of row.
Row 2: Purl.

Then repeat the following rows until you have 2 s left before the first marker:
Row 1: Knit until you have 3 s left before the first marker, K2tog. K2, K2tog. Knit until you have 3 s left before the second marker, K2tog. K2, K2tog. Repeat the decrease for the other arm.
Row 2: Purl.

Put the remaining stitches on a thread or extra needle if you have one. Pick up stitches up along the front. Pick up about 4.5 s pr inch. When you reach the neck, knit the stitches you had on to the same needle before you pick up the same number of s down the other side. Count your stitches. You want a multiple of 4, + 3 s. Increase or decrease as you knit the first row of K3, P1 ribbing.

We made a narrow front band (0.7”) wich makes the edge kind of roll in while the cardigan is open. If you want a sturdy edge, make it really wide (4”), fold and sew it in.

If you want button holes, distribute them evenly along the edge up until the neck opening decrease starts. Make them in a purl stitch like this: K3, P1, K3 and so on until you reach the point where you want your button hole. (Right before a purl stitch). YO, K2tog, K2. Continue the ribbing.