CABLED CARDIGAN WITH POCKETS
by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
MATERIALS
Approximately 1095 (1190, 1280, 1375, 1475, 1585, 1675, 1780, 1885) yards of worsted weight wool yarn
8 (9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% US Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50g)
Photographed in Faded Quilt
GAUGE
18 stitches & 26 rows/rounds = 4" in Stockinette Stitch with Gauge Needle, both before and after blocking
10-stitch Cable Panel measures approximately 1½" after blocking
NEEDLES
One 32" circular needle and one set of four or five double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed above
One 32" circular needle, one size smaller than Gauge Needle
Suggested: US 8 (5mm) & US 7 (4½ mm)
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
30½ (34¼, 37¾, 41¼, 44¾, 48¼, 52, 55½, 59)" bust circumference.
Suggested ease: 1-2"
Sample is shown in size 34¼" with +1" ease on model
CONSTRUCTION NOTES
Body is worked first, in one piece, from the bottom up. Fronts and Back are divided at the underarm and worked separately for the remainder of pattern.
You will divide for pocket openings as you work the body, returning to work pocket linings during finishing.
Sleeves are worked second, in the round, from bottom up. Stitches are bound off at the underarm and sleeve cap is worked back and forth to end.
After shoulders are joined together, Collar is worked from remaining live stitches of Fronts and Back. Collar will maintain pattern as established in body throughout.
SKILL LEVEL
3 of 5
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