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Like equations on a chalkboard, panels of cables and zigzags of textured stitches etch the surface of Burroughs, standing out crisply in smooth and springy Arbor’s worsted spun Targhee wool. Tidy set-in sleeves, sturdy button bands, and a scholarly shawl collar complete this classic cardigan that’s equally at ease layered over a faded sweatshirt or your new back-to-school outfit.

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Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

Construction

• The body of this cardigan is worked flat in one piece through the bottom ribbing. The front band stitches are placed on stitch holders and the body is worked to the armholes, then back and fronts are worked separately to the shoulder. The sleeves are worked flat from the bottom up, then set in to the armholes, then the sleeve seams are sewn.
• Each front band is worked independently, then the bands are joined together at the center back neck using Kitchener Stitch. To work each band, stitches are picked up along the front edge using a circular needle, then the held band stitches from the body are placed on a double-pointed needle and the band is worked to the center back neck, joining the band to the picked-up stitches as you work.

Finished Dimensions

SIZES 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10, 11)

• 32¾ (36¾, 40¾, 44¾) (48¾, 52¾, 56¾) (60¾, 64¾, 68¾, 72¾)” [83 (93.5, 103.5, 113.5) (124, 134, 144) (154.5, 164.5, 174.5, 185) cm] circumference at chest (buttoned)
• Model with long hair is 5’10”/178 cm tall with a chest circumference of 42”/106.5 cm and is wearing Size 3 with -1¼”/3 cm negative ease.
• Model with short hair is 6’5”/195.5 cm tall with a chest circumference of 45”/114.5 cm and is wearing Size 3 with -4¼”/11 cm negative ease.

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Arbor — 100% American Targhee wool (145 yards/132 meters per 50 grams)

• 11 (13, 14, 15) (16, 17, 19) (20, 21, 22, 24) skeins
• Photographed in color Fleet

Yardage

• 1575 (1755, 1945, 2120) (2290, 2430, 2640) (2790, 3005, 3180, 3365) yards [1441 (1605, 1779, 1939) (2094, 2222, 2415) (2552, 2748, 2908, 3077) meters of DK weight wool yarn

Gauge

• 24 stitches & 32 rows = 4”/10 cm in Burroughs pattern, after blocking
• 40-stitch panel from Cable Pattern measures 5¼“/13.5 cm wide after blocking

Needles

Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One 32”/80 cm circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed.
• Suggested Size: 3.5 mm (US 4)

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

Cabled Cast On
One-Row Buttonhole
Grafting in Rib
Video — Sloped Bind Off (optional)
Seaming 101
Blocking 101

Skill Level
3 out of 5: Intermediate