Colorful cardigan can be made from leftovers in your stash. Stranded fairisle worked in the round in stockinette stitch from a chart.

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate

Measurements:

• Chest: 40.5 (45.5, 50.5)“
• Length: 19 (21, 23)“

Materials:

• Main Color (MC) in worsted weight yarn: 170 yds or approx. two 1.75oz / 50g balls in black to work edgings. If working chart pattern with a repeating color, another 100 (115, 130) yds, approx. 1 (1, 2) 1.75oz / 50g balls is necessary.
• Contrast Colors (CC) in DK to Aran weight yarns in greens, blue-greens, blues, blue-purples, purples, red-purples, and variegated yarns. To work 2 chart rows/rnds for body: 14 (15.5, 17)’ lengths. To work 4 chart rows/rnds for body: 27.5 (30.5, 34)’ lengths. (It takes twice the width of a row in each color to work one row; for example, a row 20” wide would take 40” of each CC.)
• Six 5/8” buttons in MC

Needles:

• US 5 and 7 / 3.75 and 4.5 mm circular needles, both in 16” / 40 cm and 24” / 60 cm lengths
• Optional: US 7 / 4.5 mm double--pointed needles
• US E / 3.5 or 4 mm crochet hook