Each season has its own unique soundtrack. Spring features the main orchestra, a vibrant concert of trills and buzzes. Cicadas sing their Summer with shrill choruses, and Winter plays its solemn, soft murmur of snow landing on woolen hats.
But it is Autumn that invites us to become its own musicians. In that season the deep forest paths and bustling city parks are covered with leaf litter that turns our feet into interpreters of a rustling melody. A playful whisper that urges us to leap onto a carpet of crimson leaves, as we used to do when we were kids.

A colorful autumn forest has inspired the Crimson Forest collection, available for knitting the beautiful “Crimson Forest Socks” and for this cardigan, you are about to knit.

Crimson Forest cardigan is a circular yoke that is worked seamlessly from the top down. The neck is worked first, after that, several series of short rows are used for a comfortable and beautifully shaped finish.
The yoke is shaped with increases that are evenly distributed around the entire circumference of the upper body.
Sleeves are then placed on hold and the body is worked toward the hem. The sleeve stitches are then placed on the needles again and worked in the round toward the cuffs.
The cardigan is relaxed fit and as it is knitted top-down lengths are easily adaptable.
The cardigan is steeked. The front steek is not cut open until after the body and sleeves are completed to allow the cardigan to be held together neatly during the knitting of the latter. The garment should be tried on before cutting to ensure a good fit.
Beginner-friendly as you only work with 2 colors at a time.
Please, read carefully the whole pattern before you start knitting. As the pattern gives detailed calculations for all sizes, I recommend highlighting all numbers related to your size in order to have an easy overview of the pattern.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Bust circumference of the finished cardigan: 80 (91, 98, 105, 116, 123.5, 131, 138 ) cm / 31½ (35¾, 38½, 41¼, 45¾, 48½, 51½, 54¼ )’’. The cardigan is designed to be worn with approximately 5 cm / 2’’ of positive ease.
Model has 85 cm / 33½’’ bust, stands 164 cm / 64½’’ and is wearing size 2.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
A = Bust circumference
B = Yoke depth
C = Length from armhole to lower edge
D = Sleeves length (from underarm)
E = Cuff circumference
F = Armhole circumference

Yarn
Fingering weight yarn 100 g = 400 m
Sample shown in:
MC - Forests and Meadows in Natural Light Grey — 895 (957, 1051, 1173, 1239, 1288, 1356, 1433) m / 979 (1047, 1150, 1283, 1355, 1409, 1483, 1568) yds
CC - Mondim by Rosa Pomar in color 302 — 66 (70, 75, 80, 86, 92, 98, 105) m / 72 (77, 82, 88, 94, 101, 107, 115) yds

Needles
3 mm / US 2½ circular needle 24”/60 cm or 32”/80 cm and 3,5 mm / US 4 circular needle 24”/60 cm or 32”/80 cm

Notions
2 stitch markers (one different for BOR) • waste yarn for holding the sleeve stitches • tapestry needle to weave in the yarn ends • 8 — 10 buttons 5/8 inch / 1.5 cm diameter (optional you may need 8 — 10 stitch markers to mark the button holes) • 60’’ / 150 cm long decorative ribbon for lining the button/buttonhole bands (optional) • sewing thread for sewing down the cut steek edges • scissors

Gauge
22 sts x 30 rows — 10 cm / 4’’ in stockinette with 3,5 mm / US 4 needles, after blocking.
22 sts x 30 rows — 10 cm / 4’’ in colorwork with 3,5 mm / US 4 needles, after blocking.