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Elderberry Road
This classic cardigan will be a timeless addition to your wardrobe. Color blocking adds visual interest to a highly textured fabric. Small details such as a shaped neckband and garter-stitch ridges between the edges and the main body of the sweater make this piece particularly special. Set-in sleeves and waist shaping contribute to the fitted silhouette.
Finished Size
323⁄4 (363⁄4, 403⁄4, 443⁄4, 483⁄4 533⁄4)“ (83 93.5, 103.5, 113.5, 124, 136.5 cm) bust circumference with 2 (2, 21⁄4, 21⁄4, 23⁄4, 23⁄4)” (5 5, 5.5, 5.5, 7, 7 cm) overlap and 233⁄4 (24, 243⁄4, 251⁄4, 261⁄4, 263⁄4)“ (60.5 61, 63, 64, 66.5, 68 cm) long.
Intended to be worn with 1–3” (2.5–7.5 cm) of positive ease.
Shown in size 363⁄4” (93.5 cm).
Yarn
Worsted weight (#4 medium).
Main Color (MC): 702 (790, 876, 964, 1,053, 1,162) yd (642 722, 801, 881, 963, 1,062 m).
Contrast Color (CC): 234 (262, 291, 322, 351, 387) yd (214 239, 266, 294, 321, 354 m).
Shown here: Berroco Blackstone Tweed (65% wool, 25% mohair, 10% angora; 130 yd 119 m/50 g skein): colors #2601 Clover Honey (MC), 6 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9) balls; #2646 Saltwater (CC), 2 (3, 3, 3, 3, 3) balls.
Needles
Size U.S. 6 (4 mm): 32” (80 cm) circular (cir) and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed (dpn).
Size U.S. 5 (3.75 mm): 32” (80 cm) circular (cir).
Size U.S. 4 (3.5 mm): 32” (80 cm) circular (cir).
Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions
Markers (m); stitch holders or waste yarn; tapestry needle; eight3⁄4” (20 mm) buttons.
Gauge
161⁄2 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) over Textured patt using size U.S. 6 (4 mm) needles.
Read more about this design on my blog!
Page 51: Gauge needle should be US #6/4 mm, not US #7/4.5 mm.
Page 52: Under Hem, after completing ribbing, knit 3 rows instead of 4. Change to MC and knit 1 RS row. Continue to Set-up row.
Page 53: Under Shape Bust, work 13 rows even, not 14 rows so that the increase takes place on a RS row.
Page 54: “Crossover Stitch Pattern” chart should be “Textured Pattern.“
Page 55: After “Next Row” is complete (you’ve bound off the neck and have 14 (15, 15, 17, 16, 17) stitches left for each shoulder), the next section should read:
Leave stitches for Right Shoulder on a holder or waste yarn or, if working on a circular needle, leave them on the cord to be worked after completing the Left Shoulder.
Shape Left Shoulder
Row 1 (WS): BO 3 (3, 3, 4, 3, 4) sts, work in pattern to end
Row 2: K1, ssk, work in pattern to end
Repeat Rows 1-2 twice more.
Bind off all remaining stitches.
Shape Right Shoulder
Join yarn to neck edge and work 1 WS row.
Row 1 (RS): BO 3 (3, 3, 4, 3, 4) sts, work in pattern to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1
Row 2: Work in pattern to end
Repeat Rows 1-2 twice more.
Bind off all remaining stitches.

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- First published: July 2016
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