Green Day Cardigan by Elinor Brown

Green Day Cardigan

Knitting
May 2009
Sport (12 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in cabled rib
US 4 - 3.5 mm
436 - 654 yards (399 - 598 m)
6 mos (12 mos, 2, 3)
English
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Difficulty
Intermediate

Skills used
Reading a cable chart, cabling, increasing, decreasing, three-needle bind-off, picking up stitches, sewing seams, sewing in sleeve caps, sewing on buttons.

Sizes
6 mos (12 mos, 2, 3)

Model shown in size 2.

Finished measurements
Chest: 17.5 (20.5, 22, 24.5)”, after seaming

Back length: 10.25 (11, 12.25, 13.5)”

Gauge
26 stitches and 30 rows = 4″ in cable pattern on US 4 (3.5 mm) needles

Yarn
Dale of Norway Heilo 100% wool; 109 yd (100 m); 50 g skein; color: #7562, 4 (5, 5, 6) skeins.

Needles
US 4 (3.5 mm) needles

US 3 (3.25 mm) needles

Notions
Stitch holders
Tapestry needle
Five 5/8″ buttons