For a few months, not a day went by when I was not thinking about chevrons and working toward my goal of a full-on chevron sweater that looks good on a wide range of figures and lends itself to all manner of color combinations, from subtle ombre to stark contrast. Here’s the result. Enjoy!

I wanted to make a lightweight cardigan that used an allover large chevron pattern in several colors; I wanted this to be the sort of cardigan you could wear with everything and the sort of pattern that you could make multiple times, using different yarn and color combinations.

Yarn requirements!

890 (1040, 1320, 1530, 1830) yds fingering weight yarn:
260 (300, 380, 440, 530) yds in A;
240 (280, 360, 420, 500) yds in B;
200 (230, 290, 340, 400) yds in C;
90 (230, 290, 330, 400) yds in D.

Note: The pattern includes instructions for an elbow-length sleeve version and a three-quarter-length sleeve version. Yardage given is for the three-quarter-length sleeve version. The elbow-length sleeve version requires 40 fewer yards of B.

MAN, this pattern is LONG! Do I have to print out the entire thing?

Nope! Here’s a guide to which pages to print out for your chosen size:

Size 31: Pages 1-6 (body), 8 (dividing fronts from back), 9 (right front), 14 (back), 18 (left front), 23-25 (sleeves), and 35 (finishing)

Size 37: Pages 1-5 and 7 (body), 8 (dividing fronts from back), 9-10 (right front), 14 (back), 18-19 (left front), 23 and 26-27 (sleeves), and 35 (finishing)

Size 43: Pages 1-6 (body), 8 (dividing fronts from back), 9 and 11 (right front), 14-15 (back), 18 and 20 (left front), 23 and 28-29 (sleeves), and 35 (finishing)

Sze 49: Pages 1-5 and 7 (body), 8 (dividing fronts from back), 9 and 12 (right front), 14 and 16 (back), 18 and 21 (left front), 23 and 30-31 (sleeves), and 35 (finishing)

Size 55: Pages 1-6 (body), 8 (dividing fronts from back), 9 and 13 (right front), 14 and 17 (back), 18 and 22 (left front), 23 and 32-34 (sleeve), and 35 (finishing)