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This raglan cardigan with lacey cables front and back and a small shawl collar is knit top-down and seamlessly. Front bands and shawl collar are knit on separately.

Skills required
Long-tail cast-on
Increasing
Cables
Simple lace
Backwards-loop cast-on
Picking up stitches
Decreasing
Buttonholes
Short rows

Gauges
19 stitches and 27 rows in 4 inches of stockinette
19 stitches in 4 inches of garter stitch (you will probably need needles 2 sizes smaller than your stockinette gauge needles)

Sizes and approximate yardage required
(actual garment measurement in inches when buttoned - see schematic for more measurements)
XXS - 30.7” - 915 yards
XS - 33.3” - 985 yards
S - 35.8” - 1055 yards
M1 - 39.2” - 1175 yards
M2 - 41.7” - 1235 yards
M3 - 45.1” - 1335 yards
L - 49.3” - 1450 yards
XL - 53.5” - 1600 yards
XXL - 56.8” - 1690 yards
XXXL - 61.1” - 1815 yards

Materials
Worsted-weight yarn – see amounts for each size in chart above.
US 7/4.5 mm needles or size needed to obtain stockinette gauge for working the body. You will also need needles for your preferred method of working small circumferences
US 5/3.75 mm needles or size needed to obtain garter stitch gauge in lengths for working the lower edging, sleeve edges, and collar (a length of at least 32” works best for this)
Stitch markers
Cable needle
Measuring tape
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Blocking supplies
Buttons and supplies for attaching

Chat thread for volume 2 of the Mountain Trails Collection is here.

sample shown in Simply Wool Worsted in the Wilbur colorway - worn with about 3 inches of positive ease