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Pacific Crest Trail Cardigan is a modern take on a classic design. It’s the perfect cardigan to wear with everything and it’s super-comfy! Picture it with your favorite jeans, dresses and skirts. You can even button it up and wear it as a pullover!

The textured stitch pattern is easy to memorize and the finishing touches give it a truly professional appeal.

Construction is top-down in a completely seamless manner. The yoke and body are worked back and forth and then the front plackets are worked in a neat 1x1 ribbing. Collar stitches are picked up from the cast on edge to add stability and structure to the neckline so it doesn’t stretch out.

Pacific Crest Trail will look great in any yarn that meets gauge and has good drape and stitch definition.

Inspiration: Pacific Crest Trail is 2,650 miles / 4265 kilometers of National Scenic Trail that runs along the west coast of the United States, all the way from Mexico to Canada through the states of California, Oregon and Washington. Experience and view the beauty of deserts, deep forests, mountainous terrain through the Sierra Nevadas, and volcanic peaks of the Cascade Mountain Range

This pattern has been professionally tech-edited and tested.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
XS(S, S2, M, M2, L)(L2, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL)

FInished Chest: 33.75(36.75, 39.5, 42, 45.25, 47.75)(51, 53.5, 56.75, 50, 62.5) inches / 85.5(93.5, 100.5, 106.5, 115, 121.5)(129.5, 136, 144, 152.5, 159) cm.

Designed to be worn with 4-6” / 10-15 cm ease at chest. Choose size that is 4-6” / 10-15 cm larger than chest measurement.

RECOMMENDED YARN

The Fibre Co Road to China Light Sport (65% baby alpaca, 15% silk, 10% camel, 10% cashmere); 159 yds (145 m)/1.76 oz (50 g).

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OR any yarn that meets gauge, has good drape and definition for the cable stitches.

Size and yarn usage will vary depending on gauge and specific yarn used. See YarnSub.com for yarn substitutions.

ESTIMATED YARN REQUIRED

1000(1167, 1296, 1336, 1429, 1529)(1636, 1751, 1873, 2005, 2145) yds / 910(1062, 1179, 1216, 1301, 1392)(1489, 1593, 1705, 1824, 1952) m.

Yarn usage will vary depending on gauge and specific yarn used.

GAUGE
25 sts / 31 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette st after blocking.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:
Intermediate level but is accessible to Advanced Beginner with experience in skills used. Skills Used: German Short Rows (tutorial provided), increases, decreases, basic cables, picking up sts, buttonholes (tutorial provided), Italian (Tubular) bind off (tutorial provided).

Pattern will be available in Knit Companion.

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