Playtime Cardigan by Stefanie Japel

Playtime Cardigan

Knitting
July 2013
Skacel HiKoo SimpiWorsted
Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 10 - 6.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
420 - 840 yards (384 - 768 m)
Sizes: Child’s 2 (4, 6, 8, 10) Finished chest circumference: 22 (25, 27, 29, 31) inches / 56 (63.5, 68.5, 74, 79) cm
English
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Materials
Yarn: 3(4, 4, 5, 6)skeins Skacel HiKoo SimpiWorsted • 55%
Merino Superwash 28%

If working with a self- striping colorway, consider purchasing an extra skein to match stripes for sleeves.

Needles: US 10 (6mm) 24” or longer circular needle, US10 (6mm) DPN, Long circ., etc. for sleeves, US 8 (5mm) 24” or longer circular needle, US8 (5mm) DPN, Long circ., etc. for sleeves

Notions: six to ten 3⁄4 to 1” buttons, darning needle, four stitch markers

Gauge: 20 stitches and 24 rows in 4 inches (10 cm)

PATTERN NOTES:
• In first row, pm = place marker, in subsequent rows pm = pass marker.
• Keep first and last 5 stitches of each row in garter stitch by knitting every row. These garter stitch edges will form the button bands.
• After the garter stitch neckline rows, make a buttonhole at one end of every 8 (8,16, 16, 16)th row as follows: k2, yo, k2tog, k1. This centers the buttonhole vertically in the garter stitch band. For a girl’s sweater, make the buttonhole band on the right front, for a boy’s sweater, make the buttonhole band on the left front.