A fun colorwork cardigan with steeking

Design and construction

• Top-down cardigan
• Work in round with steeking
• Round yoke
• Separate sleeves at underarm
• Short rows below yoke for better fit
• Length of body and sleeves can be modified easily
• Work sleeves in rounds
• Cut steek at finishing stage
• After cutting steek, pick up stitches along fronts for button bands

Sizes

• 9 sizes available, 31 (34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55)“ based on finished garment chest measurements

Skills required

• Make increase - m1
• Make decreases - ssk, k2tog
• Work short rows
• Stranded colorwork
• Steeking

Yarn requirement

• Sport Weight
• Yarn A 200 (295, 320, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500) yards
• Yarn B 980 (1032, 1130, 1230, 1320, 1406, 1500, 1600, 1700) yards

Chart only for colorwork

Pattern tech edited by Judy Katheler

Errata
5/2/2014
Notions 1 1/4" 1/2” buttons x 8
8/26/2020

page 5 (top left) -
Next round, divide body and sleeves: work 4
steek sts in est patt, sm, k37… sm, work 4 steek
sts in est patt, k4 . – total 171 (186, 205, 220, 239, 254, 271, 282, 305) sts

Pattern now also available in Italian translation, translated by Claudia P Cinnamonroll.