This DK weight cardigan is super simple to knit, making it a perfect project for your first cardigan. I used one color in DK weight wool for my main color with four contrast colors. Feel free to customize the stripes and color palette to work with any types of DK weight yarn that you like. Begin with the main color and then continue with raglan increases to shape the yoke. The yoke and body are knit flat and the sleeves are knitted in the round. The ribbed button band is picked up along the front edges for crisp 2x2 ribbing. The pattern includes videos linked throughout the pattern that demonstrate how to cast on, bind off, weave in ends as you knit, and how to do the one-row buttonhole technique. Have fun knitting this cozy stockinette stitch cardigan and style it with your Westknits shawls and hats!

Finished Measurements
32 (35, 39, 45.5, 49.5) (54, 57, 60, 66.5)″ / 81 (89, 99, 116, 126) (137, 145, 152, 169)cm chest circumference. Measurements taken after blocking.

Yarn
DK weight

Yardage
Approximately 1000 (1170, 1340, 1620, 1670) (2040, 2310, 2410, 2720)yds / 914 (1070, 1225, 1481, 1527) (1865, 2112, 2204, 2487)m

MC: 600 (690, 800, 970, 1000) (1220, 1400, 1450, 1720)yds / 549 (631, 732, 887, 914) (1116, 1280, 1326, 1573)m

CC: 400 (480, 540, 650, 670) (820, 910, 960, 1000)yds / 366 (439, 494, 594, 613) (750, 832, 878, 914)m

If you are using 4 colors for your contrast color stripe with a yarn like West Wool Tandem, you will need 1 skein of each contrast color.

Shown in
West Wool Tandem (100% South American Merino Wool; 254yds / 233m per 100g skein
MC - Bathysphere
CC1 - Unicorn
CC2 - Dijon
CC3 - Grapefruit
CC4 - North Sea

Needles
US 5 / 3.75mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or one size smaller than larger needle
US 6 / 4mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge
Magic loop method is used for knitting sleeves in the rnd. You can use DPNs for the sleeves too.

Notions
8 stitch markers, 1 split ring marker, ten 7/8” / 2cm buttons, waste yarn, tapestry needle

Gauge
20 sts & 30 rows = 4″ / 10cm in Stockinette stitch after blocking using larger needles (US 6 / 4mm recommended)

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