Description

The Alford Aran Cardigan is full of juicy cables for a cozy sweater and an interesting project. It’s knit all in one piece with only a couple of small grafts needed. Pattern includes charts and written instruction for each set of cables and directions for Kitchener in Stockinette stitch and 2/2 rib. A truly unisex design, you can make one for anyone you love.

Finished Measurements

Chest: 36.25 (42, 45, 49.5, 52.25, 56.75, 61, 64)" [92 (106.5, 114.5, 126.5, 132.5, 144, 155, 162.5) cm]

Materials

• Aran weight yarn, approx 1120 (1330, 1460, 1850, 2000, 2200, 2415, 2600) yds [1024 (1216, 1335, 1691.5, 1829, 2011.5, 2208, 2377.5) meters]
• US size 9 [5.5 mm] 36" [91.5 cm] circular needle, set of five dpn (or two 16" [40.5 cm] circular needles) or size needed to achieve gauge
• Cable needle
• Stitch markers (8 in color A, 8 in color B, 2 in color C, 1 in color D)
• 7/8" buttons, 8 (8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10)
• Yarn needle

Gauge

22 sts & 23 rows = 4" [10 cm] in combination Charts A, B & C patts, blocked
18 sts & 25 rows = 4" [10 cm] in sleeve patt (combination Chart A and St st), blocked
19 sts & 21 rows = 4" [10 cm] in 2/2 rib, blocked

Skills Used

Cables, knitting in the round, increases and decreases sometimes worked simultaneously, grafting rib st and grafting St st (instructions included)

Yarns Used: Cascade Eco Wool, color 8087 and Plymouth Homestead, color 23, Dusty Blue.

Construction

Cardigan is knit from the lower body to the armholes flat, back and forth. Sleeves are knit to the armholes in the round and then joined to the body. Armholes and shoulders feature modified saddle shaping, which begins by decreasing body stitches, then sleeve stitches, and then body stitches again before shaping the saddle shoulder with short rows. The button bands and collar are knitted onto the garment as it is worked until reaching the saddle shoulders. When the saddle shoulders are complete and the back of the neck has been raised, the collar sts are continued and knit onto the neck until the center back where the two halves are then joined with Kitchener stitch.