Description

Named for my maternal grandmother’s branch of the family, the Adcock is a Grandma as well as a Grandpa sweater. With its classic style and range of sizes, you can make it for any member of the family! The Adcock, featuring diamond and braid cables with touches of moss stitch, is knit flat from the bottom up to the armholes. The sleeves are knit in the round and joined to the body for the upper-body raglan shaping. The button bands are knitted as you go and finished across the back neck with short rows. The patch pockets may serve as swatches to determine gauge. That’s handy!

Finished Measurements

Bust: 26.25 (29, 31.75, 34.25, 37, 39.75, 42.25, 45, 47.75) inches [66.5 (73.5, 80.5, 87, 94, 101, 107, 114, 121) cm]

Materials

•Worsted weight yarn, approx 670 (988, 1085, 1175, 1320, 1450, 1600, 1750, 1920) yds
•US size 7 (4.5 mm) 16" & 24" circular needles
•US size 7 (4.5 mm) dpn set or a second 16" circular needle for working sleeves
•Cable needle (optional)
•Yarn needle
•Stitch markers (six ring markers in one color for stitch patterns, four ring markers in second color for raglan lines, one stationary marker)
•Stitch holders
•5/8-inch buttons, 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9)

Gauge

24 sts & 24 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in combined cable patt st, after blocking
22 sts & 24 rnds = 4 inches [10 cm] in sleeve patt (cable & St st), after blocking
23 sts & 24 rows/rnds = 4 inches [10 cm] in 2/2 rib patt, after blocking
24 sts & 24 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in pocket gauge, after blocking

Skills Used

Cables, decreasing in patt, buttonholes, picking up sts, grafting in rib st

Yarn used: Cascade 220 Superwash, lichen; Mrs Crosby Steamer Trunk, golden butter

Construction

Cardigan is knit flat in one piece from the bottom up. Front bands are worked onto body as it is knit, including buttonholes. Sleeves are worked in the rnd from wrist to underarm and then joined to work upper body in one piece with raglan shaping. Collar is picked up at shoulders and each half is worked onto the neck to center back, where the two are grafted tog. Patch pockets are worked separately and sewn onto cardigan after blocking all pieces.