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• This is a PDF knitting pattern.
  
  

  This garter stitch cardigan is designed to showcase all of your fingering weight yarn. Hold two strands together throughout the entire project for the ultimate stash buster. The top-down construction makes the cardigan easy to try on and customize the length as you knit. This pattern is very easy to knit with simple garter stitch and ribbed edges. Dive into your stash and paint with your yarns to create the coziest scrappy cardigan.

• Sizes: 1 [2, 3, 4, 5] [6, 7, 8, 9]

  Finished Measurements: 36 [41, 44, 47, 52] [57, 60, 64, 67]″ / 91 [104, 114, 119, 132] [145, 152, 163, 170]cm finished chest circumference. Measurements taken after blocking.

  The sample is shown in size 4 with about 3″ / 8cm of positive ease.
  
  The yoke depth, sleeve length, and body lengths are customizable.
  

  Yarn: Fingering weight held double 

  The marled fabric holding two strands of fingering weight together results in a DK weight gauge

  Yardage: Approximately 1900 [2100, 2600, 3100, 3600] [4100, 4600, 5100, 5600]yds / 1737 [1920, 2377, 2835, 3292] [3749, 4206, 4663, 5121]m total

  These yardage estimations are overestimated a bit, so you should have more than enough yarn to complete your sweater. I recommend getting a big pile of yarn so you have more than enough color choices to work with as you knit.

  The yardage estimations are for the total yarn amount using fingering weight held double.

  Needles: US 6 / 4mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or 1 size smaller than the larger main needle

  US 7 / 4.5mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge

  Notions: 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle, waste yarn, ten 1″ / 2.5cm buttons, 10 split ring markers

  Gauge: 20 sts & 38 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch after blocking using larger needles

  
  
• A variety of fingering weight yarns including Qing Fibre Dashing Sassy & High Twist BFL, Undercover Otter Squirm Sock & Singularity, West Wool Bicycle, West Wool Glowhair, Walk Collection Cottage Merino, & Life in the Long Grass Singles.