Sagewood Cardigan

Learn to knit the Sagewood Cardigan, the perfect everyday piece to get you from season to season. Knit it in a light cotton yarn for the cooler days of spring and summer or use warmer wool blends to keep the chill away in cooler months.

When designing this cardigan I wanted something that was easy for an adventurous beginner. The cardigan uses basic knit and purl stitches with very minimal shaping used in the sleeves. Sometimes I feel that newbies to the knit world will look at a pattern and immediately see lots of shaping with crazy stitch combinations and are turned off the idea of knit garments completely. With the Sagewood Cardigan you won’t have to worry about any of that!

CONSTRUCTION

The Sagewood Cardigan is worked from the bottom up in five separate pieces: a back panel, two identical front panels and two sleeves. The back and two front panels begin with the bottom ribbed hem and the sleeves will begin with the ribbed cuffs. Once all the pieces are knit and seamed together we will knit the ribbed collar directly into the cardigan.

MATERIALS

Yarn – Hobbii Acacia in colorway Seafoam (14) – light/dk/8 ply (51% acrylic 49% cotton)

273 yds (250 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein

6(7, 7, 8, 8, 9) balls

Needles – US 4 (4.0 mm) circular needles 32″ (80 cm)

Yarn needle

Gauge – 22 sts x 30 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in stockinette stitch

STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS

k = knit

p = purl

kfb = knit front and back

st(s) = stitch(es)

rep = repeat

SIZING & MEASUREMENTS

S(M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Finished bust measurements:

40(44, 48, 52, 56, 60)”

Length: 27(27, 27, 27, 27, 27)”

	SMALL	MEDIUM	LARGE	XL	2XL	3XL
Finished Bust	40”	44”	48”	52”	56”	60”
Length	27”	27”	27”	27”	27”	27”
Upper Arm Circumference	14’	15”	16”	17”	18”	19”
Sleeve Length	19”	19”	19”	19”	19”	19”

KNIT SAGEWOOD CARDIGAN PATTERN

BACK PANEL

Cast on 110(120, 132, 142, 154, 164) sts

Row 1: *K1, P1; rep from the * across

Rows 2-14: rep row 1

Row 15: Knit across

Row 16: Purl across

Rep rows 15-16 until the end of row 168. Feel free to add more rows but make sure the last row you end on is a purl row.

Bind off all sts.

FRONT PANELS (MAKE 2)

Cast on 42(46, 52, 58, 64, 68) sts

Row 1: *K1, P1, rep from the * across.

Rows 2-14: rep row 1

Row 15: Knit across.

Row 16: Purl across.

Rep rows 15-16 until the end of row 168.

Bind off leaving a long tail.

SLEEVES (MAKE 2):

Cast on 50 sts

Row 1: *K1, P1; rep from the * across.

Rows 2-14: rep row 1

Row 15: Kfb, k across until 1 st remains, kfb.

Row 16: Purl across

Row 17: Knit across

Row 18: Purl across

Row 19: Kfb, k across until 1 st remains, kfb.

Rep rows 16- 19 until you have a total of 76(82, 88, 92, 98, 104) sts

Continue to work in stockinette (k1 row, p 1 row) until end of row 124.

Bind off leaving a long tail.

FINISHING

Block pieces to measurements.

Seam across the shoulders and then seam the sleeves to the body. Then seam the side seams of the cardigan.

NECKBAND

With the right side facing, and beginning at the bottom inner corner of the right front panel, pick up sts evenly all the way up to the neckline and continuing down to the opposite side. The stitch count here isn’t as important as working evenly around. Be sure you pick up an even number of stitches.

RIBBING

Row 1: *K1, P1; rep from the * across.

Rows 2-14: rep row 1.

Cast off and weave in all ends.