A Cardigan to Get Your Through the Seasons

While I’m still deep in thinking about summer knitting, Knitty has moved on to thinking early fall already.

Just days after summer’s official start I’m not ready to think about colorwork cowls, giant shawls or cozy hats, but I can get behind a little cardigan with lacy sleeves perfect for summer and fall.

Gibson, designed by Angela Hahn, was inspired by other top-down cardigans with wide front bands that have come in Knittys before. The lace sleeves and cotton yarn give this on an edge that makes it perfect to knit now and wear for a long time to come.

Because winter feels far enough away right now that you can both knit and wear a summer sweater with plenty of time to spare.

Or if you’re in the other part of the world, make this one in the hope that spring is right around the corner!

[Photo: Tom DeVesto via Knitty.]

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I love a good stash busting project, and that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the Brilliant Brickwork Wrap by Amy Crumpton.

It’s actually designed to use mini skeins of fingering weight yarn, but I feel like you could use scrap yarns in harmonious colors to get the same kind of effect.

The pattern was written to use 24 colors of 10 gram skeins, as well as a 100 gram/400 yard skein of yarn. But there’s a design modifications section in the pattern that talks you through using 12 colors in 20 gram increments, 10 gram scrap balls or even three full skeins of yarn if you’ve got bigger amounts of pretties you want to use.

The wrap is worked in garter stitch and it’s sort of a log cabin style, where stitches are picked up from the edges of previous sections to build the next piece. It is worked in two sections that are joined in the middle with no seaming required. The pattern includes row by row written instructions and end of row stitch counts so you can keep your place easily.

The designer rates the skill level as for adventurous beginners and beyond. You’ll need to know how to knit, slip stitches and pick up stitches from a slipped stitch edge.

I do love the look that minis give you in this project because they are designed to work well together. (Check out more patterns great for mini skeins and advent calendar yarn.) But being me I’m always thinking about ways to use your yarn stash, and I think with proper planning this would be a great project for getting rid of some of those odd balls. You could also work the wrap in a different weight of yarn for a different look depending on what yarn you have that you need to use.

As written is measures about 14 by 60 inches, or 35.5 by 152.5 cm, but you can adjust the length without too much trouble.

Check it out and grab your copy from Ravelry.

[Photo: Amy Crumpton]

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