A Customizable Cardigan for When You Want to Get Cozy

Cardigans are my go-to for layering, and I actually have a couple that I wear around the house, on top of other sweaters in winter or over whatever I’m wearing the rest of the year (I’m cold a lot of the time).

The Elina Cardigan from Gabrielle Vézina is a great cozy cardigan that you could knit up lots of different ways for different looks. The original uses sport weight yarn and mohair held together, but you could use heavier yarn held single.

The pattern offers two options for length, an optional belt, and comes in 11 sizes, from a 32.5 inch to 66 inch bust. You can choose to knit it with zero ease or up to 6 inches of positive ease — or even more if you like! It includes bobbles but I’ll bet you could leave those out, too, if that’s not something you like.

The pattern is available on Ravelry and LoveCrafts.

[Photo: Ariel Tarr © Gabrielle Vézina via Ravelry.]

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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