For this Wardrobe-Workhorse, Stash-Manager Cardigan, I decided to pile up the yarns from my stash in the same weight, that had been dyed some version of yellow and make the most of those skeins! I used one main color to ground the speckles and that’s the one that I used for the button band, cuffs and bottom ribbing too. I used one colorway to knit the yoke and then began striping two colors after I separated for the sleeves. Using similar colors for the striping made a fade. Using two contrasting colors for the striping would create striped fabric. That would be very cool too!

I cropped this cardigan but some testers made it longer. It features a sturdy, three stitch raglan seam and is worked in reverse stockinette from the top down. Three-quarter length sleeves are worked flat and then seamed for speed and strength.

• Suggested Yarn: Hedgehog Fibres Merino DK
• Yarn Weight: DK (11 wpi)
• Yardage: 717 – 1500 yards (656 – 1372 m)

22 stitches and 34 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Reverse Stockinette Stitch on larger needles.

• Sizes XS (S, M1, M2, L1) (L2, XL, 2X, 3X)
• Finished Bust Measurements:
  30.25 (33, 36.25, 39.5, 43) (47.5, 51, 54.25, 57.25)” / 76.75 (83.75, 92, 100.25, 109.25) (120.75, 129.5, 137.75, 145.5) cm
• Sample shown in size XS with -2” / -5 cm negative ease. BUT some testers knitted a size with up to 5” of ease with great results. Make it yours!

• Stitch markers
• 6 buttons X”/Ymm
• Highlighter Pen (optional – for highlighting your size’s instructions)
• Highlighter Tape (optional – to keep your place in the pattern)
• Scrap Yarn (for putting sleeves on holder)
• Measuring Tape
• Tapestry Needle
• Wool Wash and Blocking Mats

Yarn: Hedgehog Fibres Merino DK (219 yds / 115 g) in three colorways

• MC: Pollen – 2 (2, 2, 2, 2) (3, 3, 3, 3) Skeins
• CC1: Zenith – 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 3) Skeins
• CC2: Fools Gold – 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 3) Skeins OR Approximately 717 (783, 854, 944, 1057) (1200, 1306, 1397, 1500) total yds in complementary colors
• MC: 287 (313, 342, 378, 423) (480, 522, 559, 600) yds
• CC1: 215 (235, 256, 283, 317) (360, 392, 419, 450) yds
• CC2: 215 (235, 256, 283, 317) (360, 392, 419, 450) yds

Techniques Used:

• Long Tail Cast On Method
• Purl Forward and Back Increase
• Purled Decreasing
• Reverse Stockinette Seaming