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Pattern

Rainy Day Cardigan

By Catherine Waterfield

Find the complete pattern in Inside Crochet Issue #74

A cheerful rainbow cardigan to bring a ray of sunshine to even the rainiest spring day.

Materials

* Plymouth Yarns Encore Worsted, 75% acrylic/25% wool, 100g/183m/200yds
Yarn A: Blue 0235 x 3 (3, 4, 4, 5) balls
Yarn B: Red 1386 x 1 ball
Yarn C: Orange 1383 x 1 ball
Yarn D: Yellow 1382 x 1 ball
Yarn E: Green 0054 x 1 ball
Yarn F: Indigo 1384 x 1 ball
Yarn G: Violet 0959 x 1 ball
Yarn H: White 0146 x 1 ball

* 5mm hook

* Locking stitch markers

* Six buttons, 1.5cm/¾in across

Yarn Alternatives

Substitute Encore Worsted with any worsted or aran-weight yarn. 100% acrylic would be ideal for a hardwearing children’s cardigan. 

Note: Approx 30g of each of yarns B–H is required.

Errata

Yoke

Row 4: (Inc) 1ch, *6 (7, 8, 7, 9)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – 58 (58, 62, 69, 70)dc.

Row 8: (Inc) 1ch, *8 (9, 10, 9, 11)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – 72 (70, 74, 83, 82)dc.

Row 12: (Inc) 1ch, *10 (11, 12, 11, 11)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – 86 (82, 86, 97, 96)dc.

Row 16: (Inc) 1ch, *12 (13, 14, 13, 13)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – 100 (94, 98, 111, 110)dc.

Row 20: (Inc) 1ch, *14 (13, 16, 15, 15)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – 114 (108, 110, 125, 124)dc.

Sizes S, M, L & XL only
Row 24: 
(Inc) 1ch, *- (15, 15, 17, 17)dc, 2dc in next dc**; rep from * across ending final rep at **, 1dc in each st to end working last dc in t-ch, turn – - (122, 123, 139, 138)dc.

Do not work next RS row and move to Divide for Sleeves section.


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Catherine Waterfield

Designer

Catherine lives in Wiltshire with her husband and two children, using her spare time to design knit and crochet garments.

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