PRODUCT: hand knitting pattern for Texture Garden Cardigan.

PUBLISHED: October 2023

INTRODUCTION

Texture Garden Cardigan was inspired by patchwork without seaming! It’s all about mix-matching colors and texture to create your own unique piece for your wardrobe.

It’s a stash busting design! Even if you run out of yarn. Maybe it’s your main color or the contrasts ones. No worries! This pattern is all about mixing/matching. So many ways to combine colors and the different stitch types.

• You can follow the instructions but not follow the color placement.

• You can bring in leftover yarn if you’re just missing that little bit.

• If you’re sick of knitting a certain stitch, you can change it to any of the other stitch types as long as it’s close to the intended row count to not change any of the measurements

CONSTRUCTION: Fronts and Back knit flat then side seams sewn together, leaving length for armhole opening. Sleeves then knit in the round.

SKILLS: knitting flat, knit and purl stitches, picking up stitches for sleeves, knitting in the round.

NEEDLES: US 6 / 4.0 mm, or size needed to obtain gauge

NOTIONS: stitch markers, spare needles/stitch holders, extra needles or DPNs in same needle size for 3-needle BO, tool for weaving ends, measuring tape, gauge ruler

GAUGE: 24 sts by 30 rows/rounds in 4"/10cm in average of all stitch types, after blocking. Stitch types listed in pattern.

SIZES: (1, 2, 3, 4) [5, 6, 7, 8]

SEE TABLE FOR FINISHED MEASUREMENTS.

Worn with 16"/40 cm to 20"/50 cm of positive ease or ease of your choice

SEE TABLE FOR YARN USAGE.

YARN: fingering/sport weight

Sample knit with:

• MC: Little Skein, Targhee Sock, 465 yards/115 grams, 90% Superwash Targhee Wool, 10% Nylon. Colorway: Lavender Thyme (light purple/pink)

• CB: Little Skein, Harvest Sport, 312 yards/100 grams, 100% Merino-Rambouillet Wool Blend. Colorway: Miss Fizzy (magenta)

• CC: Little Skein, Harvest Sport, 312 yards/100 grams, 100% Merino-Rambouillet Wool Blend. Colorway: Luxor (dark purple)

Sample photographed is Size 4 worn with 19.5”/50 cm of positive ease at chest with 22.5”/57 cm body length, 12”/30 cm armhole opening, and 13”/33 cm sleeve lengths.

Pattern has been test knitted. Examples of other knitters who have knit this pattern during test knit are in the Blog.

Look up hashtags on Instagram with #TextureGardenCardigan and #tinatseknits to share your progress and FOs and to find other projects! Also tag me @tina.say.knits.

Pay What You Choose:

In order to make my designs more financially accessible but still valuing the work it takes to create these patterns, I am implementing a “Pay What You Choose” model. These prices indicate the fair amount that has been put into the designs and hopefully can become a sustainable way for me to keep creating hand knitting patterns.

Listed are the codes and the price you will be paying next to them:

No Code: $12.00

TTierA: $10.00

TTierB: $9.00