Product description
Dapper styling and a scholarly air make this cardigan at home in grand old libraries and in modern schoolyards. Knit in Shelter, Arlo features a playfully organic lattice of cables that evokes branching trees. Short rows shape a fetching collar from the wide ribbed button bands and turned-back cuffs extend the life of the garment as the child grows. Arlo is truly unisex, but instructions are given for gender-specific button placement according to the knitter’s choice. Sewn construction provides classic polish and durability—though you may find yourself hoping for thin spots requiring suede elbow patches.
Designer: Michele Wang
Collection: Kids 1
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Arlo
Cabled Cardigan with Shawl Collar
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Product description
Dapper styling and a scholarly air make this cardigan at home in grand old libraries and in modern schoolyards. Knit in Shelter, Arlo features a playfully organic lattice of cables that evokes branching trees. Short rows shape a fetching collar from the wide ribbed button bands and turned-back cuffs extend the life of the garment as the child grows. Arlo is truly unisex, but instructions are given for gender-specific button placement according to the knitter’s choice. Sewn construction provides classic polish and durability—though you may find yourself hoping for thin spots requiring suede elbow patches.
Designer: Michele Wang
Collection: Kids 1
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Pattern materials
YARN
- 4 (5, 6, 6, 7) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50 grams)
- Photographed in color Hayloft and Embers
YARDAGE
- 560 (635, 715, 840, 970) yards of worsted weight wool yarn
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Pattern specs
CONSTRUCTION
- All pieces are worked flat, then sewn together. Stitches are picked up around the neck and front edges for the collar and button bands.
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
- 26¾ (27¾, 29½, 32¼, 34¾)” circumference at chest, seamed and buttoned Sized for 2 (4, 6, 8, 10) years
- Sample shown is size 6 (29½”) on children who normally wear size 6
Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size 101.
GAUGE
- 18 stitches & 29 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking
- 23 stitches & 30 rows = 4″ in cable pattern from charts with Size A needle(s), after blocking
NEEDLES
Size A (for Main Fabric):
- One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
- Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)
Size B (for Tubular Cast On and Ribbing):
- One pair of straight needles and/or a 32″ circular needle*, two sizes smaller than Size A
- Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)
*Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used. For Size B, a circular needle is mandatory and straight needles are optional.
Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.
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Techniques
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
- Sloped Bind Off
- Short Rows (Wrap and Turn Method)
- One-Row Buttonhole
- 2x2 Tubular Cast On
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