Product description
The Teasel cardigan playfully updates classic shawl-collar style with plenty of bouncy texture in sturdy, springy Arbor. Worked flat and seamed for durability, with a ribbed button band and cozy, short-row shaped collar, Teasel will cheerfully accompany outfits from muddy dungarees to sparkly dresses for years to come.
Designer: Jennifer Parroccini
Collection: BT Littles
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Teasel
Textured Shawl-Collar Cardigan
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Product description
The Teasel cardigan playfully updates classic shawl-collar style with plenty of bouncy texture in sturdy, springy Arbor. Worked flat and seamed for durability, with a ribbed button band and cozy, short-row shaped collar, Teasel will cheerfully accompany outfits from muddy dungarees to sparkly dresses for years to come.
Designer: Jennifer Parroccini
Collection: BT Littles
Share on social #TeaselCardigan
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Pattern materials
YARN
Brooklyn Tweed Arbor — 100% American Targhee Wool (145 yards/132 meters per 50 grams)
- 5 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Skeins
- Photographed in color Treehouse
YARDAGE
- 695 (845, 950, 1135, 1265, 1395) yards [636 (773, 869, 1038, 1157, 1276) meters] of DK weight wool yarn
NEEDLES
Size A (for Main Fabric)
- One pair of straight needles and/or a 16”/40 cm or longer circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
- Suggested Size: 3.75 mm (US 5)
Size B (for Ribbing)
- One 32”/80 cm or longer circular needle two sizes smaller than Size A
- Suggested Size: 3.25 mm (US 3)
Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only)
- One 16”/40 cm or longer circular needle, one size smaller than Size B
- Suggested Size: 2.75 mm (US 2)
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Pattern specs
CONSTRUCTION
- This cardigan is worked flat in pieces from the bottom up, then sewn together.
- The collar is picked up and worked flat on a circular needle after garment assembly. Short Rows: German Method are used to shape the collar.
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
SIZES 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- 24¼ (25¾, 27½, 30½, 31½, 33)" [61.5 (65.5, 70, 77.5, 80, 84) cm] circumference at chest (buttoned)
- To fit approximate ages 2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12) years
- Pablo is 4 years old, 3'6½"/108 cm tall and is wearing Size 4 with 7½"/19 cm positive ease.
- Ivy is 5 years old, 3'8¾"/113.5 cm tall and is wearing Size 4 with 8½"/21.5 cm positive ease.
Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size 101.
GAUGE
- 22 stitches & 36 rows = 4”/10 cm in Teasel Stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.
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Techniques
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
- 2x2 Tubular Cast On
- Video — Directional M1 Increases
- Video — Short Rows: German Method
- Video — Sloped Bind Off
- 2x2 Tubular Bind Off
- Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)
- One Row Buttonhole
- Seaming 101
- Blocking 101
- Knitwear Care
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