Casual cable cardigan

Chunky, tweedy, quick to knit and finished with glorious cables, what’s not to love about Jo Allport’s golden cardigan?

CABLE CARDIGAN STITCH PATTERNS STOCKING STITCH (ST ST)

Row 1 (RS) Knit. Row 2 Purl.

MOSS STITCH

Row 1 (RS) K1, *P1, K1; rep from * to end. Row 2 As Row 1.

CABLE PANEL

Worked over 23 sts and 16 rows.

Row 1 (RS) K2, P3, T3F, T3B, P1, T3F, T3B, P3, K2.

Row 2 P2, K4, P4, K3, P4, K4, P2.

Row 3 K2, P4, K1, T3B, P3, T3F, K1, P4, K2.

Row 4 P2, K4, P3, K5, P3, K4, P2.

Row 5 K2, P4, T3B, P2, K1, P2, T3F, P4, K2.

Row 6 P2, K4, P2, K3, P1, K3, P2, K4, P2.

Row 7 K2, P3, T3B, P2, K3, P2, T3F, P3, K2.

Row 8 (P2, K3) twice, P3, (K3, P2) twice.

Row 9 K2, P2, T3B, P2, K5, P2, T3F, P2, K2.

Rows 10, 12 and 14 P2, K2, P2, K3, P5, K3, P2, K2, P2.

Rows 11 and 13 K2, P2, K2, P3, K5, P3, K2, P2, K2.

Row 15 K2, P2, T3F, P2, C5B, P2, T3B, P2, K2.

Row 16 P2, K3, P2, K2, P2, K1, P2, K2, P2, K3, P2.

BACK

Cast on 71 (79: 87: 95: 103) sts using 5.5mm needles. Work in moss st across all sts for 4cm, ending with a RS row.

Change to 6mm needles and work in st st from Row 2 across all sts until work measures 34 (34: 36: 38: 39)cm, ending with a WS row and measured from the cast-on edge. Place a split ring marker at the beg and end of the next row.

Cont in st st as set until work measures 55 (57: 61: 64: 66)cm, ending with a WS row.

SHAPE SHOULDERS

Cast off 4 (6: 7: 9: 10) sts at the beg of the next 2 rows. [63 (67: 73: 77: 83) sts]

Cast off 5 (6: 8: 9: 11) sts at the beg of the foll 2 rows. Cast off rem 53 (55: 57: 59: 61) sts.

LEFT FRONT

Using 5.5mm needles, cast on 37 (41: 45: 49: 53) sts. Work in moss st across all sts for 4cm, ending with a RS row.

Change to 6mm needles and work the foll inc row:

Next row (WS) P2, K1, M1, K1, P2, K1, M1, P1, M1, K1, M1, P1, K1, M1, P2, K1, M1, K1, P2, purl to end. [43 (47: 51: 55: 59) sts]