Pattern Description from Interweave Online Store: “The designer loves how the simple texture of knit and purl patterns, and softly spun, thick-and-thin yarns like this one create another dimension of texture. The cable might look complex, but it isn’t! It is an unusual cable that has one strand worked in seed stitch and the other worked in stockinette. Every woman should have this cardigan in her cedar chest.”

Finished Size: 37 (42½, 48, 53)“ bust

Yarn: Nashua Handknits Natural Focus Ecologie Wool (100% wool; 87 yd (80 m)/50 g): #NFW.0084 acacia (yellow), 17 (20, 23, 25) balls. Yarn distributed by Westminster Fibers

Yarn weight: #4 - Medium

Gauge:

• 18 sts and 26 rows = 4” in textured patt on larger needles
• 24 sts of cable panel = 4½“ wide

Needles: Size 7 (4.5 mm) needles; Size 8 (5 mm) needles

Notions: Markers (m), cable needle (cn), 3 (4, 4, 4) 1 3⁄8” buttons, yarn needle

Originally Published: Knitscene, Fall 2008