Rhadamanthys was the wise mythological Greek king who judged the dead and ruled the Fortunate Isles, where those heroes who had thrice been received into the Elysian Fields resided. Celebrate three blessings with this easy, sideways-knit sweater; it is knit in one piece with no seaming, requires no finishing, and is worked all in garter stitch. Three turning points in the short row shaping delineate body, yoke and collar, creating a shapely fit around the shoulders and upper torso. The garter stitch and extended front panels make it suitable for many shapes and sizes, and the fit may easily be further customized in length or circumference.

Construction: Rhadamanthys is cast on at the left front edge, and worked sideways around the body to the right front. Except for the full-row front panels, it is knit entirely in short rows using the wrap & turn method; there is no need to pick up the wraps and knit them together with the wrapped stitch when you encounter them on the following row, as the wraps will disappear into the texture of the garter stitch fabric. For more of this kind of interesting construction, see my worsted weight version, Elysium.

Techniques & Skills Used: knit, short rows; this pattern includes a link to my short row tutorials.

Size: 27 (29.5, 31.75, 34.25, 36.5, 39, 41.5, 43.75, 46.25, 48.5, 51)” bust, with fronts overlapped. This boxy cardigan has shaping only at the yoke; for a good fit, choose a finished size based on upper bust measurement, or with no ease/some negative ease at the bust; sample shown in third size, worn with 3” negative ease.

Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (100% merino wool; 420 yards/ 384m/100g), shown in Composition Book Grey; 2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4) skeins, or 750 (800, 900, 975, 1075, 1150, 1250, 1325, 1450, 1550, 1625) yards of fingering weight yarn.

Other Materials: US 6 (4mm) 32” circular needle; Stitch markers (2, optional); Stitch holder; Yarn needle.

Gauge: 20 st and 40 rows/4” in garter stitch, after gentle blocking.

Thank you to my lovely testknitters and my wonderful tech editor Kate Vanover.