In Australia, gidday is a colloquial greeting or term for hello. While we do say hello too, our most common salutation is gidday. We may even greet a child or baby with the phrase, “Gidday little fella.” This cardigan is perfect for welcoming babies and children alike; into this world and into your heart.

Gidday is the comprehensive version of the Gidday Baby cardigan.

Gidday is a superbly simple cardigan. A striped garter stitch circular yoke is accentuated with cute buttons and a stocking stitch body.

Construction:
This cardigan is knit top down and seamlessly, with added attention paid to the simple details. The body is knit flat and the sleeves are knit in the round. Simple yarn over increases, which can be worked as a feature or closed, are used to shape the yoke.

Gidday is perfect for accentuating those special yarns.

Sizing:
To fit actual chest measurement of:
15-21: 15/38 – newborn (16/40.5 – 3mths, 17/43 – 6mths, 18/45.5 – 9mths) 19/48 – 12mths, 20/51 – 18mths, 21/53.5 – 24mths
22-30: 22/56 – 3yrs (23/58.5 – 4yrs, 24/61 – 5yrs, 25/63.5 – 6yrs) 26/66 – 7yrs, 27/68.5 – 8yrs, 28/71 – 10yrs, 30/76 – 12yrs) inches/cm.

This garment is designed to be close fitting with 1”/2.5cm of positive ease. The ease of the garment is incorporated into the sizing already.

Skill Level:
Intermediate

Techniques used:
Knit and purl
Increasing and decreasing
Working stripes
Working in the round

Yarn Requirements:
•White Gum Wool 8ply ethical superfine merino (100%
merino; 258yd 236m/100g) − Main Colour: 1 (1, 2, 2) 2, 2,
2 3 (3, 3, 3) 4, 4, 4, 5 balls, Contrast Colour: 1 ball.

• OR DK/8ply weight yarn of approximately:
Main Colour:
15-21: 220/200 (250/230, 300/275, 350/320) 400/365,
450/415, 510/470
22-30: 570/520 (630/580, 700/640, 770/705) 840/770,
920/840, 1000/915, 1100/1005
Contrast Colour:
15-21: 50/45 (50/45, 50/45, 60/55) 60/55, 60/55, 60/55
22-30: 70/65 (70/65, 70/65, 70/65) 80/75, 80/75, 80/75,
80/75
yards/metres approximately.

Original yarn is a worsted-spun superfine Australian merino
with a 4 strand structure.

Sample garment knit in White Gum Wool colourways Gum
Grey and Hawthorn.