Harvard Square Cardigan by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas

Harvard Square Cardigan

Knitting
March 2002
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch using larger needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
685 yards (626 m)
3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months
English

Summary:  Baby cardigan with different colored and textured stripes.


Materials:


  • 137 yds. of yarn in each of five different colors (total of 685 yds.)
  • 29-inch circular needles in size US 4 / 3.5 mm
  • 29-inch circular needles in size US 6 / 4.0 mm
  • 2 stitch holders
  • four 1/2-inch buttons
  • T-pins
  • yarn needle
  • split ring or other removable markers


From Knitting for Baby:  This sweater, which combines multicolored stripes in garter and seed stitch, was inspired by a sweater Kristin saw a young girl wearing Harvard Square. ... [I]t is knit in one piece to the armholes, then divided for the back, left front, and right front. ... To demonstrate the versatility of the knitted fabric, we had this sweater knitted twice, and assembled it in two ways:  one with what is usually considered the "right" side out ..., and the other "wrong" side out....  Teach your children this kind of flexible thinking and perhaps they will be accepted at Harvard.