Journey Home Cardigan by MJ's Off The Hook Designs

Journey Home Cardigan

Crochet
August 2019
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 12 rows = 4 inches
in esc with larger hook, blocked
4.5 mm
5.0 mm (H)
1688 - 2321 yards (1544 - 2122 m)
31 (34½, 37¾, 41½, 45½)" bust circumference without 5½" wide collar.
US
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

You’ll feel as though you’re wrapped up in a cocoon in this adorable cardigan! A llama/Merino blend yarn gives this sweater character, class, and coziness. Worked in pieces and seamed, the Journey Home Cardigan makes a great on-the-go project in between hayrides and apple picking this autumn season.

Difficulty Easy

Finished Size 31 (34½, 37¾, 41½, 45½)“ bust circumference without 5½” wide collar. Sample shown measures 31”, modeled with 2½“ negative ease.

Yarn Sugar Bush Yarns Rapture (50% LlamaSoft, 50% superfine Merino wool; 211 yd 193 m/ 3½ oz 100 g): #1009 fierce flame, 8 (9, 9, 10, 11) skeins.

Hook Size 7 (4.5 mm) and H/8 (5 mm). Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Notions Yarn needle.

Gauge 15 sts and 12 rows = 4” in esc with larger hook, blocked; 20 sts and 14 rows = 4” in sc blo with smaller hook, blocked.

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NOTES

  • Cardigan is worked in pieces from the bottom up, blocked, then seamed. Steam-block the collar edges so that the curves don’t pucker.

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https://www.interweave.com/store/interweave-crochet-fall-2019-digital-edition