This sweater has existed in my mind for years now, ever since we started taking our son hiking in the high desert of Southern California. There is a road called Soledad Canyon Road that winds through the landscape past rock and scrub. Soledad the sweater grew organically from the idea of that road, and when I discovered the perfect cable in a stitch dictionary everything just fell into place.

Sizes
1 /2, 4, 6, 8, 10/ years
Shown in size 6
Finished Measurements
Chest circumference: 21 /23¼, 25¼, 27½, 29¾, 31¼ inches (to fit with 10-12% positive ease)
Finished Length: 13/13½, 15¾, 15¾, 19½, 21¾ inches
Materials
Sweet Georgia Yarns Superwash DK /100% superwash merino wool; 252 yards / 229 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram hank;
Bison; 2 /2, 2, 3, 3, 4 hanks
Recommended needle sizes
US #5 / 3.75 mm 16/16, 24, 24, 24, 24 inch circular needle
US #5 / 3.75 mm set of 5 dpns or 40 inch circular needle for magic loop
US #4 / 3.50 mm 16/16, 24, 24, 24, 24 inch circular needle
US #4 / 3.50 mm set of 5 dpns or 40 inch circular needle for magic loop
Notions
Cable needle
8 st markers (1 in a different color than the others to mark eor)
Waste yarn or stitch holders
Tapestry needle
Gauge
22 sts and 28 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette stitch using larger needles
1 repeat of cable pattern = 3 inches square