About This Pattern
I created this pattern as a variation on my fingering weight pullover pattern - Magic Garden - available here: MAGIC GARDEN.

Garden Gate is a cardigan pattern for those who are ready for a little bit of a challenge as it uses both three color stranded knitting and steeking. The pattern is fun and rustic - perfect to grab for everyday wear.

The sample was made with Cascade 220, a non-superwash worsted weight yarn. Consider trying non-superwash yarn for this project. Superwash would work too - like Hand Dyed Diva Worsted - but this is a great project for employing the superpowers of non-superwash yarns. Their properties will help your stranded knitting, and can also be a benefit when steeking.

Please share your finished projects! I would love to see them - and other people would love to find inspiration in your work!

Sending you yarn joy!

xoxo

Pattern Details
LEVEL: Advanced

MATERIALS
Yarn: Worsted weight yarn
1130 (1280, 1440, 1600, 1770, 1940, 2100) yds color A
115 (128, 145, 165, 165, 185, 185, 215) yds color B
46 (52, 62, 62, 75, 75, 85) yds color C

The sample was made with the following:
Cascade Yarns CASCADE 220 (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 3½ oz/100 gr; 220 yds/200 m)
6 skeins 9325 Wesptpoint Blue Heather (A), 1 skein 2425 Provence Heather (B), 1 skein 2442 Fog Hatt (C).

Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) circular needles 16” and 32” long, and needles in preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round, OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN THE CORRECT GAUGE.
US 6 (4 mm) circular needles 16” and 32” long, and needles in preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round.

Notions: Stitch marker, waste yarn for use as stitch holder, tapestry needle
How many buttons of what size? Steeking tool(s)

GAUGE
20 sts and 26 rows = 4” in Stockinette stitch using larger needles, after blocking. Save time by taking time to check gauge.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 37½ (41½, 45½, 49½, 53½, 57½, 61½)” buttoned
Back Length: 24½ (25, 25½, 26, 26½, 27, 27½)”
Sample shown is size 41½”.
Intended to be worn with 2-4” ease.

NOTE
This sweater is knit in the round from the bottom up. The sleeves and body are joined at the underarm and the yoke is knit in the round to the neck.
The front includes five steek stitches.
The sweater is steeked after blocking, then the neck band and button band stitches are picked up and knit.

ABBREVIATIONS & TERMS
DS Double Stitch
GSR German Short Row
Inc Increase
K Knit
K2tog Lnit 2 stitches together; single right-leaning
decrease
M1R Make one right; single right-leaning knit increase
M1L Make one left; single left-leaning knit increase
P Purl
Rem Remain
Rep Repeat(s)(ed)(ing)
RLI Right Lifted Increase: Knit into the front loop of the
stitch below the next stitch on left needle.
Rnd(s) Round(s)
RS(s) Right Side(s)
Ssk Slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit these 2 stitches
together through back loops; single left-leaning
decrease
St(s) Stitch(es)
WS(s) Wrong Side(s)