Growing Garden Cardigan by Sandi Rosner

Growing Garden Cardigan

Knitting
May 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Dotted Stripe Pattern, Flat
US 6 - 4.0 mm
320 - 610 yards (293 - 558 m)
Newborn (6–12 Months, 12–18 Months, 18–24 Months)
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS
Main Color (MC): 1 (2, 2, 2) ball(s) of Purl Soho’s Cotton Chirp DK, 100% Peruvian Pima cotton. Each ball of this Light Worsted/DK-weight yarn is 232 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 230 (300, 380, 445) total yards required. We used Heirloom White.

Contrast Colors (CC’s): 1 bundle of Purl Soho’s Cotton Chirp DK Minis, 100% Peruvian Pima cotton. Each bundle includes four 58 yards/ 25-gram balls. We used the Ebb Tide and Wild Poppy bundles.

  • CC1: Approximately 20 (25, 30, 35) total yards required
  • CC2: Approximately 30 (30, 45, 50) total yards required
  • CC3: Approximately 25 (40, 40, 50) total yards required
  • CC4: Approximately 15 (25, 25, 30) total yards required

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GAUGE
22 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches in Dotted Stripe Pattern, Flat (see Stitch Patterns)

SIZES
Newborn (6–12 Months, 12–18 Months, 18–24 Months)

To fit actual chest circumference of 15-16 (17-18, 19-20, 21-22) inches, with approximately 1–2 inches of ease

  • Finished Chest Circumference: 17 (19½, 21, 23½) inches, buttoned
  • Finished Body Length from Bottom Edge to Underarm: 4½ (5¼, 5¾, 6½) inches
  • Finished Body Length from Bottom Edge to Top of Shoulder: 9 (10, 11¼, 12½) inches
  • Finished Sleeve Length from Underarm: 5¼ (6½, 7, 8¼) inches

SAMPLES: The Ebb Tide sweater shown here is size Newborn, and the Wild Poppy sweater is size 12–18 months.

Designed for Purl Soho by Sandi Rosner. Based in North Carolina, Sandi has been a knitter and crocheter for more than 45 years. She has owned a local yarn store, been the creative director of a large yarn company, and worked as a freelance technical editor, designer, teacher, and writer. She has four books of patterns, with a new one (focusing on crochet tank tops!) set to be released this November. Thank you for sharing your talent and expertise with us, Sandi!