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1970s

The Varsity Cardigan

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Your size Choose the size nearest your actual bust measurement. The pattern adds the ease the original design had.

Yarn weight The original: DK (light worsted), at about 22 sts and 32 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over the cable pattern. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge. Bulky (chunky) yarn isn't offered: the cables and narrow folded band would turn coarse and the fronts too thick.

Your gauge

This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over the cable pattern itself, not plain stockinette (the pattern shows you how to knit the swatch). Cables and ribs draw the knitting in. The gauge on a yarn label is measured over plain stockinette, and this stitch pattern knits up differently, so the label won't give you the right size.

per 4 in per 10 cm

Stitches Rows

This pattern can be written for 19.5 to 30 stitches per 4 in (10 cm). How to measure your gauge

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