Embrace the handmade look and inner beauty of stranded colorwork! The Inner Beauty Cardi combines texture and color mixing in a unique way. It is worked from the top down using stranded colorwork but the floats are the star of the show and face outwards onto the right side of your cardi. From there you knit your body and sleeves in a fun, bubble stitch pattern. An oversized shawl collar completes this cardigan for ultimate coziness. You can choose to work the colorwork in a gradient pattern or mix up all the colors. Have fun letting your inner beauty shine!

Pattern Details

Materials:
Main Color (MC): 5 (5, 5, 5, 6)6, 6, 7, 7 skeins Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100 yds (92 m) / 200 g) shown in French Vanilla
Contrast Colors (CC): 1 (1, 1, 1, 2)2, 2, 2, 2 Mini Skein Sampler Kit(s) (approx. 85 yds (78 m) / 164-170 g - 5 mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 17 yds (16 m) / skein) shown in Geode colorway
CC1: Spun Cloud, CC2: Castaway, CC3: Dreamland, CC4: Daisy Chain, CC5: Wildflower
Please note any modifications to size or length may require additional yarn.

Needle A: Size US 13 (9 mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needles for ribbing (and additional needles of the same size for your preference of small circumference knitting)
Needle B: Size US 15 (10 mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge for Bubble stitch (and additional needles of the same size for your preference of small circumference knitting)
Needle C: Size US 17 (12 mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge for stranded colorwork

Buttons (4) - 1⅜” / 34 mm diameter, optional
Removable markers (5)
Stitch holders or smooth scrap yarn (2)
Stitch markers (11)
Tapestry needle

Gauge:
8 sts and 8.75 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stranded colorwork worked flat using Needle C, steam blocked
8 sts and 17 rows/rounds = 4” / 10 cm in Bubble stitch worked both flat and in the round using Spun Cloud and Needle B, steam blocked

Finished Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)6, 7, 8, 9
33.5 (37.5, 41.5, 45.5, 49.5)53.5, 57.5, 61.5, 65.5” / 84 (94, 104, 114, 124)134, 144, 154, 164 cm finished chest circumference
Recommended to be worn with 1-4” / 2.5-10 cm of positive ease at the chest, depending on your preferred fit. Sample is shown in a Size 2 on a 34” / 85 cm chest with 3.5” / 8.75 cm of positive ease.

Note: This design is part of a Knitalong event and is not yet available as an individual pattern.

Pattern Designer: Laurel Gervitz