Beckett
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We love a fluffy, soft cardigan and there is nothing softer or fluffier than a brioche stitch cardigan in Spark x Weld. Beckett, by Meghan Babin, mixes two gently contrasting colors of Spark and Weld creating a subtle marl that’s deeply pleasing when paired with the puffy brioche stitch. This slightly cropped cardigan features gentle ballooning at the cuffs, a cozy raglan depth, and a folded button band worked after seaming with reinforced buttonholes. As this cardigan is worked at a drapey gauge, it’s worked from the bottom up in pieces and seamed after wet blocking for essential fabric stability and longevity.
Type: Digital Download
Designer: Meghan Babin
Skill Level: 4 out of 5
Yarn: Hudson + West Co. Weld (70% U.S. Merino / 30% U.S. Corriedale; 200 yds [183 m]; 1.76 oz [50 g]): camel (light brown), 6 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11) skeins.
Hudson + West Co. Spark (72% kid mohair / 28% silk; 459 yds [420 m]; 1.76 oz [50 g]): glacier (grey blue), 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5) skeins.
Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); 33.75 (37.75, 42.5, 45.25, 49.75, 53.75, 58.5, 61.25, 65.75)” [85.5 (96, 107.5, 115, 126.5, 136.5, 148, 155.5, 167) cm] finished chest circumference, buttoned. Sample shown in a Size 2 worn by Kaylin with 5.75” [14.75 cm] of positive
ease. Recommended ease: 2-8” [5-20.5 cm] positive ease.
Needles:
Size A (for body and sleeves): US 6 [4 mm]: 32” [80 cm] circ needle.
Size B (for ribbing): US 4 [3.5 mm]: 40” [100 cm] circ needle.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions:
Stitch markers (m); tapestry needle; sharp sewing needle and thread; three 1.5” [38 mm] buttons.
Gauge:
14 sts and 46 rows (23 rows visible on RS) = 4” [10 cm] in Brioche St on Size A needle with yarns held together, blocked and unstretched.
Skills Required:
Brioche knitting; increasing and decreasing in Brioche stitch; picking up stitches; seaming.
About the Designer
Meghan Babin (she/her/hers) is the co-founder of Hudson + West Co. She’s the former editor of Interweave Knits, knit.wear, and creator and editor of Wool Studio. She hails from the lower Hudson Valley region of New York where she currently lives, designs, and runs H+W HQ East. Her designs and creative work are largely inspired by the dichotomy between New York City and the wilds of the Hudson Valley. Find more of her designs on Ravelry.
