Return to Maine Collection: Gander Cardigan

Pattern: Gander Cardigan, designed by Andrea Hungerford for By Hand Serial’s Return to Maine Collection

Yarn: The Border Mill North Coast Tweed (Shetland 4-ply) - 4 skeins (100g/360m/ea) in color Isle of Ewe

Needles: US 3s

Sample Sizes: Medium (38” chest)

Notes: The Isle of Ewe sample was knit in the longer option, approx 20” from armhole to hem

Yarn: Uist Wool Las 4-ply (scotch mule + castlemilk moorit) - 7 skeins (50g/160m/ea) in color Corca

Notes: The Corca sample was knit in the shorter option, approx 16” from armhole to hem

Yarn: Sunflower Knits Roots Fingering (100% Canadian wool) - 4 skeins (432 yds/ea) naturally dyed with an alum mordant and a logwood dye

Needles: US 3s

Notes: This was my own pattern hack, re-sized for a gauge of 20 sts and 30 rows = 4”, and resized as a M/L (finished size 41” chest)