This pattern is part of the Autumn Beach Collection and is available for purchase on Ravelry HERE as a single pattern and HERE as an ebook.

This cardigan was designed with the colors of the beach in mind. Subtle color changes at the hems and neckline call to mind the shades the outgoing tide leaves behind on the sand. It is a cozy cardigan that seems light and airy when worked in lighter low-contrast colors, or could make a bolder statement with deeper high-contrast colors.

Sweater is worked in the round from the bottom up and joined at the underarms. The circular yoke and bottom hem features a simple lice stitch and color change that is subtle and beautiful. The pattern is written with two purl columns that form the ‘steek bridge’. Pattern is written for a sewn steek, but could also be done with a crochet steek. If you choose to use the crochet method, consider making the purl stitches knit stitches, and add two more for your steek bridge. After the sweater is steeked, sts are picked up for a buttonband, and finished with a sewn on ribbon on the inner edge.

If you would rather avoid working a steek this sweater could also be worked back and forth, or as a pullover, in which case, do not work the purl stitches at all and move your beginning of round marker to the back or shoulder area. Practice both your colorwork and your steek on a generous sized swatch.