Bent’s Fort Cardigan Knitting Pattern Download

Description

Established in 1833 in southeastern Colorado, Bent’s Old Fort was built to facilitate the buffalo-robe trade between white settlers and the southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians. The Bent’s Fort Cardigan is both a blanket and cardigan, worked in a deceptively simple mosaic stitch pattern that emulates the Southwestern aesthetic and the architecture of the original fort.

Designer: Sue Gleave
Difficulty: Intermediate
Finished Size: 18¾ (21, 23¾ , 25¼ , 26¾ )” back width at underarm. Cardigan shown measures 21″ on model with 32″ bust.
Yarn Weight: 3
Specific Yarn Used: Brown Sheep Company Prairie Spun DK (100% wool; 256 yd [234 m]/3½ oz [100 g]): #PSDK95 wild indigo (blue; MC), 6 (6, 8, 8, 8) skeins; #PSDK35 honeycomb (gold; CC), 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) skeins.
Needles: Size 6 (4 mm). Size 7 (4.5 mm): 40″ circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Stitch holders; tapestry needle.
Gauge: 21 sts and 33 rows = 4″ in mosaic patt on larger needle; 20 sts and 29 rows = 4″ in St st on smaller needles; 21 sts and 47 rows = 4″ in Honeycomb st on larger needle.
Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Summer 2018