Laura Aylor shares the inspiration for her Hay Cove cardigan.  "The colors of Harrisville’s WATERshed are so beautifully heathered that I wanted to knit a sweater in about 10 of them! Because I am on the impatient side and wanted to knit them all Right Now, I decided to use my six favorites in a fall cardigan in fall colors. This backfired. Now I want a sweater in each of those colors."

This cozy cardigan can be knit in 2 colors or as many as 10. Two rows of stranded colorwork transition from one color to the next. Construction is an adaptation of Barbara Walker’s top-down seamless simultaneous set-in sleeve construction from her book Knitting From the Top. Modeled cardigan is being worn with about an inch of positive ease.

Skills required: Long-tail cast-on, Backwards-loop cast-on, Short rows, Picking up stitches, Increasing, Decreasing, Stranded colorwork and Buttonholes (technique given

Yarn: Worsted weight yarn in 2 or more colors. Sample was knit in Harrisville Designs WATERshed (100% wool) in 6 colors. See last photo for yardage by stripe
Needles: Two US 6/4mm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge. You will need circulars or dpns for the sleeves.  Needles one size larger than gauge needles.
Notions: ¾” buttons – 8 to 10 or desired number