The And a Scrap-Free New Year Cardigan is an open, shawl collar cardigan meant to celebrate all of your scraps and help you clear your stash!

This sweater is knit bottom up, flat, and split at the underarm. Then the front and back panels are worked and the shoulders are seamed together using 3 Needle Bindoff. The sleeves are then picked up and knit in the round. Finally, the border and shawl collar are picked up and knit along the selvedge edge.

Suggested Yarn: The sample was knit using various scrap yarns and used two strands of fingering weight held together with a strand of mohair throughout the entire sweater.

The following yarn weight combinations could work for the gauge required:
Lace x5
Lace x3 + Fingering
Fingering x2 + Lace
DK + Lace
Worsted

*Note on choosing colors: This design will work well with any color combination, but if you'd like the chevron motif to stand out more, lighter colors and less frequent color changes will help with that.

Yardage: Total yardage estimates for two strands of fingering weight held together with lace: 2304 (2520, 2771, 3049, 3279) (3607, 3886, 4225, 4532) yds/2107 (2304, 2534, 2788, 2998) (3298, 3553, 3891, 4144) m.

Total yardage estimates for two strands of fingering weight: 1536 (1680, 1847, 2033, 2186) (2404, 2591, 2817, 3021) yds/ 1405 (1536, 1689, 1859, 1999) (2198, 2369, 2576, 2762) m.

Total yardage estimates for lace: 768 (840, 924, 1016, 1093) (1202, 1295, 1408, 1511) yds/ 702 (768, 845, 929, 999) (1099, 1184, 1287, 1382) m.

This includes additional yardage for swatching.

Techniques: You will need to know how to knit, purl, knit in the round, slip slip knit, knit 2 together, slip slip purl, purl 2 together, and pick up and knit.

Additionally, you can use several methods for weaving in ends as you go, so that you don't have hours of work to do once you bind off. I used the following method outlined in this video by Stephen West, but feel free to substitute your preferred method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmu_HounuTw