I have realized I need a lot of cardigans in my wardrobe. So you’re probably going to see a lot of them this year. My university and the heat levels are a challenge and layers are my friend. My office is freezing but my classrooms are warm and I want to be able to just take off a layer or add a layer so I can still wear my hand knits. My problem with cardigans is I don’t love purling and I don’t want to steek everything either since I tend to knit a lot with superwash. But I found a garter stitch cardigan I really like and already want to make another version. This is the Baseline Sweater by Susanne Sommer.
I love that it is mostly garter stitch, expect for the button bands and hem. It comes with a lot of customizations from whether you want a crew neck, v neck or round neck and varying back lengths too. I chose to knit a round neck with a shorter body. It is knit starting from the middle back, so you can also colorblock it like I did. In her initial version it was all stripes, then she showed a colorblocked version and I thought why not do stripes and blocks of color?!
I thought the instructions were really thorough and gave you all kinds of options. I have a lovely variegated yarn that I think would be perfect to do a solid version of this and perhaps with a v neck fo the next one. I decided to make it using the Wandering Flock dk in YOLO (the neon yellow) and Dune (the sand color). I was wearing this jumpsuit from Ace and Jig when I picked the yarn and loved that it matched the colors perfectly and I could pair it with this jumpsuit too..
This is a wonderfully squishy sweater and knitting all garter stitch made it go by quickly. I’m definitely going to make another one and soon!
Yards of Happiness 
I am in your boat. I love cardigans, but prefer to knit in the round, since I don’t like lots of purling, and am terrified of steeking. And I love color work! And I love the cardigan you shared. I will add that to my que!
I love your description of this pattern. The Options and Garter stitch sound like winners to me.. I have bought sweater quantites in the past with various ideas for sweaters. The skeins remain dormant in my stash waiting for “That RIGHT Pattern”. I Love All of your sweaters and this one has real possibilities for me. Obvious question:Any leftover yarn for Jellybean or Kiwi?😍🤩💛💛🐕🐶
That looks fantastic, I love what you did with the color blocking. I just bought this pattern last week and love all the options!
I can’t wait to see what other variations you’ll come up with this year!
Love this! Your students must be over the moon to see your creativity every day. Such a great color combo, esp with the dress you’re modeling.
You never cease to amaze me with your choices of color and pattern with your knits. Love everything about this cardigan.
Great cardigan! I’m a fan of cardigans as well, though lately I haven’t been taking mine off. I love that somehow this is nearly neutral, even though it’s so bright. Off to check out Ace and Jig…
It’s gorgeous and looks great on you. As always, you’re an inspiration, Dana!
Your sweater and color choices are fabulous! You have such a fabulous sense of style.