Budgie Striped Baby Sweater

**Stunning Zippered Cardigan Pattern: Perfect for Luxury and Leftover Skeins!** Transform your treasured luxury skeins, leftover yarns, and those irresistibly unique skeins found in limited editions into a beautiful and functional zippered cardigan! This innovative cardigan pattern is designed to help you make the most of your precious fiber stash by creatively striping special yarns with more common ones. (Feel free to mix and match multiple special and everyday yarns; your secret is safe with us!) Watch your yardage stretch as you create a truly practical piece that highlights the beauty of your yarn collection! In this thoughtfully crafted design, you will knit the two sleeves and the body of the cardigan back and forth (flat) until you reach the armholes. Once all three pieces are completed, you'll joyfully join them together to work the yoke back and forth to the end, ensuring a seamless finish. For the stylish zipper facings, stitches are expertly picked up along each edge of the cardigan opening, which are then bound off using the elegant i-cord bind-off technique, adding a refined touch to your finished garment. **Skill Level**: Intermediate to Advanced This zippered cardigan pattern is engaging yet straightforward, using essential techniques such as knitting, purling, decreasing, and increasing. While the construction is simple enough for intermediate knitters to follow, the design also features a variety of special details and techniques, including a contrast edge cast-on, color carrying for stripes, and more! Join the community of knitters who appreciate the artistry of their materials. Knit your own zippered cardigan and turn your collection of yarn into a stunning fashion statement that you can wear with pride. Download this free or premium knitting pattern today and let your creativity shine!