Heck, even I'm working on my own rendition of the "Harry Styles" cardigan. If you weren't aware, or perhaps forgot due to years of that #adultlife, the hype that is signature of a teenage girl is perhaps the most potent of the hypes. The flame just never dies out until EVERYONE falls in love with x, y , or z as much as she does.

Fast forward to now, and the V&A Museum in London has requested Harry Styles donate his original cardigan to illustrate the "power of creativity and social media in bringing people together in times of extreme adversity. [V&A blog]" The craze became so big that the haute couture brand, J.W. Anderson, that Styles bought from had to give a nod to all of the hard work people around the world were putting into replicating this cardigan.

They provide a free knit pattern of this cardigan here, which I personally think is amazing and generous of the fashion label.

One of the reasons why this cardigan became such a popular home project is how relatively easy it is to make. It's a patchwork design, meaning all you really have to do is knit or crochet a whole lot of different colored squares, and then sew them together into the shape of a cardigan. It's so simple, it's genius really. A lot of sweaters and cardigans are made this way, and it's a great way for a beginner to get acquainted with knitting or crocheting their own clothing.

The basic design of this cardigan is shown below. Among the ways to knit/crochet outerwear, this is among the simplest, meaning it's basically built to be a successful project no matter how you approach it. The same can't be said for something like a yoke-down sweater, for example.