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About this Pattern
This cardigan is worked seamlessly from the bottom up. The body is worked flat, the sleeves are worked in the round. It features raglan sleeves and waist shaping.
Pattern Includes:
• 8 pages of tested and tech edited instructions.
• Written and charted instructions
• Schematic with metric and imperial measurements
• Beautiful color photography by Carrie Bostick Hoge
• Digital PDF and Printed copies available
Skill Level
Intermediate
Finished Measurements
Bust Circumference: 29 3⁄4 (34 3⁄4, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60)“ / 75.5 (88.5, 101.5, 114.5, 127, 139.5, 152.5) cm buttoned. 1–3” / 2.5–7.5 cm positive ease recommended.
Shown in: 34 3⁄4” / 88.5 cm size.
Yarn
DK weight (CYCA #3 Light): approx 905 (1019, 1141, 1278, 1400, 1522, 1648) yards / 828 (932, 1044, 1169, 1282, 1392, 1507) meters
Shown in: West Yorkshire Spinners BFL DK (100% wool; 50 gram skein = approx 122 yards 112 meters: 8 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) skeins.
Color Shown: Lavender
Knitting Needles
Sizes US 5 and 6 / 3.75 and 4 mm: 32” / 80 cm circular and set of 4 or 5 double pointed needles (dpns), or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions
Stitch holders or waste yarn; stitch markers; tapestry needle; six 1” / 25mm buttons.
Gauge
19 sts and 36 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Garter Lace Pattern with larger needles. Take time to save time, check your gauge.
Construction Notes
• When working body and yoke, circular needle is used to accommodate large number of sts.
• The sleeves and body are knit separately to the underarms, where they are joined together for the yoke.
• The yoke is shaped as a raglan, then bound off at the neck.
• Stitches are picked up along each front edge for the buttonbands.
