Product Description

Warning: if you intend to knit this pattern, be prepared to be stopped everywhere you go for compliments on your cardigan! Gorgeous flower lace adorns this seamless cardigan to create a show-stopping piece that will catch everyone’s eye. The classic shape and elegant details will ensure this cardigan stays in your wardrobe for years to come.

The cardigan is a top-down knit. Work is cast on at the collar and increased in the lace pattern to the sleeve split. The sleeve stitches are removed from the work and placed on hold. The remainder of the body is worked straight and bound off. Then the sleeves are picked up and worked straight until they are the desired length. Blocking is an absolute must on this pattern!

Yarn: 575 (625, 700, 800) (1000, 1100, 1200) (1300, 1400, 1500) (1600, 1700, 1850, 2000) yards/ 525 (575, 650, 730) (920, 1000, 1100) (1200, 1300, 1375) (1475, 1550, 1700, 1825) meters of DK weight yarn. Shown in Marianated Yarns Scrumptious DK colorway “Olive This, Olive That”. Note that this is an estimate only! Your actual yardage may vary.

Notions: 2 – 7 stitch markers, 2 spare circular needles of a smaller size than smallest size used or 2 large stitch holders, small tapestry needle, rinse-free wool wash (I prefer Eucalan), blocking mat, t-pins, blocking wires (optional, but very helpful), and 7 – 14 medium (¾” – 1”/2 – 2.5 cm) buttons or 6 – 9 larger (1 ¼” – 1 ½”/3 – 4 cm) buttons.

Size: Actual Bust Measurement (the pattern is written with 1” – 2”/ 2.5 – 5 cm of positive ease. If you want no ease or negative ease, you will need to go down 1 – 2 sizes.)
8 Years Old: 25 ½” – 26 ½”/ 65 – 67.5 cm
10 Years Old: 27” – 28”/ 68.5 – 71 cm
XXXS (14 Years Old): 29” – 30”/ 73.5 – 76 cm
XXS (16 Years Old): 31” – 32”/ 78.5 – 81.5 cm
XS: 33” – 34”/ 84 – 86.5 cm
S: 35” – 36”/ 89 – 91.5 cm
SM: 37” – 39”/ 94 – 99 cm
M: 40” – 42”/ 101.5 – 106.5 cm
ML: 43” – 44”/ 109 – 112 cm
L: 45” – 46”/ 114.5 – 117 cm
XL: 47” – 48”/ 119.5 – 122 cm
2X: 49” – 50”/ 124.5 – 127 cm
3X: 51” – 52”/ 129.5 – 132 cm
4X: 53” – 54”/ 134.5 – 137 cm

Techniques: Advanced lace techniques, read a chart, knitting in the round, casting on in the middle of a row, picking up stitches, and blocking.
Note: This is not a pattern for beginners to lace! You should be well adept at lace before beginning this pattern.