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“Growing up I spent many weekends with a quilter Grandmother who worked with a historian collecting oral histories on 19th and early 20th century Vermont quilts. Afternoons were spent rifling through her vast collection of fabric fragments and poring over the patchwork, admiring how patterns and textures can be layered creating a whole much greater then the sum of its parts. This cardigan, like those quilts, doesn’t come from any single point of inspiration so much as it evolved in my imagination. Cables, lace and texture stitches, simple traditional knitting collected and layered on a cardigan with a subtle, folky character.” – Amy Christoffers

Designer: Amy Christoffers

Collection: Wool People, Volume 3

 

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Textured Cardigan with Lace Panels

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  • Product description

    “Growing up I spent many weekends with a quilter Grandmother who worked with a historian collecting oral histories on 19th and early 20th century Vermont quilts. Afternoons were spent rifling through her vast collection of fabric fragments and poring over the patchwork, admiring how patterns and textures can be layered creating a whole much greater then the sum of its parts. This cardigan, like those quilts, doesn’t come from any single point of inspiration so much as it evolved in my imagination. Cables, lace and texture stitches, simple traditional knitting collected and layered on a cardigan with a subtle, folky character.” – Amy Christoffers

    Designer: Amy Christoffers

    Collection: Wool People, Volume 3

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARDAGE

    • 1335 (1445, 1550, 1645, 1745, 1860) yards of fingering weight wool yarn (sport weight is more appropriate for this gauge, if substituting)


    YARN

    • 5 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards / 50 g)
    • Photographed in color Truffle Hunt


  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • Garment is knit from the bottom up in one piece to the underarms; at this point Fronts and Back are divided and worked separately to the shoulders.
    • The sleeves are knit in the round to the underarm, then cap shaping is worked back and forth in rows.
    • Buttonband and collar – each worked in 1x1 ribbing – are picked up and worked directly from the Body of the garment during finishing.


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    • 36 (39, 42, 44¾, 47¾, 50¾)” finished (blocked) garment at chest
    • Sample shown is size 36″ with +4″ ease on model

    Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size 101.


    GAUGE

    • Working Gauge: 22 stitches & 32 rows/rounds = 4″ in Granite Stitch with Size A needle; before blocking 23 stitches & 34 rows = 4″ in Charted Lace pattern with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric
    • Finished Gauge: 22 stitches & 32 rows/rounds = 4″ in Granite Stitch with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after light blocking (with very slight stretch) 23 stitches & 32 rows = 4″ in Charted Lace pattern with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking (with very slight stretch)


    NEEDLES

    Size A (for Main Fabric)

    • One 32″ circular and a set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauges listed
    • Suggested Sizes: 3¾ mm (US 5) 


    Size B (for Ribbed Edgings and Buttonbands)

    • One 32″ circular and a set of DPNs 3 sizes smaller than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)


    Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

  • Pattern Updates

    Current Pattern: v4.0

    2 July 2012: Version 2.0

    Chart 5 had Row 2 and 4 row numbers on the left – they have been switched to the right side of the chart, since this chart is worked circularly. Page 5: For the Waist Increase Row, the last sentence now says “4 stitches have been increased” (previously it said “decreased” here).

    6 August 2012: Version 3.0

    Page 7, 1st Column, 5th Paragraph: The “work to” armhole measurement was updated. The text now reads “Work even until armhole measures 7¼ (7½, 7¾, 8, 8¼, 8½)” from underarm dividing row, ending with a RS row.” 27

    January 2015: Version 4.0

    On Page 8, the third paragraph under Neck Band has been corrected to read: “Work 3 more rows in established rib, ending with a WS row.”

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