A short, light, and hot cardigan with a simple and romantic line. It’s perfect for a daytime look if you choose a light, pastel colour like the one you see here, Lily of the Valley. Or for an evening look if you go for black. In any case, to get a cardigan as beautiful as this one, you must use our Fluffy mohair and silk yarn.
Grab those needles and let's start knitting together. First, though, head over to our shop and choose your favourite colour.
MATERIALS
Fluffy yarn col. Lily of the Valley 250 g / 9 oz
Needles n° 4 EU / 6 US
Wool needle
GAUGE
10cm x 10cm / 4" x 4"
11 stitches x 12 rows
STITCHES USED
Knit
Purl
Knit into back:
knit the stitch in the back loop of the stitch below.
Purl into back:
purl the stitch in the back loop of the stitch below.
Rib 1/1:
Work alternating 1 knit stitch and 1 purl stitch on both the right side and the wrong side of the work.
Stockinette:
row 1: knit
row 2: purl.
Repeat rows 1 and 2.
Stitch passed over:
pass 1 stitch on the right needle without working it, knit the next stitch on the left needle and with the tip of the left needle overlap the passed stitch, i.e. unworked.
Double stitch over:
pass 1 stitch onto the right needle without working it, knit together the following 2 stitches on the left needle and with the tip of the left needle overlap the passed, or unworked, stitch.
SIZE
S (M, L)
FINISHED PIECE DIMENSIONS S (M, L)
Bust circumference 100 (108, 116) cm / 39.4" (45.5", 47.7")
Total height 48 (50, 51) cm / 19" (19.7", 20.1")
Height from underarm 25 cm / 9.8"
Neck opening 21 (21, 23) cm / 8.3" (8.3", 9.1")
Sleeve width at the top 52 (56, 58) cm / 20.5" (22", 22.8")
Sleeve length from underarm 34 cm / 13.4"
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
Easy
METHOD
The cardigan is worked flat and is made up of 5 pieces: the back, the front, and the sleeves. The neck and the edges of the front pieces are worked after sewing.
Cast on 55 (59, 63) stitches with needles no. 4 EU / 6 US.
Row 1: purl 1 stitch, repeat (knit 1, purl 1) until the end of the row
row 2: knit 1, repeat (purl 1, knit 1) until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 set to 1/1 rib edge, repeat them 4 more times, arriving at row 10. Continue in stockinette for 24 rows, equal to 20 cm/8". Now start decreasing for the raglan armholes: for simplicity, the row numbering starts again from 1.
Row 1: bind off 3 (4, 4) stitches, continue knitting to the end of the row
row 2: purl until the last 3 (4, 4) stitches, bind off 3 (4, 4) stitches
row 3: decrease 1 by working 1 stitch passed over on the next 2 stitches, continue knitting until the last 2 stitches, decrease 1 by knitting 2 stitches together on the last 2 stitches
row 4: purl.
Rows 3 and 4 set to decreases of 1 stitch at the sides for the raglan armholes. Repeat them another 12 (13, 14) times: you arrive at row 28 (30, 32), equal to 23 (25, 26) cm / 9.1" (9.8", 10.2"), with 23 (23, 25) stitches on the needle.
Bind off.
With needles n° 4 EU / 6 US cast on 23 (25, 27) stitches.
Row 1: purl 1 stitch, repeat (knit 1, purl 1) until the end of the row
row 2: knit 1, repeat (purl 1, knit 1) until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 set to 1/1 rib edge, repeat them 4 more times, arriving at row 10. Continue in stockinette for 24 rows, equal to 20 cm / 8". Now start decreasing for the raglan armhole: for simplicity, the row numbering starts again from 1.
Row 1: Knit
row 2: purl until the last 3 (4, 4) stitches, bind off 3 (4, 4) stitches
row 3: knit up to the last 3 stitches, decrease 2 by knitting 3 together over the last 3 stitches
row 4: purl
row 5: knit until the last 2 stitches, decrease 1 by knitting 2 together over the last 2 stitches
row 6: purl.
Rows 3 to 6 set alternating decreases of 2 and 1 on the left side for the raglan armhole. Repeat them another 5 (6, 6) times, then work rows 5 and 6 once more for size S and rows 3 and 4 for size L (do not work other rows for size M): you reach row 28 (30, 32), equal to 23 (25, 26) cm / 9.1" (9.8", 10.2"), with 1 stitch on the needle.
Bind off.
Cast on 23 (25, 27) stitches with needles n° 4 EU / 6 US.
Row 1: purl 1 stitch, repeat (knit 1, purl 1) until the end of the row
row 2: knit 1, repeat (purl 1, knit 1) until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 set to 1/1 ribbed edge, repeat them 4 more times, arriving at row 10. Continue with stockinette for 24 rows, equal to 20 cm / 8". Now start decreasing for the raglan armhole: for simplicity, the row numbering starts again from 1.
Row 1: bind off 3 (*4, 4) stitches, continue knitting to the end of the row
row 2: purl
row 3: decrease 2 by working 1 double stitch over the first 3 stitches, continue knitting to the end of the row
row 4: purl
row 5: decrease 1 by working 1 stitch passed over over the first 2 stitches, continue knitting to the end of the row
row 6: purl.
Rows 3 to 6 set alternating decreases of 2 and 1 on the right side for the raglan armhole. Repeat them another 6 (7, 7) times, then work rows 5 and 6 once more for size S and rows 3 and 4 for size L (do not work other rows for size M): you reach row 28 (30, 32), equal to 23 (25, 26) cm / 9.1" (9.8", 10.2"), with 1 stitch on the needle.
Bind off.
Start from the right sleeve.
With needles n° 4 EU / 6 US cast on 27 (29, 31) stitches.
Row 1: purl 1 stitch, repeat (knit 1, purl 1) until the end of the row
row 2: knit 1, repeat (purl 1, knit 1) until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 set to 1/1 rib edge, repeat 3 more times, arriving at row 8.
Row 9: double the number of stitches by working (without dropping them) 2 stitches in each subsequent stitch, the first knitted and the second knit into back
row 10: purl
row 11: knit 1, increase 1 (= lift the thread between the worked stitch and the following and knit 1 knit into back), continue knitting until the penultimate stitch, increase 1, knit the last stitch
row 12: purl
row 13: knit
row 14: purl.
Rows 11 to 14 set to stockinette with increases, repeat them another once more (1, 0). Continue with stockinette without increases for another 18 (18, 22) rows, arriving at row 36, equal to 30 cm / 12", with 58 (62, 64) stitches. Now start decreasing for the raglan armholes: for simplicity, the numbering of the lines starts again from 1.
Row 1: bind off 3 (4, 4) stitches, continue knitting to the end of the row
row 2: purl until the last 3 (4, 4) stitches, bind off 3 (4, 4) stitches
row 3: decrease 2 by working 1 double stitch over the next 3 stitches, continue knitting until the last 3 stitches, decrease 2 by knitting 3 stitches together over the last 3 stitches
row 4: purl
row 5: decrease 1 by working 1 stitch passed over on the next 2 stitches, continue knitting until the last 2 stitches, decrease 1 by knitting 2 stitches together on the last 2 stitches
row 6: purl.
Rows 3 to 6 set to alternating decreases of 2 and 1 stitch at the sides for the raglan armholes. Repeat 5 more times, then work rows 5 and 6 again 0 (1, 2) times. Now work 2 rows in stockinette without decreasing, arriving at row 28 (30, 32), equal to 23 (25, 26 ) cm / 9.1" (9.8", 10.2"), with 16 stitches on the needle.
Bind off.
Work the left sleeve as instructed for the right sleeve.
Sew the 4 armholes in raglan. For the edge of the front and the neck, starting from the lower corner of the right front piece, with needles no. 4 EU / 6 US pick up the stitches evenly along the front right piece, the right sleeve, the back of the neck, the left sleeve, and front left: the total number of stitches must be odd.
Row 1: knit 1, repeat (purl 1, knit 1) until the end of the row
row 2: purl 1 stitch, repeat (knit 1, purl 1) until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 set to 1/1 rib edge, repeat them 4 more times, arriving at row 10. Bind off.
Sew the underarms and sides.
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