Licorice Lace Cardigan by Julia Farwell-Clay

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.  

A classic lace-inflected cardigan with slightly boxy modern proportions, knit in lucious Alpaca Heather for a true year-round sweater to layer over a summer evening sundress or under a winter wool blazer.

Please note that the lace patterns are charted.

Sizes

Finished Chest Circumference: 33¼ (36¼, 39¼, 42½, 45¼) (48¼, 51¼, 54¼, 57¼, 60¼)”, with ¾” front bands overlapped

Length: 19½ (20, 20¾, 21, 21¾) (22, 22¼, 22¾, 23¼, 23¾)”

Sweater shown measures 36¼” and is modeled with 2¼” ease.

Yarn

Manos del Uruguay ALPACA HEATHER (70% wool, 30% alpaca; dyed colors approx. 164 yds/50 g):

6 (6, 6, 7, 7) (8, 8, 9, 9, 10) sks for ¾ sleeve option;

6 (7, 7, 8, 8) (9, 9, 10, 10, 11) sks for longer sleeve option

Shown in H2102 Juanita

Needles & Notions

US 5/3.75 mm 16” and 29” circular needles and double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge

US 4/3.5 mm 29” circular needle and double-pointed needles

Stitch markers

Removable markers

Cable needle

Stitch holders (may substitute waste yarn or empty needles)

Seven ¾” buttons

Sewing needle and matching thread for attaching buttons

Tapestry needle

Gauge

21½ sts and 31½ rows/rnds = 4”/10 cm in St st using larger needles.

16 sts of each chart measure 2¾” wide using larger needles.

Notes

The back and fronts are worked separately in rows, then joined at the shoulders and side seams.

The stitches for each sleeve are picked up around the armhole opening and worked back and forth in short rows to shape the sleeve cap. At the end of the cap the sleeve stitches are joined for working in the round down to the cuff.

During neck shaping, if there are not enough stitches in the lace panel to work a decrease with its companion yarnover, work the stitch of the incomplete pair in stockinette.

Two sleeve length options are provided: the ¾ length shown, and a bracelet-length sleeve (slightly shorter than full-length) which is not shown.