Lina Cardigan by Kristin Drysdale

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

This Nordic cropped cardigan is knit bottom up, knit in the round, and has one steek for the cardigan opening. It’s knit with Harrisville Designs for their Deep Winter Collection.

Lina is knit with Harrisville Designs’ Highland yarn. It’s a super quick knit. Bottom up is the way yoke sweaters were traditionally designed, and one of the advantages of bottom-up knitting is that you knit the body, then you knit the sleeves (one at a time and unattached, so sleeves knit up quickly. Sleeve Island is less daunting, because they are portable and such a quick knit). There are two length options for the sleeves in the pattern. There is a longer version (as pictured) that allows the cuff to either be worn long and cozy, that can cover your hands or be rolled up, or the sleeve may be knit with a more traditional, shorter length. The sleeves are then joined on to the body and then the fun starts. You get to knit the colorwork yoke. This is my favorite part of the knit. This pattern is a pretty simple knit. You will have to occasionally catch floats. The steek is then cut and finally, the stitches for the button bands are knit (buttons are sewn on) and the last step is knitting the neck band. Give your Lina a quick steam block, and your Lina will be keeping you warm in no time. The gauge is 15 stitches over 4 inches, so it’s a very quick knit.

Use a measuring tape to tailor fit Lina to you. You can tailor fit the length of the body, the length of the sleeves and even the depth of the yoke. There are three variations of the yoke, so that all sizes have a deep yoke.

You can see my Lina on display in the Harrisville Design Shop in Harrisville, New Hampshire. I am casting on one for me in charcoal and white. For me, Lina can easily be knit over a long weekend. You can guess what I’m doing this week. I hope you love making Lina!

Thank you for spending your knitting time with me!

Happy Knitting,
Kristin

Finished measurements

Chest: 33.75 (37.5, 41.5, 44.5, 47.5, 50.5, 53.5, 55.5, 57.5, 60)” / 85.75 (95.25, 105.4, 113, 120.65, 127, 128.25, 135.9, 146, 152.4) cm

Sleeve length: Option one with cuff 17 (17.5,18.5, 19, 19.5, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21)” / 43, 44.5, 47, 48, 49.5, 50.5, 50.5, 53, 53, 53, 53) cm

Sleeve length: Option two without cuff 16 (16.5, 17.5 ,18, 18.5, 19, 19, 20, 20, 20)”/40.5 ( 42, 44.5, 45.5, 47, 48, 48, 50.5, 50.5, 50.5, 50.5) cm

Body length: 12 (13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18)” / 30.5 (33, 33, 35.5, 35.5, 38, 38, 40.5, 43, 45.5) cm

Yoke: 9 (10, 10, 10.5, 10.75, 10.75, 10.75, 12, 13, 13.5)” 93 (25.5, 25.5, 27, 27.5, 27.5, 27.5, 30.5, 33, 34.5)

Yarn

Harrisville Designs Highland (worsted weight) 100% Wool, 200 yards per 100 g skein

MC: Oatmeal, 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins or approx. 800 (800, 800, 1000, 1000, 1200, 1200, 1400, 1400, 1600) yds

CC: Mustard,1 skein all sizes or approx. 200 yds

Needle size

US 6 4 mm 32” circ and DPNs

US 7 4.5 mm 16” and 32” circ and DPNs

Gauge

15 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches or 10 cm on larger needles. Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.

Note: Swatch in both one color and in colorwork. You may need to knit the single-color part of the sweater with a smaller needle than the colorwork section. The gauge is the same throughout the sweater.

Notions

Tapestry needle

7 ¾ -inch buttons

2 yards decorative ribbon

Skills needed to make Lina

Long-tail cast on

Knit

Purl

Knitting in the round

backward loop cast on

Working with DPN’s (or magic loop)

Knitting in stranded colorwork

simple float catching (only catching the CC)

k2tog

SSK

Sewing and cutting a steek

Bind off

mattress stitch

sewing on buttons