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As you've noticed from my previous baby bonnet pattern, I LOVE LOVE LOVE lacy leaf motif and try to incorporate them whenever and wherever I can in my patterns. Here is the pattern of a feminine lacy baby cardigan/ sweater I made using blended cotton a while ago, before I gave birth to my now 10-month old daughter.
Materials needed:
Yarn : see table for yardage
Needles : 3mm 60cm-long circular needles, 3mm dpn
Notions : markers, darning needle, buttons.
Gauge: 27 stitches x 36 rows = 4 x 4 inches on 3mm needles
Abbreviations:
CO : cast on
k : knit
k2tog : knit 2 together
kfbf : knit front and back and front (increase 3 stitches)
m1L : make one left
m1R : make one right
p : purl
mb : make bobble
pm : place marker
psso : pass slipped st over
R : row
WS : wrong side
RS : right side
sm : slip marker
ssk : slip first st purlwise, slip second st knit wise, pass
both st back to left needle, knit both st together
st : stitch
yo : yarn over
Make bobble:
Small bobble: (k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) in a single st, k5 together
Large bobble: (k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) in a single st, turn, p5, turn, k5, turn, p2tog, p1, p2tog, turn, slip one knitwise, k2tog, psso.
Sizes: To fit chest of 15, 17, 18 and 22 inches
Neck band:
CO 46 (55, 59, 73) st.
R1 (WS): *p1, k1* repeat **.
R2 (RS): increase 8 st evenly. Note: I used kfbf (57, 63, 67, 81 st).
R3 & R5: repeat R1
R4: increase 8 st evenly. Note: I used kfbf (62, 71, 75, 89 st)
Continue to yoke.
Yoke:
R1 (RS): k9 (k12, k12, k15), m1L, k1, pm, k1, m1R, k9( k10, k10, k12), m1L, k1, pm, k1, m1R, k18 (k19, k21, k27), m1L, k1, pm, k1, m1R, k9 (k10, k10, k12), m1L, k1, pm, k1, m1R, k9 (k12, k12, k15).
R2 (WS) and all WS: p
R3 and all RS: k to first st before marker, m1L, k1, sm, k1, m1R, k to first st before marker, m1L, k1, sm, k1, m1R, k to first st before marker, m1L, k1, sm, k1, m1R, k to first st before marker, m1L, k1, sm, k1, m1R, k till last st
Repeat R2 & R3 until there are 158 (183, 211, 257) st on the needles. Count the st at the WS.
Split for sleeves: k26 (k30, k36, k37), place 28 (30, 36, 56) st on waste yarn, back loop cast on 4 st, k57 (k63, k67, k71), place 28 (30, 36, 56) st on waste yarn, back loop cast on 4 st, k26 (k30, k36, k37).
Continue to body.
For all sizes:
Knit stockinette stitch for 3 rows, end with row on WS.
R1: k3, *k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k3* until the last 11 st, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k4.
R2 & all WS: p
R3: k3, *k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k2* until the last 11 st, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k3.
R5: k3, *k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1* until the last 11 st, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k2.
R7: k1, k2tog, *k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, slip 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso* until the last 10 st, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, ssk, k1.
R9: k3, *yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k1* until the last 11 st, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k2.
R11: k3, *yo, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, k1* until the last 11 st, yo, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, k2.
R13: k3, *yo, k2, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1* until the last 11 st, yo, k2, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k2.
R15: k3, *yo, k3, slip 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, k3, yo, k1* until the last 10 st, yo, k3, ssk, k3, yo, k2.
R17 - R32: repeat R1 - R16.
(R33 - R46): (Only for 20- and 24-inch chest)
R33: k3, *k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k3* until the last 11 st, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k4.
R35: k3, *k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k2* until the last 11 st, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k3.
R37: k3, *k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1* until the last 11 st, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k2.
R39: k1, k2tog, * k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, slip 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso* until the last 10 st, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, ssk, k1.
R41: k3, *yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k1* until the last 11 st, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k2.
R43: k1, *yo, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, k1* until last 11 st, yo, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, k2.
R45: k3, *k3, mb, k1, mb, k4* until last 11 st, k3, mb, k1, mb, k5.
R47: k3, * k4, mb, k5* until last 11 st, k4, mb,k6.
Continue with stockinette at for 3 rows, end with row on WS.
Continue hemming using mistake rib hem.
Sleeves:
Using double pointed needles, pick up 28 (30, 36, 56) st on waste yarn and 4 st casted on using back loop CO.
pm at the middle of armpit section.
17-inch chest:
K for 7 rows, sm, k1, k2tog, k till last 3 st, ssk, k1. (2 st decreased).
k for 7 rows.
Continue with R1-R16 for body.
19-inch chest:
K for 7 rows, sm, k1, k2tog, k till last 3 st, ssk, k1. (2 st decreased).
Decrease 1 more times.
k for 7 rows.
Continue with R1-R16 for body.
20-inch chest
K for 7 rows, sm, k1, k2tog, k till last 3 st, ssk, k1. (2 st decreased). Decrease 3 more times.
k 4 rows.
Continue with R1-R16 for body.
24-inch chest:
K for 7 rows, sm, k1, k2tog, k till last 3 st, ssk, k1. (2 st decreased). Decrease 4 more times.
Continue with R1-R16 for body.
Mistake rib hem:
Mistake rib hem:
R1 (RS): k
R2 (WS): *p1, k1*, repeat **, end with p1 on the last st.
Repeat R1 and Rs for 5 more times.
Bind off using Elizabeth Zimmerman’s long tail bind off (to match my long tail CO), you can use any bind off method you like instead.
Button Bands:
Button Bands:
Using smaller needles, with RS facing, pick up and knit approximately 2 sts in every 3 rows.
R1 (WS): p2, (k1, p1), repeat pattern in bracket until 1 st left, p1.
R2 (RS): knit all.
R3: Same as R1.
R4: Work buttonhole row (on one side). Make 5 to 10 buttonholes, evenly spaced in band.
Repeat R1 and R2 two more times ending with WS. Bind off loosely on RS.
Buttonhole: k2tog, yo, continue knitting until the next intended buttonhole
Finishing:
Weave in ends, sew buttons to band opposite buttonholes, and block finished garment.
Download pdf file on Ravelry.
Tell me what you think of this pattern! I'd love to hear your thoughts! Enjoy knitting and share your finished projects (here or ravelry). =)
Tell me what you think of this pattern! I'd love to hear your thoughts! Enjoy knitting and share your finished projects (here or ravelry). =)
