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Lisa Suzanne Pattern

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Category:

Knitting

Type:

Clothing

Fit:

Women

Item:

Sweater

Skill Level:

Advanced

Basic Skills Necessary:

Knit cables
Read charts
Sew seams
Pick up stitches

Pattern Description:

Knitted flat from the top down, this Aran Cardigan features deeply sculptured cables, saddle shoulders, and square armholes. The cabled
buttonhole-band includes lovely buttonholes. The neckband, cuffs, and bottom skirt feature snake cables as well. Most wrong side rows are worked by knitting the knits and purling the purls. All the motifs in this design are two stitch wide cables. Be sure to view my blog post on sewing buttons on knitted fabric for a professional finish! Charts, photographs, and schematic are included.

I designed this pattern in loving memory of my sister Lisa Suzanne.

Gauge:

20 sts/ 26 rows = 4 inches/ 10 cm over Chart G patt with larger needle.
24-st Chart D Cable = 3.5 inches/ 9 cm wide with larger needle.
24 sts/ 26 rows = 3.5 inches/ 9 cm over Chart I, P2 Rib with larger needle.

Sizing / Finished Measurements:

Finished Chest Measurement (buttoned): 37.75 (41.75, 45.75, 49.75, 53.75) inches/ 95.5 (105, 116, 126, 136) cm
Length: 24 (24, 24, 29, 29) inches/ 61 (61, 61, 73.5, 73.5) cm

Materials:

Black Water Abbey worsted weight wool yarn (220 yards/100g): 7 (8, 10, 11, 13) skeins
3.75 mm (US 5) 24-inch/60 cm circular needle for cuffs, neckband and buttonbands
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed and 24-inch/60 cm or 32-inch/80 cm circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge

You Will Also Need:

Stitch holders or waste yarn, stitch markers, sticky notes or magnet board to keep your place on the chart, tapestry needle
6 (6, 6, 7, 7) buttons, 5/8 inch /1.5cm diameter
sewing needle, thread
Optional: see-through plastic buttons for the wrong side (see blog post)

Suggested yarn:

220 yards of Worsted weight

Preferred Brand/Yarn:

Black Water Abbey Worsted Weight

Colorway:

Sage