CARDIGAN RIGHT FRONT

Cast on 47 (51: 55: 59: 63: 67: 71) sts using 3.25mm needles. Beginning with a purl (RS) row, work 6 rows in rev st st. Place a marker at centre of work on 4th of these rows. This is a marker to measure from, so approximate central position is fine. Change to 4mm needles.

Next row (RS) Knit.

Next row Purl.

Next row K3, *MB, K3; rep from * to end. Next row Purl. ** Change to Eyelet Band patt:

Rows 1 to 10 Beginning with a knit (RS) row, work 10 rows in st st. Row 11 K2, *yo, sk2po, yo, K1; rep from * to last st, K1.

Row 12 Purl.

Row 13 K4, *yo, sk2po, yo, K1; rep from * to last 3 sts, K3. Row 14 Purl.

These 14 rows set the patt.***

Cont in patt until work measures 36cm from marker, ending after a RS row.

SHAPE ARMHOLE

Note Continue in patt throughout armhole and neck shaping, working in st st at edges where there are not enough sts to balance incs and decs.

Next row Cast off 6 (6: 7: 7: 8: 8: 9) sts loosely and work in patt to end. [41 (45: 48: 52: 55: 59: 62) sts]

Dec 1 st at armhole edge on next 3 (5: 5: 7: 7: 9: 9) rows, then on

4 (4: 5: 4: 5: 5: 5) foll alt rows. [34 (36: 38: 41: 43: 45: 48) sts] Cont straight in patt until work measures 46 (46: 47: 47: 48: 48: 49)cm from marker, ending at front opening edge.

SHAPE NECK

Next row Cast off 8 (9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14) sts loosely. [26 (27: 28: 30: 31: 32: 34) sts]

Dec 1 st at neck edge on next 5 rows. [21 (22: 23: 25: 26: 27: 29) sts] Cont straight until front measures 53 (54: 55: 56: 57: 58: 59)cm from marker, ending at armhole edge.

SHAPE SHOULDER

Cast off 7 (7: 8: 8: 9: 9: 10) sts loosely at beg of next row and foll alt row. [7 (8: 7: 9: 8: 9: 9) sts]

Work 1 row straight.

Cast off rem 7 (8: 7: 9: 8: 9: 9) sts.

LEFT FRONT

Work to match Right Front, but begin armhole shaping on a RS row.

BACK

Cast on 99 (107: 115: 123: 131: 139: 147) sts using 3.25mm needles.

Work as for Right Front to ***. Cont in patt until work measures 36cm from marker, ending after a WS row.

SHAPE ARMHOLES

Cast off 6 (6: 7: 7: 8: 8: 9) sts loosely at beg of next 2 rows. [87 (95: 101: 109: 115: 123: 129) sts] Next row (RS dec) K1, ssk, patt to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. [2 sts dec’d] Next row (WS dec) P1, p2tog, patt to last 3 sts, p2tog tbl, P1.

[2 sts dec’d]

Rep last 2 rows 0 (1: 1: 2: 2: 3: 3) times more, then work RS dec once more. [81 (85: 91: 95: 101: 105: 111) sts] Work 1 row straight.

Rep dec row again. [2 sts dec’d] Rep last 2 rows 3 (3: 4: 3: 4: 4: 4) times more.

[73 (77: 81: 87: 91: 95: 101) sts] Cont straight until Back measures same as Fronts to beg of shoulder shaping, ending after a WS row.

SHAPE SHOULDERS

Cast off 7 (7: 8: 8: 9: 9: 10) sts loosely at beg of next 4 rows. [45 (49: 49: 55: 55: 59: 61) sts]

Cast off 7 (8: 7: 9: 8: 9: 9) sts loosely at beg of next 2 rows. [31 (33: 35: 37: 39: 41: 43) sts]

Slip rem sts on a stitch holder and set aside.

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SLEEVES (MAKE 2)

Cast on 43 (47: 47: 47: 51: 51: 51) sts using 3.25mm needles. Work as for Right Front to **, increasing 3 (1: 3: 3: 1: 3: 3) sts evenly across last row. [46 (48: 50: 50: 52: 54: 54) sts]

SHAPE SLEEVES

Next row (RS inc) K1, M1, K to last st, M1, K1. [2 sts inc’d] Work 9 (9: 7: 5: 5: 5: 3) rows straight in st st, beg with a purl

(WS) row.

Rep inc row. [2 sts inc’d] Rep last 10 (10: 8: 6: 6: 6: 4) rows 3 (9: 8: 3: 7: 11: 3) times more.

[56 (70: 70: 60: 70: 80: 64) sts] Work 11 (11: 9: 7: 7: 7: 5) rows straight. Rep inc row. [2 sts inc’d]

Rep last 12 (12: 10: 8: 8: 8: 6) rows 5 (0: 3: 10: 7: 4: 15) times more.

[68 (72: 78: 82: 86: 90: 96) sts] Work 1 row straight. Sleeve should measure 43cm from marker, ending after a purl (WS) row.

SHAPE SLEEVE TOP

Cast off 6 (6: 7: 7: 8: 8: 9) sts loosely at beg of next 2 rows. [56 (60: 64: 68: 70: 74: 78) sts] Work 2 (2: 2: 2: 4: 6: 6) rows straight.

Next row (RS dec) K1, ssk, K to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. [2 sts dec’d] Work 1 row straight.

Rep dec row again. [2 sts dec’d]

Rep last 2 rows 11 (12: 12: 11: 11: 10: 13) times more.

[30 (32: 36: 42: 44: 50: 48) sts] Next row (WS dec) P1, p2tog, purl to last 3 sts, p2tog tbl, P1.

[2 sts dec’d]

Next row (RS dec) K1, ssk, knit to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. [2 sts dec’d]

Rep last 2 rows once more, then WS dec row again. [20 (22: 26: 32: 34: 40: 38) sts] Cast off loosely. NECKBAND

Join both shoulders.

With RS facing and 3.25mm needles, pick up and K27 (30: 31: 34: 35: 38: 39) sts evenly up Right Front neck, knit across 31 (33: 35: 37: 39: 41: 43) sts on stitch holder for Back Neck, finally pick up and K27 (30: 31: 34: 35: 38: 39) sts evenly down Left Front neck. [85 (93: 97: 105: 109: 117: 121) sts]

Work 6 rows in g st.

Cast off evenly working firmly around shaped front corners.

FRONT BORDERS (BOTH ALIKE)

With RS facing and 3.25mm needles, pick up and knit 104 (104: 107:

107: 109: 109: 112) sts evenly along Front edge, omitting first 3 rows of lower Front Border. Work as for Neckband.

MAKING UP

Sew in Sleeves. Join side and Sleeve seams. Omitting borders and bobbles, block gently to measurements, following any yarn care instructions on the ball band.

Sew buttons to top of Left Front Border, using image as a guide, then work a sewn buttonhole loop to correspond with each on Right Front (you’ll find a tutorial for this here: https://ysolda.com/ pages/sewn-button-loops).