Touch of Style
Cabled Elegance Cardigan
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Always work front post double crochet around stitch 2 rows below; skip stitch on this row behind front post double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCH
Puff stitch (puff st): [Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull lp through] 5 times, yo, pull through all 11 lps on hook.
PATTERN STITCH
Cable Panel (13-st panel) Row 1 (WS): Sc in fpdc, sc in each of next 3 sc, sc in each of next 2 fpdc, puff st in next sc, sc in each of next 2 fpdc, sc in each of next 3 sc, sc in next fpdc.
Row 2: Fpdc around next fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of next 2 sc, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in each of next 3 sts, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in each of next 2 sc, fpdc around next fpdc. Row 3: Sc in each st across. Row 4: Fpdc around next fpdc, sc in next sc, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in each of next 5 sts, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in next sc, fpdc around next fpdc. Row 5: Sc in each st across. Row 6: Rep row 2. Row 7: Sc in each st across. Row 8: Fpdc around next fpdc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in next sc, fpdc around each of next 2 fpdc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around next fpdc. Rep rows 1–8 for pattern.
CARDIGAN
BACK
Row 1: With size G hook, ch 66 [74, 82, 89, 97], sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn.
(65 [73, 81, 88, 96] sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Next rows: Rep row 2 until piece measures 16 inches from beg, ending with WS row.
Armhole Shaping
Row 1: Sl st in each of first 4 [4,5, 6, 7] sts, ch 1, sc in next st, sc in each st across, leaving last 4 [4,5, 6, 7] sts
unworked, turn. (57 [65, 71,
76, 82] sc)
Rows 2–4 [2–7, 2–8, 2–9, 2–10]: Dec 1 st at each end of every row 3 [6,7, 8, 9] times. (51 [53,
57, 60, 64] sc)
Next rows: Work even in pattern until piece measures 201/2 [21, 211/2, 22, 221/2] inches from beg, ending with WS row.
First Shoulder
Row 1: Ch 1, sc in each of first 15 [15, 16, 17, 18] sts, leaving rem sts unworked, turn.
Row 2: Sl st in first st, ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across, leaving last st unworked, turn.
Rows 4–14: [Rep last 2 rows alternately] 11 times. (2[2, 3,
4, 5] sc)
Next rows: Work even in pattern until piece measures 24 [241/2, 25, 251/2, 26] inches from beg. At end of last row, fasten off.
2nd Shoulder
Row 1: With RS facing, sk center 21 [23, 25, 26, 28] sts on Back, join (see Pattern Notes) with sc in next st, sc in each st across, turn. (15 [15, 16, 17,
18] sc)
Next rows: Work same as next rows on First Shoulder reversing shaping.
RIGHT FRONT
Row 1 (RS): With size G hook, ch 33 [37, 41, 45, 49], sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (32 [36, 40, 44,
48] sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each of first 18 [22, 26, 30, 34] sc, dc in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in next sc, sc in last sc, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, [ fpdc (see Stitch Guide and Pattern Notes) around next dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in next sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around next dc (Cable
Panel setup made)], sc in each sc across, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each of first 24 [28, 32, 36, 40] sts, puff st
(see Special Stitch) in next sc, sc in each of last 7 sts, turn.
Next rows: Working sc at each side of Cable Panel setup, beg
Cable Panel (see Pattern Stitch) with row 2, work even in pattern until piece measures 14 [141/2, 15, 151/2, 16] inches from beg, ending with WS row.
Neck & Armhole Shaping
Next row: Place marker for first dec row, work in pattern across first 14 sts, sc dec (see
Stitch Guide) in next 2 sts, sc in each st across, turn. (31 [35, 39,
43, 47] sts)
Next rows: Continue in established pattern with dec in every 4th row 2 [5, 8, 10, 11] times, then dec every 6th row 5 [3, 1, 0, 0] time(s) and at same time when piece measures 16 inches from beg, ending with WS row, beg Armhole Shaping of working
in pattern across, leaving last 4 [4,5, 6, 7] sts unworked, then dec 1 st at Armhole edge every row 3 [6,7, 8, 9] times. (17 [17,
18, 19, 20] sts)
Next rows: Work even in established pattern until piece measures 24 [241/2, 25, 251/2, 26] inches from beg, ending with RS row. Do not fasten off.
Shoulder & Back Neckband
Row 1: Sl st in each of first 2 [2, 3,4, 5] sts (Shoulder completed), ch 1, sc in next st, work in pattern across, turn. (15 [15, 15, 15,
15] sts)
Next rows: Working Back Neckband sc in first and last sts and maintaining Cable Panel pattern, work until piece measures 51/2 [6, 61/2, 63/4, 71/4] inches from Shoulder, ending with RS row. Leaving long end, fasten off.
LEFT FRONT
Row 1: With size G hook, ch 33 [37, 41, 45, 49], sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (32 [36, 40, 44, 48] sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first st, dc in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in next sc, sc in each sc across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each of first 18 [22, 26, 30, 36] sc, [fpdc around next dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in next sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around next dc], sts inside brackets are the beg of Cable Panel, sc in last st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each of first 7 sts, puff st in next sc, sc in each rem st across, turn.
Next rows: Work same as for Right Front reversing Neck and Armhole Shaping.
SLEEVE
Make 2. Row 1: With size G hook, ch 40 [40, 42, 44, 46], sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (39 [39, 41, 43, 45] sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each of first 13 [13, 14, 15, 16] sc, dc in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next sc, dc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, dc in next sc, sc in each rem sc across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each of first 13 [13, 14, 15, 16] sc, [fpdc around next dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in next sc, fpdc around each of next 2 dc, sc in each of next 3 sc, fpdc around next dc ( beg of Cable Panel made)], sc in rem st across, turn. Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each of first 19 [19, 20, 21, 22] sts, puff st in next sc, sc in each rem st across, turn.
Next rows: Working sc at each side of Cable Panel, beg Cable Panel with row 2, work even in pattern until piece measures 10 [9,8, 7, 6] inches from beg, ending with WS row.
Next rows: Inc 1 st at each end of row by working 2 sc in first and last sts on this row and on every 6th row 4 [5,6, 7, 8] times. (49 [51, 55, 59, 63] sts at end of last row)
Next rows: Work even in established pattern until piece measures 18 inches from beg, ending with WS row.
Cap Shaping
Next row: Sl st in each of first 4 [4,5, 6, 7] sts, work in pattern across, leaving last 4 [4,5, 6, 7] sts unworked, turn. (41 [43, 45,
47, 49] sts)
Next rows: Dec 1 st at each end of every row 4 times, then every other row 6 [7,8, 9, 10] times, ending with RS row, then every row 3 times. Fasten off. (15 [15,
15, 15, 15] sts)
SLEEVE TRIM
Row 1: With RS facing and size F hook, working in opposite side of foundation ch of row 1, sc in each ch across, turn.
Row 2: Sl st in each st across, turn.
Row 3: Working in sts on row 1, ch 1, sk first st, sl st in between sts across. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Sew Shoulder seams. With long length, sew Shoulder and Neckbands on Fronts tog. Sew Shoulder and Neckband to Back. Fold 1 Sleeve in half lengthwise, place fold at shoulder seam and sew Sleeve in place. Rep the same with rem Sleeve. Sew side and Sleeve seams.
FRONT TRIM
Row 1: With RS facing and size F hook, working in ends of rows, join with sc in end of first row, sc in end of each row across to first
stitch marker, 3 sc in marker, place stitch marker in last sc, sc in each end of each row across to next stitch marker, 3 sc in marker, place stitch marker in last sc, sc in end of each row across to bottom, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across to 2nd stitch marker, sc in marked st and in each of next 2 sts, [ch 4, sk next 4 sts, sc in each of next 10 sts] 3 times
(buttonholes made), sc each rem st across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st and in each ch across, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 5: Sl st in each st across. Fasten off. Sew buttons opposite buttonholes. Fasten off.