This is the perfect little top for spring and summer: fun to knit and easy to wear. It’s named after the heroine of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, who dresses as a boy to escape from an evil duke and hides out in the forest of Arden. The play is full of lush natural imagery, and I’ve tried to capture some of that in the leafy motif that adorns this cardi.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest: 32.5 36.5, 40.5, 44.5, 48.5 inches
Hip: 36.5 40.5, 44.5, 48.5, 52.5 inches
Side length: 13.5 14, 14.5, 15, 15.5 inches
Sleeve length: 3.5 4, 4.25, 4.5, 5 inches
Upper arm: 12 13, 14, 15, 16 inches

MATERIALS
Knit Picks Shine Sport (60% cotton, 40% modal; 110 yds per 50g skein); 7 (8, 9, 10, 11) skeins

stitch markers
stitch holders
tapestry needle
four 5/8″ buttons
2 yards of 1/4″ wide ribbon

March 2009: there is now a knitalong for this pattern here.