Cardigan Christine
I designed this cardigan for my dear friend Christine. She is not a knitter herself, but she loves woolly clothes.
It was an exciting experience to design the cardigan with her. She chose the colours and the classic Peerie pattern and I combined them to create a harmonious look.
We are very happy with the result, and I am looking forward to seeing her in this cardigan.
Do you have someone who would also like to wear such a pretty cardigan?

General Information for Construction
The cardigan is knitted in the round from the bottom up to the underarm including a steek for the front opening. Steek stitches are added for the armhole and neckline before continuing in the round to the shoulders. Armhole steek stitches are cut open. Sleeves stitches are picked up. Sleeve caps are worked in short rows (fair-isle-flat). Then the sleeves are worked seamlessly in the round. The neckline is cut open and stitches are picked up. The neckline is closed with a collar border. Then for the hood, the sts are picked up from the right. The hood is also worked in rounds including a steek.
Finally, the entire cardigan is edged with an I-cord and closed with a zipper at the front.

Knitting technique
Bottom-up construction with set-in sleeves, I-Cord Cast On, Knowledge of knitting in the round, colorwork knitting in the round and flat, short rows, steeking

Level Advanced

Finished Knitted Size
Available in 10 sizes
Positive ease with 2.5-6cm / 1-2”
Chest width of finished garment:
(cm): 87-93-99-105-110-116-122-133-144-156
(inch): 34¼-36½-39–41¼-43¼-45¾-48-52¼-56¾-61½

Yarn
Jamieson’s of Shetland - Spindrift, 100% Shetland wool, yardage (105m/25g/per ball) or any other yarn with same gauge and steek qualities, i.e., avoid wool with superwash treatment or animal fibres with longer staple (e.g., Alpaca)

Material quantity: MC1/MC2/MC3/CC1/CC2/CC3/CC4
sizes (1/2) 20g/120g/90g/95g/30g/25g/25g
sizes (3/4) 25g/125g/100g/100g/30g/25g/25g
sizes (5/6) 40g/140g/120g/115g/30g/30g/25g
sizes (7/8) 55g/150g/140g/125g/40g/30g/25g
sizes (9/10) 65g/160g/160g/130g/40g/35g/30g

Gauge (10cm x 10cm) & Needles
Colourwork: 28 sts x 32 rows - needles EU size 3.5mm / US 4 (washed and blocked)
or needle sizes to achieve given gauge
(optional) needles for waist shaping: EU size 3.25mm / US 3, EU size 3.0mm / US 2½
Short circular needle for shoulder cup, EU size 3.25mm / US 3
(I need 0.25mm smaller for the same result by knitting back and forth)
Two double pointed needles EU size 3.25mm / US 3

Notions
Stitch marker, sewing needle, crochet hook (3.0mm / US 2 ½),
Zipper 50-55cm/ 20-22”, optional seam tape 20mm/¾”