Sometimes when song lyrics touch your heart just so, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as translating the art from one medium to another - and just like that music and knitting can come together! <3

Lion hearted is a raglan sweater with detailed raglan shaping (the pattern mimicking the pulse of a heartbeat) with stranded color work on the torso and color work motifs near the sleeve cuffs. The body color work features a roaring lion and the quote “I wish that I could just be brave/I must become a lion hearted girl/ready for a fight” from Florence + the Machine’s song Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up). The cuff motifs show a stranded color work rabbit with a heart. It’s a sweater sure to empower anyone who chooses to wield it.

Charts are included for the heartbeat raglan shaping, sweater body, and for the sleeve cuff motifs.

What You’ll Need:

yarn:
MC: 1000 (1100, 1200, 1320, 1420) (1540, 1640, 1760, 1860) yds // 915 (1005, 1100, 1205, 1300) (1410, 1500, 1610, 1700) m
CC: 300 (350, 410, 470, 540) (600, 670, 740, 810) yds // 275 (320, 375, 430, 495) (550, 610, 675, 740) m
fingering weight 75% merino wool, 25% nylon

test knit completed with Scheepjes Metropolis fingering in MC Buenos Aires and Malabrigo Ultimate Sock fingering in CC Piedras

needles:
main: 3.25 mm circular needles for magic loop method or DPNs
neckline and ribbing: 3 mm circular needles for magic loop method or DPNs

notions:
stitch markers
cable needle
tapestry needle
scissors
scrap yarn for stitches on hold

Sizing and Gauge:

sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
all dimensions shown are of the finished and blocked garment.
finished garment chest circumference:
35 (37, 41, 45, 47) (51, 55, 57, 61) in // 89 (94, 104, 114, 119) (130, 140, 145, 155) cm

select a size that gives 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of positive ease to replicate the fit of the raglan sweater.

the test knit was done in a size 2 for a 33 inch (84 cm) bust

gauge:
24 sts x 40 rnds is 4 in (10 cm) with larger needles in stockinette st