Interweave SKU: EP1043

Pattern description from Interweave Knits, Summer 2005:
A single button secures this cutaway cardigan made in the softest cashmere. The body, worked in a zigzag eyelet pattern, is shaped like an elongated bolero. When the shoulder and side seams have been completed, the wide, eyelet-ribbed border is picked up and worked along the lower front and back edges. The deep, curved foldover collar is shaped with short rows and the picot bind-off edge is worked in a combination of knit and crochet.

Finished Size: 36 (40½, 44, 49)“ (91.5 103, 112, 124.5 cm) bust/chest circumference, buttoned.

Yarn: Plymouth Royal Cashmere (100% cashmere; 154 yd [141 m]/50 g): #814N pistachio, 8 (9, 10, 11) skeins.

Needles:

• Body and sleeves - Size 7 (4.5 mm): straight.
• Edging - Size 5 (3.75 mm): 40” (100-cm) circular (cir).
• Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions: Markers (m); size E/4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook; tapestry needle; one 1¼“ (3.2-cm) button.

Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Summer 2005

Notes:

• The deep ribbed edging for the lower fronts and back is worked in one piece after the main garment pieces are knitted and assembled. The short-rowed collar is worked in one piece along the shaped edges of the front V-neck, top of each raglan sleeve, and back neck. The lower edging and collar are not shown on the schematic.
• When working short-rows for collar, maintain stitches in pattern as much as possible. For example, if there are not enough stitches to work the p3 columns in Row 3 of the rib pattern for collar, work those stitches as p2 instead, and when working Row 4 of the collar pattern, work these stitches as k2 instead of k1, ssk. If there are too many sts to work the k2 p2 in Row 1 of the collar pattern, work decreases as necessary to restore the k2, p2 pattern.