This design is a cache-coeur and I’ve played with the idea of “coeur” by including a lace heart on the back, and even with the details of heart buttons. It is a heart warmer, or heart holder, kind of a cross between a cardigan and a shawl.

The pdf here varies slightly from the pattern in the book, as I decided I wanted to use different increase in the lace pattern. The pattern is both written and graphed. The pattern in the book only includes the first two sizes.

If you are working from the book, please be aware that there are errors in rows 29 and 31. They should read as follows -

29: K1, + K1, Kfb, YO, SSK, YO, Dec4, YO, K2tog, YO, Kfb, K2; repeat from + to end.

Row 31: K1, + K2, Kfb, YO, Dec4, YO, K3; repeat from + to end.

Materials: approximately 180 (200, 225, 250, 275) yards / 165 (185, 205, 230, 250) meters
worsted weight yarn

Sizes: 0 - 6 months (6 - 12 months, 18 - 24 months, 2 - 3T, 4 - 5)

Finished Measurements: 16 (18, 20, 22, 24) inches / 40.5 (45.5, 51, 56, 61) cm

Skills Required: Increasing and decreasing, slipping stitches.

Top photo used with permission from Geneve Hoffman Photography.