The Sonnet Cardi is a drop shoulder style, open front cardigan. Its fabric is lightweight, and it’s a great garment to throw on over your outfit on those chillier summer nights, or to wear whenever you want to add a little interest and detail to an otherwise neutral outfit!

This cardi is crocheted in one piece from top to bottom, using fingering weight yarn. The pattern uses a special way to create the shoulder section, which shapes the shoulders and back neckline, so that the cardigan falls nicely on the shoulders when wearing it. The panels are worked in filet crochet, that creates a pattern of lines which together forms arrow-like patterns on the front and back. Between the panels sits detailed and textured band sections, that frames and enhances the filet crochet. Very little sewing is needed in this pattern - only a small bit at the back and under the armholes.

The Sonnet cardi pattern comes graded in 9 sizes.

Language
English (US terminology)

Skill level
Intermediate

You will need to know how to work basic stitches, plus how to work in the back loop and front loop of a stitch. Special stitches are explained in the pattern, and so is how to read a filet crochet chart. The instructions are detailed, but even so, this pattern is not recommended for beginners.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4) 5 (6, 7, 8, 9)

to fit chest measurements between approx 76-152 cm (30-60”) depending on the amount of ease desired.

Sizes are based on the Craft yarn council (CYC) women’s size chart

Finished chest circumference
91.5 (101.5, 113, 124) 132.5 (141.5, 150.5, 162.5, 173.5) cm
36 (40, 44.5, 48.75) 52.25 (55.75, 59.25, 64, 68.25) inches
Please remember that the design is an open front cardigan, hence, these measurements include an open front.

The cardigan is designed to be worn with approximately 10-25 cm (4-10”) of positive ease around the chest. A positive ease above 15 cm (6”) allows for some extra fabric to have the front less open. Ease is the difference between the garment’s finished chest circumference and your body’s chest circumference.

The length of the garment can be customized, and there are guidelines included in the pattern for how to achieve that.

Materials
Yarn of weight Category 1: SUPER FINE (Sock, Fingering, Baby) in two colors
MC - main color
CC - contrasting color

Estimated meters/yards needed
TOTAL:
894 (1039, 1187, 1288) 1364 (1496, 1591, 1712, 1861) meters
978 (1136, 1298, 1409) 1492 (1636, 1740, 1872, 2035) yards
Whereof
MC:
674 (796, 913, 987) 1037 (1130, 1201, 1292, 1413) meters
737 (871, 998, 1079) 1134 (1236, 1313, 1413, 1545) yards
CC:
220 (243, 274, 301) 327 (366, 391, 420, 447) meters
241 (266, 300, 329) 358 (400, 428, 459, 489) yards

Hook
3.5 mm (US 4 / E) - or the size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
24 sts × 12 rows = 10 × 10 cm (4 × 4”) - in rows of the filet crochet pattern (main stitches are dc and ch2-sps)

Notions
Stitch markers (at least 6), scissors, yarn needle, tape measure

Other info
This pattern includes:

• A schematic with finished measurements
• Written instructions for the shoulder section, bands and edging
• Charts for the filet crochet panels (please note: only charts and no written instructions for the filet crochet). How to read the charts is explained in the pattern
• Some progress photos
• Measurements- both metric and imperial
• A pattern testers-document, where you can view the tester’s work, their measurements and sizes made, plus their yarn choice.

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