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Summer Cardigan
This boxy cardigan was inspired by a design in Bauerliches Stricken 2, the second in a series of three out-of-print German books by Lisl Fanderl. It combines narrow cables and twisted stitches with diamond motifs worked in knit and purl stitches. The front bands are working along with the fronts, eliminating the need to stitch them in place, and the cable patterns are worked through the ribbing, adding design interest. The back is slightly wider than the front; when buttoned, this emphasizes the boxy shape. The purl bumps on the cast-on edges appear on the right-side of the garment to give the edges more distinction. Mary designed and knit her sweater of handspun cabled cotton yarn. We worked this version in a commercially available yarn of a similar weight.
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- First published: April 1997
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