Verdelite Cardigan by Grace Akhrem

Verdelite Cardigan

Knitting
December 2013
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1250 - 2250 yards (1143 - 2057 m)
32½ (35½, 40, 44½, 48, 52¼, 56½)" bust circumference, buttoned; shown in size 35½"
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

-Sizes 32½ (35½, 40, 44½, 48, 52¼, 56½)“ bust circumference, buttoned; shown in size 35½”
-Yarn Grignasco Knits Springfield Vintage (50% merino, 50% cotton; 125 yd 115 m/50 g):
• #9621 seafoam (MC), 9 (10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17) skeins
• #0607 natural (CC), 1 skein
Yarn distributed by Plymouth Yarn Company
-Gauge 22 sts and 28 rows = 4” in St st
-Tools
• Size 4 (3.5 mm) needles
• Markers (m)
• Three 5⁄8” buttons

A modern asymmetrical cardigan receives a bit of throwback elegance in a Peter Pan collar and three sweet buttons. Garter stitch bands keep the fronts and bottom hem from rolling.