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PATTERN INFORMATION
Violet is an open-front, seamless and top-down cardigan, made in a combination of stockinette stitch and lace, designed to be worn with approximately 5-10 cm/2-4 in of positive ease.
The yoke is worked sideways in stockinette stitch, starting from a mock seam in the centre of back, with neck shaping and short rows shaping the back of the shoulders. When the yoke is finished, it looks like a shrug with longer back and short fronts.
Stitches for the lower body are picked up along the edge of the yoke and worked top down, in lace pattern, without any shaping. As a result of the construction, the cardigan has a longer back and shorter fronts.

Sizes
XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X)
Finished bust (finished doubled back width): 87 (95.5, 106, 116, 126.5, 139.5, 148.5) cm/34.25 (37.5, 41.75, 45.75, 49.75, 55, 58.5) in. Shown in size M, to be worn with 5-10 cm/2-4 in of positive ease.

Gauge (blocked)
Stockinette stitch: 26 sts and 36 rows = 4 in/10 cm square, with larger needle.
Lace pattern: 1 pattern repeat of 10 sts and 16 rows is 3.9 cm/1.5 in wide and 5 cm/2 in high, with larger needle.

Yarn (for long-sleeved cardigan)
1200 (1300, 1500, 1650, 1800, 2050, 2200) meters/1320 (1430, 1650, 1815, 1980, 2250, 2420) yards of fingering weight wool. Shown in Malabrigo Sock (100% Merino Wool; 400 meters/440 yards per 100 grams, colourway Violeta Africana).

Needles and notions

• 3.5 mm US 4 and 3.25 mm US 3 circular needles, 80-120 cm/32-47 in long, depending on size of garment;
• 3.5 mm US 4 and 3.25 mm US 3 needles in preferred style for knitting small circumferences in the round;
• 5 stitch markers (including 1 removable marker);
• yarn needle.

Skills needed
Long tail and backward loop cast-ons, knit, purl, picking up stitches, increases, decreases, German short rows.

Take time to make a gauge swatch. Adjust needle size, if necessary.