• Bess wears a light pink, bulky knit cardigan over a white and blue dress. The cardigan features lace panels and is held together with a simple front closure.
  • Bess wears the Katherine cardigan, a light pink sweater knit in lace panels with bulky yarn. A backyard can be seen in the background.
  • Seen from the neck down, Bess holds the ribbed edges of her light pink cardigan. Knit with bulky yarn, the cardigan features lace panels down the fronts and sleeves. Paintings hanging on a wall can be seen in the background.
  • Bess, both hands in her hair, wears a light pink cardigan, knit with lacy panels, over a blue and white dress. A backyard garden can be seen in the background.
  • Seen from behind, Bess turns to smile at the camera. She wears a light pink cardigan, knit in bulky yarn with large lace panels down the back and sleeves.
  • Seen close up, Bess wears a light pink cardigan. It's knit in bulky yarn with large lace panels down the arms and back.
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Katherine Cardigan

Katherine Cardigan

$9.00 USD
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Katherine - a chunky lace cardigan knitting pattern

A collaboration with the KnitPicks team, KnitPicks makes beautiful yarn and patterns with price accessibility and I'm happy to work with them!

Katherine is a deep-V cardigan with chunky lace and ribbed sections that create a cozy and feminine shape. The bulky yarn makes this sweater perfect for layering in cool weather.

The Katherine Cardigan uses ribbing for striking hourglass shaping for the waist, mirrored in the wide fold-over neckline. The recommended hook and eye closure allows for customization in closure placement and number, so you can make this cardigan entirely your own. Katherine is knit flat in pieces, and then seamed.

Construction

Katherine is knit flat in pieces and seamed together after blocking. The neck band is picked up from the seamed body and knit.

Sizes

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

Finished chest circumference: 42 (46, 50, 54, 58) [62, 66, 70, 74] inches / 106.5 (117, 127, 137, 147.5) [157.5, 167.5, 178, 188] cm

Finished upper arm circumference: 7 (7, 7.25, 7.5) [8, 8, 8.5] (8.5, 9, 9, 9.5) inches / 25.5 (25.5, 26.5, 26.5, 28) [28, 29, 29, 30.5] cm

Download the full schematic here.

Your best fit

Choose the size closest to your actual upper chest measurement: <missing these measurements>

Upper chest is measured above the full bust, at an angle close to diagonal beneath the underarms, and straight across the back.

Katherine is designed to fit with approximately 6-10 inches / 15-25 cm of positive ease at the fullest part of your bust.

Elizabeth is wearing size 1, with 8 inches /  20 cm of positive ease at the full bust. Her upper chest is 34 inches / 85 cm.

Yarn

Full length sample shown in KnitPicks Yarns Wool of the Andes Superwash Bulky

100% superwash wool ; 137 yds / 125 m per 100 g skein. This is a bulky yarn. The final fabric is cozy and squishy.

Yardage (shown in Blossom Heather): 891 (985, 1079, 1173, 1266) [1360, 1454, 1548, 1642] yds / 815 (900, 987, 1072, 1157) [1243, 1329, 1415, 1501] m; 7 (8, 8, 9, 10) [10, 11, 12, 12] skeins.

Gauge

16 sts and 22 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch on size A needles. 

Needles

Size A: US 7 / 4.5 mm
Size B: US 9 / 5.5 mm

Notions

  • 4 Stitch markers
  • Tapestry needle

Techniques

  • Knitting lace
  • Seaming

Credits

Tech edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Elizabeth Margaret
Model: Elizabeth Margaret
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