• Jen sits on an antique couch, looking at the camera. She wears a cowl neck cardigan, knit with moss stitch from a burgundy yarn. An antique lamp and painting can be seen in the background.
  • Seen from the shoulder down, Jen pulls the sides of a burgundy cardigan together, showing off the hand knit details of the large button band and subtle stitch pattern.
  • Seen from the side, Jen wears a cardigan, knit with a cowl neck and a subtle allover stitch. A window and an antique lamp can be seen in the background.
  • Jen sits in front of the camera, looking to the side. Over a white camisole, she wears a hand knit burgundy cardigan. She adjusts the thick cowl neck, showing off the ribbing detail.
  • Jen sits on an antique couch, leaning forward slightly to look in the camera. She wears a burgundy cardigan with brown boots and grey jeans. The cardigan is knit with a cowl neck and a subtle all-over stitch pattern.
  • Jen sits on an antique couch, wearing a hand knit cardigan with a thick button band and a cowl neck. She looks into the camera.
  • Jen stands in the doorway, at an angle to the camera. She has one hand on her hip, showing off the masculine structure of the hand knit, burgundy cardigan that she wears with brown boots and grey jeans.
  • Seen up close, Jen holds the ribbed cowl neck of her cardigan, knit with burgundy yarn in a subtle all-over stitch.
  • Jen reclines in an antique chair, holding a coupe glass in one hand. She wears brown boots and grey jeans with a burgundy cardigan that's knit with a cowl neck, ribbed button band, and all-over stitch pattern.
  • Jen stands, one hand on an antique chair and the other in the pocket of her grey jeans, looking at the camera. She wears a burgundy cardigan, knit with a cowl neck and a large button band.
  • Jen reclines on a couch, reading a copy of Miracle Fabrics. She wears a pair of black jeans with a burgundy moss stitch cardigan, knit from her Postscript cardigan pattern.
  • Seen close up, Jen pulls the sides of her hand knit cardigan together. The cardigan has a cowl neck and a large ribbed button band, alongside a subtle all-over stitch detail.
  • Jen adjust the cowl collar of her hand knit, burgundy cardigan, looking off camera.
  • Seen from behind, Jen stands in a doorway, one arm raised to show off the structured, hand knit cardigan she wears with grey jeans and brown boots.
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One Wild Designs

Postscript

Postscript

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Postscript - an elegant shawl collar cardigan knitting pattern

Postscript invites you to write a love letter to a stranger and press it between the pages, paper-thin as dried violet petals, of the oldest work in your antique bookshop. Soft, feminine, deliberate and just a little mysterious, Postscript is all about juxtaposition and contrast.

This elegant cardigan features a towering shawl collar and a graceful set-in sleeve. Shaping creates more room at the hip, giving you space right where you need it. A wide button band and large, simple, buttons adorn this cardigan, partnering perfectly with richly textured granite stitch. Postscript is worked from the bottom-up in pieces and seamed with set-in sleeves. Stitches are picked up and knit for the shawl collar and button band.

Construction

Postscript is worked bottom-up in pieces and seamed with set-in sleeves. Stitches are picked up and knit for the shawl collar and button band. The hip is wider than the bust.

Optional Bust Shaping

Optional instructions for adding short rows for bust shaping, in five sizes, give you your best fit.

Sizes

1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8) (9, 10, 11, 12)

Finished bust circumference (buttoned): 31.75 (35.5, 39.75, 43.5, 47.75) (52, 55.75, 60) (63.75, 68, 71.25, 76) inches / 79 (88.5, 99, 108.5, 119) (129.5, 139, 149.5) (159, 169.5, 178, 189.5) cm

Finished hip circumference (buttoned): 33.25 (37.25, 41.25, 45.25, 49.25) (53.5, 57.25, 61.5) (65.25, 69.5, 73, 77.5) inches / 83.5 (93, 103.5, 113, 123.5) (134, 143.5, 154) (163.5, 174, 182.5, 194) cm

Finished bicep circumference: 12.5 (13.25, 14, 15, 16.25) (17.5, 18.75, 20) (22, 22.5, 23.75, 24.75) inches / 31 (33, 35.5, 37.5, 40.5) (43.5, 47, 50) (55.5, 56.5, 59.5, 61.5) cm

Download the full schematic here.

Your best fit

Choose the size closest to your actual upper chest measurement: 28 (32, 36, 39.25, 42.5) (45.75, 49, 52.25) (55.5, 58.75, 62, 65.25) inches / 70 (80, 89.5, 98, 106) (114, 122, 130.5) (138.5, 146.5, 154.5, 163) cm

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

Postscript is designed to fit with approximately 3.5 inches / 9 cm of positive ease at the fullest part of your bust.

If you need additional room for the bust, as Jen does, working the optional short row shaping will give you the best fit in the shoulders and armholes, while still making room for your chest. Short rows add length to the front only of the garment, so that the hem does not rise in the front.

Jen is wearing in size 5, Cup 1, with 3.5 inches / 9 cm positive ease at the full bust. Her upper chest is 41 inches / 102.5 cm.

Yarn

Sample shown in Modus Operandi Fibers Targhee Worsted

100% Targhee wool; 280 yds / 256 m per 115 g skein. This is a naturally-dyed, 3-ply, round squishy, bouncy worsted weight wool with fantastic, crisp stitch definition. It knits warm, low-drape fabric with moderate density.

Yardage (shown in Raw Ruby): 1400 (1510, 1635, 1770, 1900) (2025, 2160, 2315) (2455, 2580, 2705, 2850) yds / 1280 (1385, 1495, 1615, 1740) (1850, 1975, 2115) (2245, 2360, 2470, 2605) m; 5 (6, 6, 7, 7) (8, 8, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11) skeins.

For optional bust darts, you will need an additional 5 - 60 yds / 5 - 55 m.

Gauge

19 sts and 30 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in Granite Stitch with size A needles.

Needles

All garment sizes use all needle sizes.

Size A: US size 7 / 4.5 mm needle
Size B: US size 6 / 4 mm, or one US size smaller than size A
Size C (for optional Tubular Cast-on): US Size 5 / 3.5 mm

Notions

  • 4 Stitch markers
  • 1.25 inch / 3 cm buttons: 4 (if working bust shaping, 4 (4, 5, 5, 5) for Cup 1 (2, 3, 4, 5))
  • Tapestry needle
  • Cable needle (optional, for tubular cast-on)
  • Waste yarn (optional, for tubular cast-on)

Techniques

  • Working directional shaping
  • Working a sloped bind-off (optional)
  • Seaming
  • Working German short rows
  • Tubular cast-on (optional)
  • Sewn tubular bind-off (optional) 

Credits

Tech edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Hypnotic Imagery, LLC
Photos taken at: The Knit Inn
Model: Jennifer Parroccini
Testers: Jen, Céline, Marina, Sarah D, Jessica, Carly, Jenni, Rebecca, Ariana, Maria, Chris (Ravelry), Sara, Avery, Sarah U, Caroline, Kelly

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