Woman holding the fronts of a long textured cardigan and hugging them to herself while gazing into the distance.

Diamond textured cardigan with wide fronts left open and creating a collar and waterfall front.

Back of person wearing hip-length cardigan with diamond stitch pattern. They're holding the fronts open showing the squared shape of them and the fact that the stitch pattern runs side to side on the fronts and up and down on the back.

Woman hugging fronts of the voluminous open cardigan to herself. Sleeves are reverse stocking stitch and body is textured.

Detail shot of curvy hemline hitting mid-thigh. Stitch pattern, created with knits and purls runs side to side on fronts.

Wrap fronts of cardigan are overlapped and held together with a wooden stick (shawl pin), creating an assymetrical collar that frames the face.

Side view of Holli crossing the fronts of the cardigan over one another and hugging herself. One of the encased seams can be seen at the top of the stocking stitch sleeve.

Front view of large flowing cardigan with large lapels on a petite woman.

Detail shot of encased, two-sided side seam and the differing hemlines on the front and back. Back is worked bottom up and front is worked side to centre front.

Line drawing schematic of sweater pattern with detailed measurements in both inches and cm.

Hattie

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Completely reversible and there’s no sewing! This open fronted cardigan will be a staple in your wardrobe to wrap you up on chilly days. The selvedges along the side and armhole seams are encased in a knitted facing that provides a polished look on both sides of the sweater with no exposed seams.

Hattie is so versatile to wear. You can pin it closed with a shawl pin in a several different locations creating different looks. And it also looks great left open with the front edges creating a waterfall effect.

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Size Inclusive

Size inclusive to fit up to a 56″ (142 cm) chest measurement.

Construction

The back is worked from the bottom up. Stitches are picked up and knit along the side selvedges and additional stitches are cast on for the armholes. The fronts are worked side-to-side from the seam to the front opening. The selvedge edges on the cardigan fronts undulate while they follow the curving lines in the stitch pattern. Sleeves are picked up around the armholes and worked in the round to the cuff.

What's Included

This knitting pattern includes written directions, both charts and written stitch pattern instructions, front and back images, and a detailed schematic with measurements.

Sizes + Finished Measurements

To fit chest: 30 (34, 39, 44, 50, 56)” / 76 (86.5, 99, 112, 127, 142) cm.
Finished cross shoulder width (for dropped sleeve construction): 16 ¼ (18 ¼, 18 ¾, 21 ¼, 23 ¾, 27, 29 ¼, 29 ¾, 33)” / 41.5 (46.5, 47.5, 54, 60.5, 68.5, 74.5, 75.5, 84) cm.
Length from shoulder: 23 ¾ (23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾, 23 ¾)” / 60.5 (60.5, 60.5, 60.5, 60.5, 60.5, 60.5, 60.5, 60.5) cm.
Shown in 34″ (86.5 cm) size on Holli who’s 5’8″ (1.73 m) with a 35″ (89 cm) chest.

Yarn

Sport weight yarn; 1860 (1960, 2315, 2585, 2920, 3300) yd / 1705 (1795, 2115, 2365, 2670, 3020) m.

Shown in Louet Gems Sport Weight (100% Merino; 185yd per 50g skein).

Substitution Notes

Choose a smooth, sport weight yarn with a tight twist for great stitch definition. Wool and wool blends would be great substitutions.

Gauge

23 Sts and 29 Rows = 4″ (10 cm) square in Stockinette stitch in the round using size US 6 (4 mm) needles, blocked.

Needles + Notions

3.75 mm (US 5) Circular Needle, at least 32” (80 cm) long;
Two 4 mm (US 6) Circular Needles, at least 32” (80 cm) long;
5 mm (US 8) Circular Needle, at least 24” (60 cm) long;
3.75 & 4 mm (US 5 & 6) Needles for working sleeves in the round;
3.75 mm (E-4) Crochet Hook;
Stitch Markers;
Locking Stitch Markers;
Stitch Holders or Scrap Yarn;
Yarn Needle.

Skills

Knitting in the round, increases/decreases, three needle bind off, short rows, working knit/purl stitch pattern from chart or written instructions, sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up, sideways, encases/fully reversible seams with no sewing, picking up stitches.