It’s the feminine touches that make this pretty cardigan a pleasure to wear: delicate picots on the hem and cuffs, a sweet scooped neck, and pleats at an empire waist. This garment is worked in a lace weight yarn at a loose gauge producing a fabric that can be worn with plenty of negative ease.

Sizes:
28.5 (30, 33.25, 36.5, 39.75, 43, 46)” / 72.5 (76, 84.5, 92.5, 101, 109, 117) cm. Shown in 28.5 with 3 inches negative ease.

Needles:
US 3/3.25mm 24 or 32 inch circular
US 4/3.5mm 32 inch circular
US 4/3.5mm 24 inch circular
US 4/3.5mm 16 inch circular or set of dpns
US 6/4mm 32 inch circular

Yarn:
1110 (1150, 1300, 1450, 1550, 1700, 1860) yards lace-weight yarn. Suggested yarn: Jaggerspun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18 (630 yrds/57g; 50% tussah silk/50% merino wool)
shown in “Curry”.

Notions:
Stitch Markers
Cable needle
Scrap yarn to hold unused sts
10 (10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11) ½ inch buttons
Tapestry Needle

Gauge:
26 sts and 34 rows= 4 inches on US 6/4mm in Stockinette St.
30 sts and 34 rows= 4 inches on US 4/3.5mm in Lace pattern.
33 sts and 37 rows= 4 inches on US 4/3.5mm in Stockinette St.
Adjust needles size as necessary to obtain correct gauge