I am learning so much by creating this design! Everything from knitwear design to how to make a rough schematic in Illustrator.
Guess what? I forgot ease in the shoulder!
Yep, I forgot ease. And I just realized it this morning. So I’ll be over here, softly weeping into my knitting. Here’s where my project currently stands:
I’ll be ripping some rows, and doing the math again for decreases. For now, you can take a look a the pattern for 16″ shoulder width below. Over the next week, I’ll add a second section for a more realistic 18″ shoulder width.
This pattern may be killing me but it’s also making me stronger!
Pattern for back of cardigan continued for a 16″ shoulder width:
Start Armholes
Row 74: Bind off 4 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 75: Bind off 4 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row. Do not purl last stitch. Use the sloped bind off for all the armhole bind off rows!
Row 76: Bind off 3 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 77: Bind of 3 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 78: Bind of 2 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 79: Bind of 2, P1, K1 to end of row.
Row 80-85: Bind off 1 at the beginning of each row and continue in moss stitch.
Row 86-113: 67 stitches. Moss stitch continues, with K1 at the beginning and end of each row for selvedge stitches.
Row 114-115: Bind off 6 at the beginning of this row. Continue in moss stitch.
Row 116-117: Sloping bind off 6 at the beginning of each row, continue in moss stitch.
Row 118-119: Sloping bind off 7 at the beginning of each row, continue in moss stitch.
Bind off all remaining stitches.
Pattern for back of cardigan continued for a 18″ shoulder width:
(Added 3/17/18)
Start Armholes
Row 74: Bind off 3 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 75: Bind off 3 stitches, P1, K1 to end of row.
Row 76: Bind off 2 stitches, P1, K1 to end of row. Do not purl last stitch. Use the sloped bind off for all the armhole bind off rows from this point forward.
Row 77: Bind of 2 stitches, K1, P1 to end of row.
Row 78-83: Bind off 1 at the beginning of each row and continue in moss stitch.
Row 84-113: 75 stitches. Moss stitch continues, with K1 at the beginning and end of each row for selvedge stitches.
Row 114-115: Bind off 6 at the beginning of this row. Continue in moss stitch.
Row 116-117: Sloping bind off 6 at the beginning of each row, continue in moss stitch.
Row 118-119: Sloping bind off 7 at the beginning of each row, continue in moss stitch.
Bind off all remaining stitches.
PennyDreadfulKAL: Shoutout to Friends:
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#PennyDreadfulKAL: Goals
I will be writing the pattern for the front panels of the cardigan soon. At the very latest, I will post them next month, if not sooner! I had an epiphany about the sleeves – they are definitely set in sleeves, and I found some similar sleeeves in Shirley Paden’s book – a Gathered Top Sleeve. I’l be figuring those out later!
See you on Tuesday, April 10th for the update!
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