Wink Wrap Cardigan

By Just call me Ruby

Design Story

The original inspiration for this design came from the dress the model is wearing in the photographs.

I wanted to design a cardigan that could be worn with such a 'busy' fabric, wouldn't be boring to knit and also would be suitable to be worn with COLLARS.

The yarn has a very soft, slightly felted quality to it and when knitting samples with it I realised I wanted to show this off, so I kept to the very simplest of stitch patterns.

To keep the knitting interesting I decided to use a sideways construction which also enabled me to produce the vertical textural stripes that I wanted. The result is 'Wink' so called after the yarn which is 'Periwinkle blue' just like the flowers on my dress.

Materials

Bowmont Braf 4 ply (100% pure new wool)
5 (5, 5, 6, 6) x 50gm balls — Shade Periwinkle

Needles

1 pair 3.25mm (US #4) needles
4 press studs
2 buttons

Tension

25sts x 44 rows to 10cm using 3.25mm (US #3) needles over garter stitch/stocking stitch stripe

Size shown in photos, 34-36 inch chest.

Measurements

To fit chest: 30 - 32 34 - 36 38 - 40 42 - 44 46 - 48 inches

76 - 82 86 - 92 96 - 102 106 - 112 116 - 122 cm

Finished chest: 34 38 42 46 50 inches

86 96 106 118 127 cm

Finished length 18 18 19 19 20 inches

46 46 48 48 50 cm

Pattern notes

This garment is worked sideways starting at sleeve cuff.

Orange Text indicates an amendment to the pattern has been made since first published.

Pattern

Cast on 102 sts using 3.25mm (US #3) needles.
Commencing with a K row, work 5 rows in garter stitch.
Again commencing with a K row, work 5 rows in stocking stitch.
These 10 rows set pattern.
Remain in pattern throughout.
Work 15 more rows.

Underarm shaping

Inc. 1 st at each end of next 5 rows (112 sts)
Next row: Cast on 60 (60, 66, 66, 70) sts (172, 172, 178, 178, 182 sts) patt across all sts.
Next row: Cast on 60 (60, 66, 66, 70) sts (232, 232, 244, 244, 252 sts) patt across all sts.

Continue in pattern until work measures 16.5 (19, 21.5, 24.5, 26.5 cm) 6.5 (7.5, 8.5, 9.5, 10.5 inches) from initial cast on, ending with a WS row.

Right front wrap

Next row (RS): Patt 112 (112, 118, 118, 120) sts., Sl1, K1, psso, K2, turn.
Work on these sts only. Transfer remaining 116 (116, 122, 122, 126) sts to a stitch holder.
Next row: pattern to end.
Next row: Patt to last 4 sts., Sl1, K1, psso, K2.
Rep these two rows until 17 sts rem.
Work without further shaping until 5 th row of garter stitch stripe worked. Cast off.

Back

Return 116 (116, 122, 122, 126) sts on holder to needle with RS facing. Cast off 2 sts at beg of row. Patt to end.
Continue without shaping until work measures 27cm (10.5 inches) from 2 cast off stitches, ending with a WS row. This should be 153 rows and should therefore be the 1 st row of a garter stitch pattern repeat.
Cast on 2 sts at end of row (116, 116, 122, 122, 126 sts). Leave work on a spare needle.

Left front (underside) Wrap

With a new ball of yarn, cast on 17 sts using 3.25mm (US #3) needles and continue in pattern, commencing with row 1 of garter stitch stripe.
On every right side row, patt to last 3 sts, work into front and back of next st., patt to end.
Pattern next row.
Rep these 2 rows until 116 (116, 122, 122, 126) sts on needle ending with RS facing.

Next row should be 1 st row of garter stitch pattern repeat.
Knit across these 116 (116, 122, 122, 126) sts then across sts on spare needle (232, 232, 244, 244, 252 sts).

Patt without shaping until work measures 50.5 (55.5, 60.5, 66.5, 71 cm) (20, 22, 24, 26, 28 inches) from original cast on.

Next row: Cast off 60 sts, patt to end.
Next row: Cast off 60 sts, patt to end. (112 sts)
Dec 1 st at each end of next 5 rows (102 sts)
Working on rem 102 sts, patt for 23 rows, ending with row 5 of garter stitch stripe.
Cast off.

Making up

Darn in all ends. Block work. Try garment on wearer and place pin at left side seam where right front edge to sit. Join side and sleeve seams using a back stitch with wrong sides together, so that there is a seam on the outside of the side seams. Sew press studs in place, attaching two buttons over press studs on visible right front. Try garment on wearer again and position inside press studs at right side seam, place pin to mark position and then sew studs in place.