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Soufflé Batwing Cardigan Pattern - Download Version

Soufflé Batwing Cardigan Pattern - Download Version

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The Soufflé Batwing Cardigan is an oversized, boxy cardigan with lace panels and wide batwing sleeves. Shoulder sections are worked first, then stitches are picked up for the front and back. Short rows and decreases shape the joined body, with picked-up sleeves and folded cuffs completing the garment. The pattern offers applied I-cord or sewn button-band finishes.
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Pattern information

Available sizes
Size 1, Size 2, Size 3, Size 4, Size 5
Skill level
Intermediate
Yarn weight
Lace
Needles
4 mm, 3.25 mm, 2.25 mm

Fit & measurements

Boxy, oversized fit with batwing sleeves.

Yarn requirements

Size order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

One strand of lace-weight Veranita or light fingering-weight Soufflé.

Yarn requirements: 1160, 1300, 1465, 1600, 1675 m.

Needles & notions

Needles

4 mm circular needles in varying lengths for working flat and in the round.

3.25 mm double-pointed needles.

2.25 mm straight, short circular or double-pointed needles for the button bands.

Notions

  • Stitch markers: 9 (10, 11, 12, 12) or more for sizes 1–5 respectively.
  • Locking stitch markers.
  • Stitch holders or waste yarn.
  • Tapestry needle.
  • 10 buttons, or your preferred number, approximately 16 mm (5/8 in) in diameter; see the pattern notes.

Techniques
  • Lace knitting
  • Short rows
  • Picking up stitches
  • Applied I-cord

Construction

Shoulder sections are worked first, then stitches are picked up for the front and back lace panels. The body is joined, with stockinette short-row and decrease sections for shaping. Picked-up sleeves and folded cuffs finish the garment; the pattern includes applied i-cord or sewn button-band finishes.

Gauge

24 sts × 27 rows = 10 × 10 cm in stockinette stitch on the largest 4 mm needles; 21 sts × 25 rows = 10 × 10 cm in horseshoe lace on 4 mm needles; 34 sts × 43 rows = 10 × 10 cm in stockinette stitch on the smallest 2.25 mm needles.