Sand cardigan with short sleeves

Smooth yarn and light natural tones are best suited for expressive patterns. And our charming cardigan made of select cotton is just what you need for spring!

Sizes: 36/38 (40) 42/44

You will need: yarn (100% cotton; 180 m/50 g) — 350 (450) 500 g sand; needles No. 3; circular needles No. 3; 5 buttons (size 12 mm).

Pattern 1: ribbing (odd number of stitches). After the initial row start with 1 purl row.
Purl rows: selvedge, alternately 1 knit, 1 twisted purl, finish with 1 knit, selvedge.
Knit rows: knit the stitches according to the pattern, while twisted purls are knitted as twisted knits.

Pattern 2: purl stitch = knit rows — purl stitches, purl rows - knit stitches.

Pattern 3: lacy pattern (number of stitches multiple of 30 (32) 34 + 7 + 2 selvedge) = knit according to the chart. It provides the rapport for size 1. The highlighted colored cells for size 2 should be doubled, for size 3 tripled, i.e., here perform 1 or 2 additional stitches in pattern 2. The chart shows knit and purl rows. Start with 1 selvedge, repeat the rapport continuously, finish with the first 7 stitches of the rapport and 1 selvedge.
Repeat rows 1-24 continuously.

Pattern 4: garter stitch = knit and purl rows — knit stitches.

Knitting density: patterns 3 and 2 on average — 28 sts x 37 rows = 10 x 10 cm; pattern 4 (= border) — 5 sts = 2 cm.

Pattern chart:

 1 knit stitch: knit row – knit stitch, purl row – purl stitch

  1 purl stitch: knit row – purl stitch, purl row – knit stitch

purl

U = 1 yarn over

<  1 twisted knit

> 1 twisted purl

  2 stitches knit together

  2 stitches knit together leaning left (1 stitch slipped as knit, 1 knit, then pull it through the slipped stitch)

 2 stitches knit together purl

2>  2 stitches knit together twisted purl

  3 stitches knit together by yarn over (1 stitch slipped as knit, 2 stitches knit together, then pull it through the slipped stitch)

 3 stitches knit together

5 - 5 purls

  5 stitches knit together by yarn over (3 stitches slipped together as knit, 2 stitches knit together, then pull it through the slipped stitches)

⟙ = insert needle 3 rows below, grab and pull out 1 stitch, 1 yarn over, 1 knit, 1 yarn over, reinsert needle 3 rows below, grab and pull out 1 stitch (= 5 sts)

⟞ = leave the next 5 stitches on a holder in front of work, wrap working yarn twice around stitches on the holder, without pulling too tightly, then knit the stitches from the holder as follows: knit 2 stitches together, 1 yarn over, 1 purl, 1 yarn over, knit 2 stitches together leaning left

■ = see instructions for pattern 3

Work description:

Back: cast on 129 (137) 145 stitches and for the border knit 2 cm with pattern 1, starting with 1 purl row and finishing with 1 purl row on purls.

Continue working with pattern 3. After 39 cm = 144 rows from the border, bind off for armholes on both sides 1 x 7 sts = 115(123) 131 sts.

Attention: the bound-off edges of 7 sts will subsequently form the entire width of the armhole for the front and back.

After 55 cm = 204 rows (56.5 cm = 210 rows) 58.5 cm = 216 rows from the border, bind off for shoulder slope on both sides 1 x 5 sts, then in every 2nd row bind off 4 x 6 (7) 8 sts. Simultaneously with the 1st shoulder decrease bind off the middle 47 sts for the neckline and finish both sides separately.

After 58.5 cm = 216 rows (60 cm = 222 rows) 62 cm = 228 rows from the border, bind off the remaining 5 sts for the shoulders.

Left front: cast on 67 (71) 75 stitches and for the front border + lower border in the 1st purl row distribute the stitches as follows: 5 sts for pattern 4 (= border), 61 (65) 69 sts for pattern 1, selvedge.

After 6 rows from the initial row, knit in the next purl row 5 knits, 61 (65) 69 purls and the selvedge. Height of the lower border: 2 cm = a total of 7 rows.

Continue working as follows: selvedge, 60 (64) 68 sts for pattern 3, for this execute the last 23 (25) 27 sts of the chart once, then execute the rapport once and the first 7 sts of the chart once, finish with 1 stitch in pattern 2 and 5 stitches in pattern 4 (= border).

Attention: do not perform the armhole!

After 48.5 cm = 180 rows (50 cm = 186 rows) 52 cm = 192 rows from the border, bind off for the neckline on the left edge 1 x 33 sts = 34 (38) 42 sts.

Perform the shoulder slope on the right edge as on the back. At the height of the back, bind off the remaining 5 sts of the shoulder.

Right front: knit the same as the left front, but mirrored and with 5 buttonholes. To do this, in the 1st purl row from the initial row knit the selvedge, 61 (65) 69 sts for pattern 1 and 5 sts for pattern 4. After the border distribute the stitches as follows: 5 sts for pattern 4, 1 stitch for pattern 2, 60 (64) 68 sts for pattern 3, for this execute the rapport 2 times, finish with 1 selvedge.

For the 1st buttonhole in the 38th (36th) 34th row of the border (= knit row) knit 2 knits, make 1 yarn over, knit 2 stitches together and 1 knit. The yarn over in the next purl row should be knitted as knit. The next 4 buttonholes should be made with an interval of 34 (36) 38 rows.

Sleeves: cast on 81 (85) 89 stitches for each sleeve and knit the border as on the back, while in the last purl row, evenly distributed, add 4 (6) 8 sts = 85 (91) 97 sts.

Continue working with pattern 3, starting with 1 selvedge and the last 23 (25) 27 sts of the chart, execute the rapport 2 times, finish with 1 selvedge.

For the sleeve slope add 1 stitch on both sides after 16 cm = 60 rows from the border, then in every 8th row add 3 x 1 stitch and knit with pattern 2 = 93 (99) 105 sts. For a low sleeve cap, after 23 cm = 86 rows from the border, bind off 1 x 4 sts on both sides, then in every 2nd row bind off 4 x 4 sts.

After 26 cm = 96 rows from the border, bind off the remaining 53 (59) 65 sts.

Assembly: perform shoulder seams. For the neckline trim, cast on 177 stitches on circular needles along the neckline edge and knit 4 rows with pattern 1, starting with 1 purl row. Then bind off all stitches as purls.
Perform side seams up to the bound-off edges of the armholes. Perform sleeve seams and set in the sleeves, positioning the sleeve seam in the middle of the bound-off edge of the armhole and gently stretching the curved edges if necessary during setting in. Sew on the buttons.