Ophicleide cardigan

Ophicleide cardigan with short or 3/4 length sleeves, available via Ravelry. PDf document.

Price $6.50

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There are six sizes, for bust sizes 87 to 120 cm. The pattern has also two sleeve options: instructions for the original short pouf sleeve and then a 3/4 length variation.

You need DK weight yarn, about 750 yards for bust sizes 87-104 cm, 850 yards for bust sizes 113-120 cm for short sleeved cardigan. Add about 100 yards for longer sleeves. Yarn in original is Rowan Wool Cotton (#964 Still), I used 6 balls for short sleeved 104 cm bust sized cardigan. Needles: 4 mm 80 cm circular needle for the body, 4 mm DPN for i-cords or size to obtain gauge. 6 metallic hooks and loops for front fastening. Blunt point (tapestry) needle for finishing work. Some leftover yarn for temporary cast on. And that’s it.

The stitch pattern of this cardigan utilizes stretched stitches. The herringbone part of the pattern uses stretched stitches crossed over regular ones. In the honeycomb pattern stretched stitches gather the garment gently to form those shapes. Neck opening utilizes short rows for subtle shaping, you can find great instructions of short row technique from Knitty. Neck opening and sleeves are finished with i-cord bordering - and you can find great tutorial from Shelly’s blog. And that’s about it about special techniques needed with this pattern (well, you could check out some temporary cast on methods too, if you are not familiar with them yet).

A nice fact to know before you decide to start is that finishing job (read sewing) is pretty much minimized in this pattern: you just attach short sections of i-cord border to the yoke area of the front pieces, attach few loops and hooks to thet border and probably finish the sleeve-underarm area and i-cord ends of the sleeves with few sewn stitches.