Golden Blossom Lace Cardigan
The Golden Blossom Lace Cardigan is a cozy and stylish addition to any fall wardrobe. With its warm golden color and intricate crochet pattern, this cardigan is sure to turn heads and keep you snug on chilly days. The design is versatile enough to be dressed up for a casual outing or paired with jeans for a relaxed day at home. Crafted with attention to detail, it offers both comfort and fashion-forward flair.
Cardigan Size: 36/38
You will need: 650 g of yellow Alpaca yarn (100% alpaca, 100 m/50 g); crochet hooks No. 4 and No. 5.
We recommend: PERU SOFT, Yarna, Italy (20% baby alpaca, 15% mohair, 20% merino wool, 45% polyacrylic).
Main pattern with crochet hook No. 5: the number of stitches is a multiple of 3 + 2. Knit according to chart 1. Start with stitches before the repeat, repeat the stitches of the repeat, finish with stitches after the repeat. Perform once from the 1st to the 3rd row, then repeat the 2nd and 3rd rows. Double crochet stitches should be worked around the chain space of the previous row. In the instructions, 1 double crochet + 1 chain + 1 double crochet into 1 base stitch is referred to as 1 V-shaped double crochet.
Front edge bevel with crochet hook No. 5: start with 8 foundation chains. Knit according to chart 2. All stitches with increases are shown. Perform once from the 1st to the 8th row.
Lace placket with crochet hook No. 4: the initial number of stitches is a multiple of 12. Knit according to chart 3 with circular rows. Start each circular row with the given number of chain stitches and stitches before the repeat, repeat the stitches of the repeat, finishing instead of the last motif of double crochet with 1 slip stitch into the top chain space of replacement. Transition to the beginning of the next circular row by making other slip stitches. Perform once from the 1st to the 9th circular row.
Sleeve lace placket with crochet hook No. 4: the initial number of stitches = 40 stitches. Knit according to chart 4 with circular rows. Start each circular row with the given number of chain stitches, then perform all the stitches once, finishing with 1 slip stitch into the top chain space of replacement. Transition to the beginning of the next circular row by making other slip stitches. Perform once from the 1st to the 9th circular row.
Gauge, main pattern: 15 sts and 7 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Work Description
Back: Chain 74 + 3 for lifting and knit with the main pattern. After 28.5 cm = 20 rows from the cast-on edge, decrease for the armholes on both sides 1 x 3 sts. (= at the beginning of the row, skip making slip stitches, at the end of the row leave unknitted), then decrease in every row 3 x 2 sts. (= crochet 2 double crochets together, do not make chains) = 56 sts. For the shoulder bevels and neckline cutout after 48.5 cm = 34 rows from the cast-on edge, knit 1.5 cm = 1 row as follows: 1 chain for lifting instead of 1 single crochet and 6 single crochets, 1 V-shaped double crochet made of half double crochet, 2 V-shaped double crochets according to the pattern (= 16 sts for the shoulder), perform 3 chains for height, skip the following stitch, skip the middle 22 sts, making slip stitches, performing 3 chains for height, skip 1 stitch (= 24 sts for the neckline cutout), perform 2 V-shaped double crochets. 1 V-shaped double crochet with half double crochet and 7 single crochets.
Left Front: Chain 8 + 3 for lifting and perform the front edge bevel = 26 sts. After 11.5 cm = 8 rows from the cast-on edge, knit with the main pattern according to the pattern. Make the armhole and shoulder bevel on the right edge as on the back. Finish the work at the height of the back, at the same time in the last row from the inside edge, crochet the last double crochet with the previous double crochet together = 16 sts for the shoulder.
Right Front: Knit symmetrically.
Sleeves: Chain 41 + 3 for lifting and knit with the main pattern. In every 4th row from the cast-on edge, increase for the bevels on both sides 4 x 1 st., with the first 3 increases incorporated into the pattern, the last increase made as a double crochet = 49 sts. After 28.5 cm = 20 rows from the cast-on edge, decrease for the sleeve cap on both sides 1 x 3 sts., then * in the following row decrease 2 sts. and in the next row 1 st., repeat from * 4 more times. After 43 cm = 30 rows from the cast-on edge, finish the work on the remaining 13 sts.
Assembly: Perform the shoulder and side seams.
For the cardigan placket, knit the border as follows: start the work from the right side seam of the finished product, perform a total of 86 single crochets on the edge of the right front to the shoulder seam, including 6 single crochets on the foundation edge, 32 single crochets on the beveled edge, and 48 single crochets on the straight edge of the front, perform 24 single crochets on the back neckline edge, perform a total of 86 single crochets on the edge of the left front to the side seam, including 48 single crochets on the straight edge, 32 on the beveled edge, and 6 on the foundation edge, and finally perform 72 single crochets on the back edge, close the work into a ring with 1 slip stitch = 268 single crochets.
In the 1st circular row, insert the hook as follows: on the first 6 single crochets perform the beginning of the circular row, the next single crochet and the next group of double crochets according to the chart into every 3rd single crochet, then to fit the placket perform on 32 single crochets of the beveled edge 8 times alternately 1 single crochet and 1 group of double crochets into every 2nd single crochet of the previous circular row and between them perform only 1 chain. Then on the straight edge of the front, the back neckline edge, and the straight edge of the left front, continue the pattern according to the chart, insert the hook on 32 sts of the following beveled edge, as on the right front, into every 2nd single crochet, then on the foundation edge of the left front and back again knit according to the chart = a total of 25 repeats. Knit the remaining circular rows according to the chart and finish the work after the 9th circular row. Perform sleeve seams. Edge the sleeve edges with 40 single crochets, then knit the border according to the chart. Finish the work after 9 circular rows.
Set in sleeves.
