Juniper Moon Farm Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Juniper Moon Farm Abbey Cropped Jacket

What is Being Made

The Abbey is a cropped knit jacket designed by Ursula O'Connor as part of the Tropical Summer Collection. This garment is a structured, seamed cardigan worked in a relaxed, summery silhouette with finished back width measurements of 26 (28) inches and a cropped length of 17 (18) inches from back neck to hem. The jacket features set-in sleeves with a 16-inch seam length and is designed to fit bust sizes 32-36 (38-40) inches.

Techniques Used

The Abbey cardigan is worked flat on straight needles and finished with seaming to construct the garment. The construction begins with the right sleeve, which is shaped using strategic increases and decreases before being joined to the body. The jacket employs a two-needle technique, starting with US 8/5mm needles for the initial ribbed cuff section and transitioning to US 9/5.5mm needles for the main body. Markers are placed at key points throughout the construction to indicate shaping and sleeve cap placement, guiding the knitter through the assembly process.

Stitches Used

The Abbey features two primary stitch patterns:

• Garter Stitch – Used in the initial sleeve cuff section, creating a textured, reversible fabric. The gauge is established over garter stitch at 19 stitches and 23 rows per 4-inch square using US 9/5.5mm needles.
• Double Moss Stitch (Db.ms.st.) – The main stitch pattern for the body and upper sleeve. This stitch is worked over four rows: Row 1 knits and purls alternately (K1, P1), Row 2 works all knit stitches as knits and all purl stitches as purls, Row 3 reverses this by working all purl stitches as knits and all knit stitches as purls, and Row 4 repeats Row 2. This creates a sophisticated, textured fabric with visual interest and excellent drape suitable for a summer garment.

Materials

The Abbey cardigan is knitted using Juniper Moon Farm Cumulus yarn in the colorway 02 Stone. The pattern requires 4 (5) hanks of 100-gram weight yarn, totaling 400 (500) grams of yarn depending on size. Construction requires US 8/5mm knitting needles for the ribbed cuff sections and US 9/5.5mm knitting needles for the main body and stitch pattern work. Colored stitch markers are essential notions for tracking shaping points and sleeve cap placement throughout the construction process.