Lana Grossa 25 Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa 25 Cardigan in Mary's Tweed

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa 25 Cardigan in Mary's Tweed is a sophisticated knitted jacket featuring an elegant lace pattern throughout. This garment is available in two sizes: 36/38 and 42/44, making it suitable for a range of body types. The cardigan is constructed as a classic button-front jacket with long sleeves, designed to be both stylish and wearable for everyday occasions.

Knitting Techniques

This cardigan employs several advanced knitting techniques to create its refined appearance. The garment is worked flat on straight needles, meaning each piece is knitted separately rather than in the round. The construction follows a bottom-up approach, where the body and sleeves are cast on at the lower edges and worked upward toward the shoulders. The pieces are then seamed together to form the finished jacket. Lace patterning is integrated throughout the design, created using yarn overs and decreases to form decorative openwork sections that add visual interest and sophistication to the piece.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The cardigan utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined with charted lace patterns. A rib pattern consisting of knit 2, purl 2 (K2, P2) is worked, likely for edgings or cuff areas to provide elasticity and structure. The primary design feature is the lace pattern, which is worked according to detailed charts labeled A, B, C, and D. These charts guide the placement of yarn overs and decreases to create the openwork design. Chart A provides the lace pattern for the back piece, while charts B and C control the neck shaping on the left and right fronts respectively. Chart D guides the lace pattern and sleeve shaping for the sleeves. The charts begin with wrong-side rows, and on all wrong-side rows not shown on the chart, stitches are worked as they appear with all yarn overs purled.

Materials and Yarn Specifications

The Lana Grossa 25 Cardigan requires 350 grams of yarn for sizes 36/38 and 400 grams for sizes 42/44. The yarn used is Lana Grossa Mary's Tweed, a premium blend containing 33% baby alpaca, 30% Merino wool, 26% polyamide, and 11% silk. This fiber composition provides softness, warmth, durability, and a subtle sheen to the finished garment. The yarn is supplied at a yardage of 135 meters per 50-gram ball. The specified colorway is Grey Mélange (color 13), which provides a sophisticated, neutral tone suitable for versatile styling.

Tools and Notions

Construction of this cardigan requires specific needles and notions to achieve the intended gauge and finish. Size 5 mm needles are used for the main body and sleeves, while a size 4 mm circular needle measuring 80 centimeters long is needed for finishing work, likely for neckband or edging. A size 3.5 mm crochet hook is also required, presumably for finishing details. The cardigan is fastened with nine 15 mm mother-of-pearl buttons in grey, specifically Union Knopf item 453037 in color 78, adding an elegant finishing touch to the front opening.

Construction Details

The left front is cast on with 40 stitches for the smaller size and 49 stitches for the larger size using size 5 mm needles. Armhole shaping is worked at the right edge of right-side rows, binding off 3 stitches once, then 2 stitches twice, and 1 stitch three times, resulting in 30 stitches for the smaller size and 39 stitches for the larger size. The lace pattern repeat is worked between selvage stitches according to chart rows 112–119 until the armhole measures approximately 12.5 centimeters for the smaller size or 14.5 centimeters for the larger size. Neck shaping follows chart B, with decreases worked at the beginning of wrong-side rows. The right front mirrors the left front with reversed shaping and pattern placement, following chart C for neck shaping.

The sleeves are cast on with 40 stitches and worked in lace pattern according to chart D, with increases for sleeve shaping as indicated on the chart, reaching 58 stitches for the smaller size and 64