Noro 1724 Collared Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Noro 1724 Collared Cardigan

What is Being Made

The Noro 1724 Collared Cardigan is an intermediate-level knitted cardigan featuring a structured collar and button front closure. This garment is designed as a seamed, flat-worked piece constructed from the bottom up. The cardigan is sized for Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large, with finished bust measurements ranging from 42 to 52 inches (106.5 to 132 centimeters) and a length between 27½ and 29 inches (70 to 73.5 centimeters). The upper arm circumference varies from 16 to 19 inches (41 to 48 centimeters) across the size range.

Techniques Used

This cardigan employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its finished design:

• Bottom-up construction: The garment is knitted starting from the lower edge and working upward toward the shoulders and neckline.
• Flat knitting: All pieces are worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, allowing for easier shaping and seaming.
• Lace patterning: The cardigan incorporates lace stitch patterns worked from charts, creating decorative openwork sections throughout the garment.
• Seamed assembly: Individual pieces are knitted separately and then sewn together using seaming techniques, with selvage stitches worked at edges to facilitate neat, professional seams.
• Pick-up and knit: Stitches are picked up and knitted along finished edges, particularly for the collar and button bands.
• Decreasing techniques: The pattern uses slip, slip, knit (SSK) and slip, slip, purl (SSP) decreases to shape the garment and create lace pattern elements.
• Yarn overs: These are essential to the lace stitch patterns, creating the characteristic holes and decorative openwork of the design.

Stitches Used

The Noro 1724 Collared Cardigan utilizes a variety of fundamental and decorative stitches:

• Knit and purl stitches: The foundation stitches that form the base of all knitted fabric.
• Chart pattern stitches: Lace patterns are worked from stitch charts where specific decreases, yarn overs, and knit/purl combinations create the openwork design. Charts include "no stitch" spaces (indicated by shaded areas) where stitches have been decreased or not yet made; these spaces are skipped while working the remaining stitches of the chart.
• Slip stitches: Used both as selvage stitches at edges to improve seaming and as part of the lace pattern construction.
• Decreases: Slip, slip, knit (SSK) and slip, slip, purl (SSP) decreases reduce stitch count for shaping and lace pattern definition.
• Yarn overs: These create new stitches and form the openwork characteristic of lace patterns.

Materials

The Noro 1724 Collared Cardigan is constructed using quality materials specified for durability and drape:

• Yarn: Noro Bachi in colorway #11, with yardage requirements of 3 cakes (600g total) for Small, 4 cakes (800g) for Medium and Large, and 5 cakes (1000g) for X-Large. Each cake weighs 200 grams.
• Needles: One pair of US 10/6mm needles for the ribbed cast-on edge and one pair of US 10½/6.5mm needles (or size as needed to obtain correct gauge) for the main body and lace pattern work.
• Notions: Five 7/8-inch (22mm) buttons for the front closure and clip-on stitch markers to track pattern placement and shaping points.
• Gauge: 11 stitches and 16 rows equal 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the chart pattern using the larger needles. Achieving the correct gauge is essential for proper fit.