Big Leaf Cardigan from SweaterBabe is the perfect women’s sweater to welcome
any chilly temps knit in Berkshire Bulky. A bold leaf lace design is the
centerpiece of the back, with narrower versions that mirror each other featured
on the fronts. The sweater is knit flat in pieces from the bottom up, and the
sleeves are worked from the top down to the cuffs by picking up the stitches around
the sleeve edging, and knit back and forth. Seam sides and sleeve seams. Valley
Yarns Berkshire Bulky is a single-ply of soft wool and alpaca. This heftier
yarn knits and crochets up quickly. It's super soft and wonderful to work. The
lace patterns are charted and written out.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Sizes: XS (S M, L, 1X, 2X)
Finished Measurement: Shown in size S with a suggested 8–10” positive ease
Bust – 39½ (43½, 47½, 51½, 55½, 59½)"
Length – 23¼ (23¾, 24¼, 24¾,
25¼, 25¾)”
Yarn Requirements: 8 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins Valley Yarns
Berkshire Bulky (85% Wool/ 15% Alpaca; 100g/108yds) shown in 30 Blue Ming
Needles:
US 10 (6.00mm)
US 10½ (6.50mm)
Gauge: 12 sts and 17 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch and leaf lace
pattern on US 10½ (6.50mm), blocked
