SweetGeorgia Resonance Cardi Cardigan Knitting Pattern

SweetGeorgia Resonance Cardi: Asymmetrical Cap-Sleeved Cardigan with Vertical Stripes

What Is Being Made

The Resonance Cardi is an asymmetrical cap-sleeved cardigan designed by Amanda Bell and published by SweetGeorgia Yarns. This intermediate-level knitting pattern creates a flattering A-line silhouette cardigan featuring vertical stripes and a lace-edged front. The design is notable for its innovative construction method: pieces are worked sideways rather than vertically, which creates the distinctive vertical stripe effect while allowing a lace pattern to bend the stripes into decorative waves along the wider of two asymmetrical fronts.

Construction and Techniques

The Resonance Cardi employs a seamless, side-to-side construction method that sets it apart from traditional top-down or bottom-up cardigan patterns. The garment is knit in three main pieces: one back panel and two asymmetrical front panels. This sideways working approach is fundamental to achieving the vertical stripe effect without the typical vertical stripe construction.

The body achieves its flattering A-line silhouette through short row shaping that begins at the hem edge, creating gradual shaping as you work. After the three main pieces are blocked and seamed together, the short cap sleeves are picked up directly from the armholes and shaped using additional short rows for a custom fit.

The wider front panel features a lace pattern that visually bends the vertical stripes into pretty waves, adding textural interest and sophistication to the design. For a clean, professional finish, the pattern instructs knitters to loosely carry the unused color along the wrong side of the hem edge during stranded colorwork sections.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The Resonance Cardi incorporates multiple stitch patterns to create its distinctive appearance:

• Welted Stripe Pattern — used for the main body, creating the signature vertical stripes through the sideways construction method
• Stockinette Stitch — used in sections where a smooth fabric is desired
• Lace Pattern — featured on the wider asymmetrical front to create decorative waves that bend the vertical stripes
• Stranded Colorwork — used to create the stripe effect by carrying two colors across rows

The pattern requires skills in short rows for shaping the body and sleeves, lace knitting for the front edge detail, and picking up stitches to attach the cap sleeves to the armholes.

Materials and Yarn

The Resonance Cardi is designed to be knit with SweetGeorgia Yarns CashSilk Lace, a luxury blend containing 45% cashmere and 55% silk. Each skein provides 400 yards (366 meters) of yardage and weighs 1.75 ounces (50 grams). The pattern calls for 2 skeins each of two colors: Glacier (Color A) and Pistachio (Color B), allowing for approximately 800 yards of total yardage for the complete garment.

The CashSilk Lace yarn is worked at a gauge of 26 stitches and 36 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters) in the Welted Stripe Pattern on US 4 / 3.5 mm needles, and 26 stitches and 35 rows over 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch on the same needle size. This gauge produces a fabric with excellent drape and fluidity, ideal for the lace and stranded colorwork elements.

Needles and Tools

The pattern requires US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needles in multiple lengths to accommodate different sections of the construction. Specifically, you will need:

• US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle, 14 inches (35 cm) long, or double-pointed needles
• US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle, 22 inches (55 cm) long
• US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle, 14 inches (35 cm) long, or double-pointed needles
• US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle, 22 inches (55 cm) long

Finished Measurements