Trendsetter Yarns Heavenly Cardigan Crochet Pattern

Trendsetter Yarns Heavenly - Angled Cable V-Neck Cardigan

Project Overview

This is a knitted cardigan featuring an elegant angled cable design with a flattering V-neck construction. The garment is worked bottom-up with seamed construction and is worked flat on straight needles. The design includes a straight back panel and A-line shaped front panels that create a tailored silhouette. Available in five sizes ranging from Small to 1X, fitting bust measurements of 37" to 57" with ease included.

Techniques Used

This cardigan employs several intermediate knitting techniques:

• Cable knitting - The signature design feature uses directional cables that shift based on shaping increases and decreases, creating an angled visual effect
• Bottom-up construction - The garment is knitted starting from the cast-on edge at the hem and worked upward toward the shoulders
• Seamed assembly - Pieces are knitted separately and then seamed together for a finished appearance
• Flat knitting - All pieces are worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round
• Armhole shaping - Bind-offs and decreases create fitted armholes
• A-line shaping - Strategic decreases at the side edges of the front panels create a flattering A-line silhouette

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined with cable techniques:

• Ribbed Stitch (Rib St.) - Created by alternating knit and purl stitches (*K1, P1*) with stitches worked as they appear on subsequent rows. Used for the ribbed edging at the hem, providing elasticity and a finished edge
• Stockinette Stitch (Stock St.) - The main fabric stitch created by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows, producing a smooth, classic knit fabric
• Left Slant Cable - A 16-row repeat cable pattern where stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held in back, creating a cable that slants to the left. The cable crosses every 8 rows (rows 5 and 13)
• Right Slant Cable - A 16-row repeat cable pattern where stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held in front, creating a cable that slants to the right. The cable crosses every 8 rows (rows 5 and 13)

Materials and Gauge

The cardigan is designed to be worked with Trendsetter Heavenly yarn, a bulky-weight yarn available in 50-gram balls. The pattern calls for U.S. #6 and #7 knitting needles. The gauge is 18 stitches over 4 inches when working with the #7 needle in Stockinette Stitch, which is essential for achieving the correct finished measurements.

Construction Details

The back panel is worked straight from the cast-on without shaping at the side edges, providing a classic, clean line. The front panels feature the directional cable pattern that requires careful attention to cable direction changes as shaping occurs simultaneously. The cables move in opposite directions on each front—left slant on one side and right slant on the other—creating the angled cable effect that gives this cardigan its distinctive design. The A-line shaping at the front side edges is achieved through strategic decreases that taper the garment from bust to hem, creating a flattering silhouette. Armhole shaping is accomplished through bind-offs at the beginning of rows followed by single-stitch decreases every other row to create a fitted sleeve cap.