Specifications
| Brand: | Valley Yarns |
| Yarn Weight: | Lace | 2 Ply |
| Designer: | Kirsten Hipsky |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Finished Size: | About 40" wide and 30" long |
| Techniques and Construction: | Bottom Up, Lace, Seamed, Worked Flat |
| Pattern Code: | 620 |
| Featured Products: | Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk Yarn - Alpaca Lace |
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Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk Yarn - Alpaca Lace
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Product Description
The Coppice Cardigan from Valley Yarns features intricate looking, but easy-to-knit lace in a simple and elegant open style cardigan that fits most adult sizes. Knit in the light and luxurious Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk, this cardigan will be an airy layer perfect for adding a touch of warmth on chilly evenings. This sweater is comprised of one rectangular piece that’s folded and seamed to create it’s drapey shape. Note: The lace pattern is both charted and written out.
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This pattern is available as a PDF download.
Finished Measurements: about 40” wide; 30” longYarn Requirements: 1 cone Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk (80% Alpaca/ 20% Silk; 8oz/1736yds) shown in Chocolate (about 650 yds used)
Needles: US 7 (4.50mm) 40” circular
Gauge: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4” in Bead Lace Stitch
Valley Yarns Coppice Cardigan
What is Being Made
The Coppice Cardigan is an elegant, open-front cardigan designed by Kirsten Hipsky. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a finished garment measuring approximately 40 inches wide and 30 inches long, suitable for adult sizes. The cardigan features an intricate lace pattern throughout the body with ribbed edging and armhole finishes, making it a versatile layering piece.
Techniques Used
This cardigan is constructed using a bottom-up approach, meaning knitting begins at the lower edge and progresses upward. The garment is worked flat on circular needles rather than in the round, allowing for straightforward row-by-row construction. The design employs seaming techniques to join the fabric after knitting is complete, creating the cardigan's structure through strategic seaming of side edges and armhole ribbing attachment. The lace technique is central to the design, with an intricate Bead Lace Stitch pattern creating visual interest across the main body of the cardigan.
Stitches Used
The primary stitch pattern is the Bead Lace Stitch, which works over a multiple of 6 stitches plus 3. This four-row repeating pattern combines fundamental knitting techniques to create its characteristic appearance:
- Knit (k) stitches form the foundation
- Purl (p) stitches appear in the ribbed sections
- Yarn overs (yo) create the openwork characteristic of lace
- Knit 2 together (k2tog) decreases that shape the lace motifs
- Slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over (sl1-k2tog-psso) creates centered decreases for the lace pattern
Ribbing in knit 2, purl 2 (k2, p2) pattern appears at the lower edge, upper edge, and around both armholes, providing structure and elasticity to the finished garment.
Materials
The Coppice Cardigan is knitted with Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk, a luxurious blend composed of 80% alpaca and 20% silk. One cone of this yarn is required, though only approximately 650 yards of the available 1736 yards per cone are used for the project. The yarn is worked in the ChocolateUS size 7 (4.50mm) circular needles in a 40-inch length, or the size necessary to achieve the specified gauge of 18 stitches and 24 rows equaling 4 inches when measured in the Bead Lace Stitch pattern.
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