Woman's Long Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Woman's Long Cardigan in Plymouth Yarn Bazinga

What Is Being Made

The Bazinga Woman's Long Cardigan is a knitted garment designed by Plymouth Yarn Design Studio. This cardigan features a classic long-length silhouette with finished chest sizes ranging from 36 inches to 52 inches and finished lengths from 28 inches to 32 inches, depending on the selected size. The design includes set-in sleeves measuring 18½ inches from the underarm across all sizes and is finished with four buttons for closure.

Techniques Used

This knitting project employs several fundamental and intermediate techniques. The cardigan begins with a 1x1 ribbed cuff worked on smaller needles to create a fitted edge. The body and sleeves are constructed using stockinette stitch for smooth, classic sections, combined with a sophisticated lace pattern stitch that creates decorative openwork in the center front panel. The lace pattern is strategically placed while the outer edges remain in stockinette stitch, creating visual interest and texture variation. Yarn overs and decreases (including single and double decreases) form the foundation of the lace design, requiring attention to stitch placement and pattern progression across 20 rows. The cardigan uses stitch markers to maintain pattern alignment and a stitch holder to preserve stitches during construction.

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (k): The fundamental stitch creating the smooth stockinette sections
• Purl stitch (p): Used in ribbing and lace pattern rows to create texture and reversibility
• 1x1 Ribbing: Alternating knit and purl stitches creating an elastic, fitted edge
• Yarn over (yo): Creates the decorative holes characteristic of lace patterns
• Knit two together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used throughout the lace pattern
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk): A left-leaning decrease that balances the k2tog decreases in the lace motifs
• Slip one, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over (sl1, k2tog, psso): A centered double decrease creating dramatic openwork effects in the lace pattern

Materials and Tools

The Bazinga Woman's Long Cardigan is worked in Plymouth Yarn Bazinga, a yarn that works at a gauge of 10 stitches and 16 rows over 4 inches in stockinette stitch on US size 11 needles. The lace pattern stitch achieves 17 stitches over 6½ inches on the same needle size, while the 1x1 ribbing gauges at 14 stitches over 4 inches on US size 9 needles when slightly stretched. Yardage requirements range from 700 grams for the smallest size (14 balls of 50g) to 1,150 grams for the largest size (23 balls of 50g), with intermediate yardage for sizes in between.

Essential tools include US size 9 and US size 11 knitting needles in straight or preferred format, a circular needle in size 9 measuring 40 inches in length for working certain sections, four stitch markers to track pattern repeats and construction points, a stitch holder for temporarily securing stitches, and four buttons for the cardigan closure. The pattern is provided as a downloadable PDF from Plymouth Yarn Design Studio, making it accessible for knitters of varying experience levels who understand basic construction techniques.