Alinea is a minimal, oversized drop shoulder cardigan with a lot of straight lines and little shaping. With set-in pockets, no front closures and wide, ¾ length sleeves, it’s a practical and easy to wear year-round piece that can be dressed up or down. Shaping at the back of the neckband and short rows at the shoulders and sleeve caps give the cardigan a more refined fit.

The stitch pattern is both charted and written. The cardigan is worked bottom up seamlessly and the sleeves are picked up and knit down in the round. The neckband is picked up, worked in two pieces and seamed at the centre back neck. The pockets are prepared while working the body and constructed with a pocket bag.

Sizes
XS (S, M, L) (XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Finished measurements
49 (54, 58.5, 64.5) (69, 74, 80) cm /
19½ (21¼, 23, 25½) (27¼, 29, 31½)″ width

To fit 76-81 (86-91, 97-102, 107-112) (117-122, 127-132, 137-142) cm /
30-32 (34-36, 38-40, 42-44) (46-48, 50-52, 54-56)″ bust or hips
with 15-20 cm / 6-8″ suggested ease at bust

Shown in size S with 20 cm / 8″ of ease

Gauge (after blocking)
26 sts and 36 rows = 10 cm / 4″ in Double Broken Rib with larger needle

Skills needed
(German) short rows, picking up stitches, decreasing in stitch pattern, knitting in the round, grafting.
Written instructions for I-Cord Bind-Off and Turkish Cast-On are included in the pattern.

Materials
Yarn
Approximately 1525 (1665, 1805, 1970) (2100, 2230, 2400) metres /
1670 (1820, 1975, 2155) (2295, 2440, 2625) yards
of Sport/5 ply weight yarn
or
10 (10, 11, 12) (13, 14, 15) skeins in colour 6834 Blue/Turquoise
of Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca (100% Alpaca; 167 m / 50 g)

Needles
3 mm 100 cm / US 2½ 40″ circular needle for body and bands
3 mm 40 cm / US 2½ 16″ circular needle for sleeves
or size needed to obtain gauge
2.5 mm 100 cm / US 1½ 40″ circular needle for pockets, using magic loop
2.5 mm / US 1½ dpns for pockets
or a size smaller than larger needle

Tools
Removable stitch markers, waste yarn, tapestry needle