This sweater was designed to accompany the Fashion Framework article on Full-Fashioned Shoulder Shaping. Sometimes referred to as French shoulders, I named the pattern after Voltaire’s home, Ferney, and used a leaf-patterned lace to accent the cardigan. “Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” wrote Voltaire. We must cultivate our garden.

This is a garden I’ve been cultivating. All shaping for Ferney uses the full-fashioned method. The shoulder shaping uses cable decreases which are decorative and characteristic of the full-fashioned shoulder. All decreases, including the cable decreases, are made full-fashioned, which means they slant in the opposite direction of slope they are creating. Except for the shoulders, all other decreases are the common ssk and k2tog. (See Cast On Pattern Basics.) All increases should be made full-fashioned as described in the pattern. Directions for the increases M1R and M1L can be found in Cast On Pattern Basics.