Fie Cardigan

Fie is a top-down yoke cardigan with whimsical flowers and seamless construction. The flower design is a whimsical take on the Nordic XO pattern. The top- down construction starts at the neckband and quickly jumps into the colorwork. You can go wild with colorwork and knit a multi-color yoke with one color for the stems and one for the flowers (there is only one row with three colors if you do) or simply make the two-color version like the original Fie Pullover. I love this version! Top-down knitting makes it easy to try on your sweater as you go and tailor-fit the yoke depth and length of the body and sleeves. You can opt in or out of short rows to lower the neckline if you like. Fie (short for Sofie) has a magical fit that is super comfortable and flattering and I’m excited to share with you my new favorite buttonhole! I hope you love it!

Materials
Biches & Bûche Lambswool | Worsted | 170 m or 185 yards per 50-gram skein
Main Color: Beige 250 (250, 300, 300, 300, 350, 350, 350, 400, 400, 400, 400, 400, 450) grams. Or approx. 815 (870, 948, 1017, 1065, 1123, 1181, 1299, 1357, 1413, 1472, 1531, 1591, 1650) yards
Contrasting Color A: Soft Green 1 50-gram skein or approx. 68 (17, 76, 86, 91, 94, 101, 106, 111, 115, 121, 126, 130, 140) yards
Contrasting Color B: Mustard. 1 50-gram skein or approx. 68 (17, 76, 86, 91, 94, 101, 106, 111, 115, 121, 126, 130,140 yards)
Needles: 32 or 40 – inch/ 80 or 100 cm circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color, DPNs/Flexiflips for cuffs, 16-inch circular gauge-size needles for sleeves, and a tapestry needle.
Suggested Needle Size: US 7 (4.75 mm) for colorwork,mUS size 6 for single-color in stockinette stitch and US 4 (3.5) for ribbing on the cuffs, waistband, neckband and buttonband.
Nine ¾” buttons
Gauge and Swatch
20 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches colorwork
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in single color
Please swatch in colorwork, in the round, to determine needle size.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14) with a 5-9-inch positive ease.
Sample is shown with a 6” positive ease
Finished Measurements
Chest circumference: 31(33, 35¾ ,38, 40½, 42¾ ,45¼, 47¾ ,50, 52½, 55, 57¼, 59¾, 62) inches
Body length from cast on edge to underarm: 13(13,14, 14, 15,15½,16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18) inches
Sleeve length: 16 (16½, 17, 17, 17, 17½, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19½, 19½) inches
Yoke depth without neckband: 8 (8, 8¼, 8½, 8½, 8¾, 9, 9½, 10,10½ ,10½,
10½ ,10¾,10 ¾)
Total length: 21 (21, 22 ¼ , 22½, 23½, 24 ¼, 25, 25 ½, 27, 27½ ,27 ½, 28½, 28¾, 28 ¾ ) inches

Skills used to make Fie
Long-tail cast on
Knitting
Purling
Knitting with two colors
Knitting with three colors (one row only)
Backward loop
K2 tog
Ssk
1x1 ribbing
Knitting in the round
Picking up and knitting stitches
Making Buttonholes (step-by-step instructions included for my new buttonhole)
K2 tog.
Steek securing and cutting

There is also a separate pattern for a Pie Pullover in my Raverly Shop and Scandiwork.com