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Frost Flower Cardigan is an open-front, top-down cardigan with an intricate lace panel at the back and an interesting yoke construction - you start knitting from the horizontal eyelet panel at the back of the yoke, then pick up the stitches for the back and fronts from the panel. The body is worked without shaping and the pattern contains two body length options: cropped (shown here) and hip length. Two sleeve length options are included: short and long.

Tech edited by Sue Latham and Ewelina Murach.

This pattern is a modified version of Summer in a Box Cardigan.
Pullover version is available here: Frost Flower Sweater

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Doubled back width: 83.5 (91, 98, 105.5, 112.5, 120) (127.5, 134.5, 142, 149, 156.5, 163.5) cm/33.5 (36.5, 39.25, 42.25, 45, 48) (51, 53.75, 56.75, 59.5, 62.5, 65.5) in. Designed to be worn with approx. 5-15 cm/2-6 in of positive ease at chest, depending on your preferred style. Shown in size 2 in cropped length, with 2.5 cm/1 in of positive ease.

Yarn
Smooth sport or DK weight merino wool or cotton.
For cropped cardigan with short sleeves:
530 (580, 630, 730, 780, 830) (890, 940, 980, 1110, 1170, 1210) m/590 (640, 690, 800, 860, 920) (980, 1040, 1080, 1220, 1280, 1340) yds
For cropped cardigan with long sleeves:
830 (880, 950, 1050, 1120, 1200) (1250, 1310, 1350, 1500, 1540, 1600) m/910 (970, 1050, 1160, 1240, 1320) (1380, 1440, 1490, 1650, 1690, 1760) yds
For hip length cardigan with short sleeves:
700 (720, 780, 830, 890, 960) (1020, 1080, 1130, 1260, 1330, 1380) m/730 (790, 850, 920, 980, 1050) (1130, 1190, 1240, 1390, 1460, 1520) yds
For hip length cardigan with long sleeves:
960 (1020, 1100, 1160, 1240, 1320) (1380, 1450, 1500, 1650, 1700, 1770) m/1050 (1120, 1210, 1280, 1360, 1450) (1520, 1600, 1650, 1820, 1870, 1950) yds
Shown in Malabrigo Arroyo (100% superwash merino; 306 m/335 yds per 100 g, colourway: Natural).

Gauge (blocked)

• Stockinette stitch: 22 sts and 30 rows = 10 cm/4 in, with larger needle(s)
• 34-stitch lace panel is 15.5 cm/6.25 in wide, with larger needle(s)
• 10-stitch yoke panel is 4.5 cm/1.75 in wide, with larger needle(s)
• 2x2 rib stitch: 22 sts and 36 rows/rnds = 10 cm/4 in, with smaller needle(s), stretched

Make a gauge swatch. Adjust needle size if necessary.

Needles and Notions

• Two 4 mm/US 6 circular needles, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge larger needles
• 4 mm/US 6 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences, or size to obtain gauge larger needle(s)
• 3.75 mm/US 5 circular needle, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge smaller needle
• 3.75 mm/US 5 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences, or size to obtain gauge smaller needle(s)
• 6 removable stitch markers

Skills Needed
Long tail and backward loop cast-ons, stockinette stitch, increases, decreases, working in the round, German short rows, picking up stitches, working a lace pattern from a chart or written instructions.