No Ordinary Love is a boxy, oversized cardigan featuring a deep v-neck and a texture of purled stitches with a few cables running down the body and shoulders. The cables, worked in varying lengths, adorn both the body and sleeves, while i-cord edges at the neckline, hem and cuffs lend an elegant finish. The cardigan is knitted top-down in one piece, so you can adjust the length to your preference. First, you knit the upper back, after which stitches for the front pieces are picked up from the shoulders, one side at a time. Once the front pieces are completed, the work is joined at the underarms, and the sleeves are knitted in the round. The cardigan is an ode to Sade’s song No Ordinary Love.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Recommended ease
15–30 cm / 6–12” of positive ease. Sample shown with 30 cm / 11.75” of positive ease.

Finished measurements
Bust circumference: 90 (100, 120, 130, 140) (150, 160, 170, 180) cm / 35.5 (40, 47, 51, 55) (59, 63, 67, 71)“.
Length from shoulder to hem: 55 (56, 56, 57, 57) (58, 58, 60, 60) cm / 21.5 (22, 22, 22.5, 22.5) (23, 23, 23.5, 23.5)” — this is adjustable.
Sleeve circumference: 36 (38, 40, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62) cm / 14 (15, 16, 16.5, 18) (19.5, 21, 23, 24.5)“.

Yarn
Approx. 1000 (1200, 1300, 1480, 1600) (1800, 2000, 2100, 2300) m / 1100 (1300, 1450, 1600, 1750) (2000, 2200, 2300, 2500) yds of fingering-weight yarn and 900 (1000, 1100, 1260, 1400) (1500, 1700, 1800, 2000) m / 1000 (1100, 1200, 1400, 1550) (1650, 1900, 2000, 2200) yds of lace-weight mohair yarn holding two strands of yarn together.

Sample knitted with: 3 (4, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 6) skeins of Tukuwool Fingering (370 m / 400 yds / 100 g, 100% Finnish wool) in colourway Runo and 2 (3, 3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 5, 5) skeins of Nurja Mohair (420 m / 460 yds / 50 g, 72% kid mohair, 28% silk) in colourway Kalkiitti.

Needles
4 mm / US 6 40 cm / 16” circular needles and 4 mm / US 6 60 cm / 24” or 80 cm / 32” circular needles.

Other materials
Removable stitch markers, tapestry needle, dpn or cable needle.

Gauge
20 sts × 25 rows = 10 × 10 cm / 4 × 4” in stockinette stitch with 4 mm / US 6 needles (after blocking).