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A cocoon cardigan in openwork fabric offers casual style you can dress up or down. Quarry’s leavened, unspun structure renders netting stitch fabric as a doughy lattice, warm but well ventilated. Wide stockinette edges are allowed to curl for an unstudied effect that invites layering over office wear or lounging with a favorite film and a bowl of popcorn. Bracelet-length dolman sleeves and a boxy shape create a comfortable, broad silhouette; use the hip measurement to select a size that will allow easy movement.

Construction

The pieces are worked flat from the bottom up and sewn together. Stitches for the hem and front bands are picked up and worked flat; stitches for the sleeve bands are picked up and worked circularly.

Yardage

1180 (1285, 1450, 1555, 1715, 1835) total yards of chunky weight wool yarn

Yarn

6 (7, 8, 8, 9, 10) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Quarry (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 200 yards/100 grams)
Photographed in color Moonstone

Gauge

15 stitches & 18 rows = 4” in Netting Stitch, after blocking
12 stitches & 18 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch, after blocking

Needles

One 32” circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 8 mm (US 11)
32” circular needle can be used instead of DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round (e.g., Cuff edgings).

Finished Dimensions

43 (46½, 49½, 53, 56, 59)“ / 109 (118, 125.5, 134.5, 142, 150) cm circumference at midriff with fronts closed
Sized to fit approximately 30–32 (34–36, 38–40, 41–43, 44–46, 48–50)” / 76–81.5 (86.5–91.5, 96.5–101.5, 104–109, 112–117, 122–127) cm chest
Sample shown is size 46½“ (118 cm) with 14½” (37 cm) ease on model

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
Knit Cabled Cast On
Purl Cabled Cast On
Sloped Bind Off

Skill Level

4 out of 5

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.