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© 2014 Cascade Yarns - All Rights Reserved.
Venezia Sport
Girly Girl Cardi
DK331
Designed by
Melissa Leapman
© 2014 Cascade Yarns - All Rights Reserved.
Girly Girl Cardi Designed by Melissa Leapman for Cascade Yarns
Sizes
Woman's Small (Medium, Large, 1X, 2X). Instructions are for smallest size, with changes for other sizes noted in parentheses as necessary.
Finished Measurements
Bust (buttoned): 34 (39, 44 ½, 50, 54)"
Total length: 21 ½ (22, 22 ½, 22 ½, 23)"
Materials
Cascade Yarn's Venezia Sport, 5 (6, 6, 7, 7( hanks of #177
One pair each of sizes US 3 and 4 knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Six 7/8" buttons (Blumenthal Lansing's Style #172500195 was used on sample garment)
Gauge
In Reverse Stockinette with larger needles, 24 sts and 32 rows = 4".
The 15-stitch Floral Motif measures 2 ½" across.
To save time, take time to check gauge.
Stitch Patterns
Garter Stitch Pattern
Row 1 (RS): Knit across.
Pattern Row: As Row 1.
Reverse Stockinette
Row 1 (RS): Purl across.
Row 2: Knit across.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 for the pattern.
Floral Motif (over 15 sts)
See chart.
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Back
With smaller needles, CO 94 (107, 121, 143, 148) sts.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even until piece measures approximately 1" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Change to larger needles, begin Reverse Stockinette, and inc 10 (12, 13, 15, 16) sts evenly across first row—104 (119, 134, 149, 164) sts.
Work even until piece measures approximately 1 ½" from the cast on edge, ending after WS row.
Set Up Patterns
Next Row (RS): Work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across first 4 (7, 10, 13, 16) sts, *place marker, work Row 1 of Floral Motif across next 15 sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across next 12 (15, 18, 21, 24) sts; repeat from the * twice more, ending row with place marker, work Row 1 of Floral Motif across next 15 sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across next 4 (7, 10, 13, 16) sts.
Decrease for Waist
Continue in patterns as established, and decrease 1 st each side every 4 rows 5 times, working all sts in Reverse Stocki-nette after Row 32 of the Floral Motif is completed—94 (109, 124, 139, 154) sts remain.
Continue even until the piece measures approximately 6 ½" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Increase for Bust
Increase 1 st each side every 8 rows 5 (3, 3, 1, 1) times, then every 6 rows 0 (2, 2, 4, 4) times—104 (119, 134, 149, 164) sts.
Continue even until piece measures approximately 12 ½" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Shape Armholes
BO 6 (7, 9, 11, 13) sts at beginning of next 2 rows, BO 2 (3, 4, 5, 6) sts at beginning of next 2 rows, then dec 1 st each side every row 1 (3, 4, 8, 6) times, then every other row 4 (4, 5, 3, 6) times—78 (85, 90, 95, 102) sts remain.
Cont even in pattern until piece measures approximately 20 (20 ½, 21, 21, 21 ½)" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Shape Neck
Work across first 19 (22, 25, 27, 31) sts, join second ball of yarn and BO middle 40 (41, 40, 41, 40) sts, and work across to end the row.
Work both sides at once with separate balls of yarn and decrease 1 st each neck edge once—18 (21, 24, 26, 30) sts remain each side.
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Cont even until piece measures approximately 20 ½ (21, 21 ½, 21 ½, 22)" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Shape Shoulders
BO 5 (5, 6, 6, 7) sts at beginning of next 6 rows, then BO 3 (6, 6, 8, 9) sts at beginning of next 2 rows.
Left Front
With smaller needles, CO 45 (50, 56, 61, 67) sts.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even until piece measures approximately 1" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Change to larger needles, begin Reverse Stockinette, and inc 5 (6, 6, 7, 7) sts evenly across first row—50 (56, 62, 68, 74) sts.
Work even until piece measures approximately 1 ½" from the cast on edge, ending after WS row.
Set Up Patterns
Next Row (RS): Work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across first 4 (7, 10, 13, 16) sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Floral Mo-tif across next 15 sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across next 12 (15, 18, 21, 24) sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Floral Motif across next 15 sts, place marker, work Row 1 of Reverse Stockinette across next 4 sts.
Decrease for Waist
Continue in patterns as established, and decrease 1 st at armhole edge every 4 rows 5 times, working all sts in Reverse Stockinette after Row 32 of the Floral Motif is completed—45 (51, 57, 63, 69) sts remain.
Continue even until the piece measures approximately 6 ½" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Increase for Bust
Increase 1 st at the armhole edge every 8 rows 5 (3, 3, 1, 1) times, then every 6 rows 0 (2, 2, 4, 4) times—50 (56, 62, 68, 74) sts.
Continue even until piece measures approximately 12 ½" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Shape Armhole
BO 6 (7, 9, 11, 13) sts at the armhole edge once, BO 2 (3, 4, 5, 6) sts at the armhole edge once, then decrease 1 st at the armhole edge every row 1 (3, 4, 8, 6) times, then every other row 4 (4, 5, 3, 6) times—37 (39, 40, 41, 43) sts remain.
Cont even in pattern until piece measures approximately 18 ½ (19, 19 ½, 19 ½, 20)" from beginning, ending after RS row.
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Shape Neck
BO 12 (11, 9, 8, 6) sts at the neck edge once, BO 4 sts at the neck edge once, then decrease 1 st at the neck edge every row 3 times—18 (21, 24, 26, 30) sts remain.
Cont even until piece measures approximately 20 ½ (21, 21 ½, 21 ½, 22)" from beginning, ending after WS row.
Shape Shoulders
BO 5 (5, 6, 6, 7) sts at the armhole edge 3 times.
Work one row even.
BO the remaining 3 (6, 6, 8, 9) sts.
Right Front
Same as left front except reverse all shaping.
Sleeves
With smaller needles, CO 45 (45, 45, 49, 49) sts.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even until piece measures approximately 1" from beginning, ending after WS row, inc 6 sts evenly across last row—51 (51, 51, 55, 55) sts.
Change to larger needles, begin Reverse Stockinette, and inc 1 st each side every 4 rows 0 (0, 0, 3, 15) times, every 6 rows 0 (2, 22, 20, 12) times, every 8 rows 4 (15, 0, 0, 0) times, then every 10 rows 10 (0, 0, 0, 0) times—79 (85, 95, 101, 109) sts.
Cont even until sleeve measures approx 18 ½" from beg, ending after WS row.
Shape Cap
BO 6 (7, 9, 11, 13) sts at beginning of next 2 rows, then dec 1 st each side every 4 rows 1 (1, 0, 0, 0) times, every other row 18 (20, 24, 24, 26) times, then every row 0 (0, 0, 1, 1) time—29 sts remain.
Work 1 (1, 1, 0, 0) row even.
BO 3 sts at the beginning of the next 4 rows—17 sts remain.
BO.
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Finishing
Block pieces to measurements.
Sew shoulder seams.
Buttonband
With RS facing and smaller needles, pick up and knit 111 (115, 119, 119, 123) sts along left front edge.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even until band measures approximately 1" from beginning.
BO.
Place markers for 6 buttons along band, making the first and last ¼" from first neck bind-off and lower edge, respectively, and the others evenly-spaced in between them.
Buttonhole Band
With RS facing and smaller needles, pick up and knit 111 (115, 119, 119, 123) sts along right front edge, including side of neckband.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even until band measures approx ½" from beginning.
Next Row: Work buttonholes opposite markers by binding off 2 sts.
Next Row: Continue in pattern as established, and CO 2 sts above the bound-off sts from previous row.
Complete same as buttonband.
Collar
With WS facing and smaller needles, begin halfway through front bands, and pick up and knit 109 sts along neckline.
Begin Garter Stitch Pattern, and work even for 2 ¼".
Change to larger needles, and continue pattern as established until collar measures approximately 5" from beginning, in-creasing 1 st each side every 4 rows as follows: K1, M1, knit across until 1 st remains in the row, ending with M1, K1.
When the collar measures approximately 5" total, BO loosely in pattern.
Set in sleeves.
Sew sleeve and side seams.
Sew on buttons.
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