Cardamine Sweater

Cardamine is a genus of plants in the mustard family, known for its many species with four-petal blooms. This collection of flower motifs grew out of my desire to showcase an assortment of special leftover yarn. For your flowers, you could choose a solid, a gradient, or a mix of unique colorways, whatever suits your style and your stash! The sweater is worked top-down starting with the picot edge collar, short rows which are worked flat, and colorwork for the yoke. The body and sleeves are separated and worked in stockinette. The body is finished with ribbing, and the sleeves are finished with a picot edge to match the collar. **Sizes** 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6 {7, 8, 9, 10} **Finished Chest Circumference** 32 (36, 40, 44, 48) 52 {56, 60, 64, 68}” / 81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122) 132 {142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5} cm Recommended ease is 0-4” / 0-10 cm of positive ease at the chest. Sample is Size 3 with 2” / 5 cm ease on a 5’8” tall woman with a 38” / 96.5 cm chest. See Schematic for a full list of measurements. **Needles** Edging: US 3 / 3.25 mm Main: US 4 / 3.5 mm needles on long circular and preferred needles for small circumference knitting (long circular or double pointed needles) *If a different needle size is needed to obtain gauge, go down one US needle size for the ribbing. **Gauge** 24 sts and 32 rnds – 4” / 10 cm on larger needles, measured over colorwork and stockinette after blocking. **Notions** Darning needle, stitch markers, scissors, and scrap yarn or stitch holders. **Yarn** MC –Light Sport Weight 930 (1040, 1160, 1280, 1430) 1590 {1720, 1870, 2010, 2160} yd / 850 (950, 1060, 1170, 1310) 1450 {1570, 1710, 1840, 1970} m CC –Light Sport Weight 160 (180, 200, 240, 310) 360 {400, 440, 500, 550} yd / 160 (190, 220, 250, 290) 330 {360, 410, 450, 500} m Suggested Yarn MC – Primrose Yarn Co.’s Replay Sport (500 yd / 457 m) in colorways Red-Orange 1 2 (3, 3, 3, 3) 4 {4, 4, 4, 5} skeins CC – Spincycle Yarn’s Dyed in the Wool (200 yd / 183 m) 1 (1, 2, 2, 2) 2 {2, 3, 3, 3} skeins Sample uses a combination of Deep Bump, Silver Lining and Space Oddity colorways. *If using scraps of Dyed in the Wool you will need approximately 38 (43, 48, 58, 74) 86 {96, 106, 120, 132} g total.