Colorful Lady Cordelia

**Colorful Lady Cordelia is 20 % off to celebrate the launch just through October 4th, 2026 ** In 2022 I designed Lady Cordelia for the PEI Fibre Festival. My original vision for this design was this Colorful Cordelia. I was traveling when I designed this cardigan, and had to have the yarn arrive at my house by the time I got home so that I could knit the cardigan in a week and get on a plane to teach at the PEI Fibre Festival. I didn't have time to get the colors just right, so I ended up knitting Lady Cordelia with two colors. I picked green and white as as a love letter to Green Gables, and I loved it, but the original vision still haunted by dreams. So here we are, four years later, and I decided to knit the Lady Cordelia of my dreams. Because I was knitting from my dreams, it took some yarn creaativity to get the colors just right. I started with Isager Jensen for the main color along with the perfect green mustard, and then by trial and error I ended up with making a 3-ply yarn with Isager Spinni for the red, and a 2-ply yarn by using Isager Tweed together with Isager Alpaca 1. Every color ended up being the same weight and the color combo is just what I had envisioned in my head. I hope you love it as much as I do and that it becomes a beloved piece in your wardrobe. I This pattern is similar to the original Lady Cordelia, but it is updated with my latest favorite techiques. I knit this Colorful Lady Cordelia with three colors at once, but if that is alot for you, it works beautifully to knit with two colors, substituting the third accent color with the MC and adding the third color with a series of duplicate stitches. I did that in the test knit and you can't tell the difference, so knit in the way that is most fun for you! It's knit bottom up. Knit in the round. Knit with Steeks to make the knitting a snap, and makes tailor-fitting the sleeves a breeze. I hope you will give steeks a chance. It's such a brilliant traditional technique. If you are Steek shy, please reach out to me. I could add instructions on how to knit Cordelia without a Steek if needed. But I would love it if Cordelia would give you the courage to give steeking a chance. Colorful Lady Cordelia Cardigan Materials Yarn: Isager 3 ply Jensen | 100 % Wool |Worsted | 250 meters per 100-g skein (2 50- gram skeins) Main Color (MC): Isager Jensen 58 4 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6) skeins or approx.775 (820, 855, 912, 1046, 1094, 1185, 1276, 1368. 1456) meters or 848 (897, 935, 997, 1144, 1196, 1226, 1395, 1496, 1592) yards Contrasting Color 1 (CC1): Isager Jensen Color: 80 Mustard 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2) 100-gram skeins 56 (64, 66, 71, 86, 96, 120, 150, 156, 164)meters or 61(70,72, 78 94, 104, 131, 164, 170, 180) yards of similar yarn. Contrasting Color 2 (CC2): Isager Jensen Color: 40 Light green 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2) 100-g skeins or approx. 56 (64, 66, 71, 86, 96, 120, 150, 156,164) meters or 61(70,72, 78 94, 104, 131, 164, 170, 180 ) yards of similar yarn Contrasting Color 3 (CC3): Isager Spinni | Lace Weight | Color: 28 Red | 300 meters per 50 g skein held tripled) | 1, (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 2, 2) 50-g skeins (3 strands rolled together to make one 100-meter 3-ply ball) or approx. 35 ( 40, 44, 48, 52, 58, 64, 75, 85, 95) meters or 38 ( 44, 48, 53, 58, 70, 82, 92, 103 )yards of similar yarn. Contrasting Color 4 (CC4): Isager Tweed Topaz | Super Fine Fingering | 200 meters per 50 g ball | held together with Isager Alpaca 1 Color: 54 | Lace-weight | 400 meters per 50 g skein) 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) skein of each yarn roll together into one 2-ply ball or 35 ( 40, 44, 48, 52, 58, 64, 75, 85, 95) or 38 ( 44, 48, 53, 58, 70, 82, 92, 103 ) yards of similar yarn. Needles: Gauge 1: Size 3 mm (US 2.5) and 3.25mm (US 3) in 80 or 100 cm (32-inch or 40-inch) circular needles for the body, a set of 5 DPN and 3 mm (US 2.5) set of DPNs needles and size 3.25 mm (US 3) 40-cm (16-inch) circular needle for the sleeves. Gauge 2: 3.25 (US 3) for body ribbing and 3.5 mm (US 4) for body colorwork 80 cm (32- inch) circular needles and 3.25 mm (US 3) set of DPN for cuff and 3.5 mm (US 4) 40 cm (16-inch) circular needle for the sleeves. Tapestry needle 7 Buttons Gauge and swatch Gauge 1: 24 stitches/26 rows = 4 inches on larger needles for XS, S2, M2, L2, 2XL Gauge 2: 22 stitches/24 rows = 4 inches on larger needles for S1, M1, L1, XL, 3 XL Please swatch in colorwork in St st in the round to determine needle size. Sizes: XS, (S1, S2, [pictured with bracelet length sleeves], M1, M2, L1, L2, XL, 2XL, 3XL) Chest: 31.5 (34.5, 37.75, 41, 43.75, 47.5, 49.5, 54, 55.75, 59) inches 80 (86, 94,102, 109, 119, 124,135, 139, 151) cm Sleeve length 16.25 (17.25, 18, 19.25, 18, 19.25 ,18, 19.25, 19.25, 20.5) inches or 40 (45, 46, 49, 46, 49, 46, 49, 49, 52) cm. Bracelet-length sleeve 16.25 (17.25, 16.25, 17.25, 16.25, 17.25, 16.25, 17.25, 18, 19.25) inches 40 (45, 40, 45, 40, 45,40, 45,46, 49) cm Body length: 21.75 (23.75, 21.75, 23.75, 21.75, 23.75, 24.25, 26.25, 24.25, 26.25) inches or 55(60, 55, 60, 55, 60, 60.75, 65.25, 60.75, 65.25) cm Skills used to make Colorful Lady Cordelia Longtail cast on 1 x 1 rib Stranded Colorwork in two colors Stranded colorwork in three colors or adding the third color with - Duplicate stitch Catching floats Increasing in colorwork Decreasing in colorwork Steek prep, cutting Picking up and knitting Purling in colorwork (just a bit) Knitting in the round Knitting small circumferences in the round Hand sewing (matress stitch, running back stitch, whipstitch Buttonholes Chart Reading