Dakota Cardigan by Jane Ellison

Dakota Cardigan

Knitting
May 2017
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1225 - 1715 yards (1120 - 1568 m)
to fit chest (suggested) 76.5cm/30" through to 122cm/48ins
English
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I was inspired by the trend for boyfriend cardigans for this design. I love looking at what people wear, what we called street culture when I was as fashion college, and I love vintage patterns. This design was inspired by research in both of those areas. I wanted a simple v neck cardigan, as other knitters that popped into my Skipton studio wanted too, that was great for men and woman. One knitter came in for the pattern and yarn to knit herself this cardigan then popped back in a few days later as her husband had requested one too!

Oh and I almost forgot to mention – the best bit about this long v neck cardigan – no neck edges to pick up, I included the edging, love it!!

For this pattern I used:

Yarn & Amounts:
5 (5, 6, 6, 7) 100g hanks of WYS Bluefaced Leicester DK (100% Bluefaced Leicester wool, 225m/246yds per 100g).
I used shade 03 Natural Brown.

Metres/Yardage:
1125, (1125, 1350, 1350, 1575)m/1230, (1230, 1476, 1476, 1722)yds

Needles:
3.75mm and 4mm.

measurements
actual measurement
89cm/35ins, 97cm/38ins, 108.5cm/42¾ins, 120cm/47¼ins, 131cm/51½ins
length
64cm/25¼ins, 66cm/26ins, 69cm/23½ins, 70cm/24½ins, 73cm/28¾ ins
sleeve length
44cm/17½ins