Olearia is a native Australian daisy bush. They are one of the many wonderful wildflowers that are indigenous to our area. This little pattern features three interlinked designs or three petals; two variations of a cardigan and a shrug. All are seamless, knit top-down and deceptively simple to knit.

Olearia is part of my Australian Wildflower collection, a group of patterns named for some of the beautiful flora found here; all linked by the gathering.

Construction:
This is a seamless garment constructed from the top down.

Shrug: features all over gathering with short sleeves.

Cardigan Version 1: features all over gathering with gathered elbow length sleeves.

Cardigan Version 2 features a gathered bodice, a stocking stitch body and long sleeves with two different cuff options; gathered or garter.

The option of cap sleeves is also included. This is suitable for all garments.

Sizing:
To fit actual chest measurement of:
19/48 12mths18mths], 21/53.5 24mths, 22/56 3yrs, 23/58.5 4yrs, 24/61 5yrs, 25/63.5 6yrs, 26/66 7yrs, 27/68.5 8yrs inches/cm.

This garment is designed to be close fitting with neutral ease.
The ease of the garment is incorporated into the sizing already.

Skill Level:
Intermediate

Techniques used:
Knit and purl
Increasing and decreasing
Working small circumferences in the round
Picking up stitches

Yarn Requirements:
• Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 8ply (100% wool; 437yd
400m/200g) - Shrug: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) 1, 1, 1, 2 balls,
Cardigan Version 1: 2 balls, Cardigan Version 3: 2 balls.

• OR WOOLganics Organic Merino 8ply (100% merino;
113yd 103m/50g) - Shrug: 3 (3, 3, 3, 4) 4, 4, 4, 5 balls,
Cardigan Version 1: 5 (5, 6, 6, 6) 7, 7, 7, 7 balls,
Cardigan Version 2: 4 (4, 5, 5, 5) 6, 6, 6, 6 balls.

• OR 8ply/DK weight yarn of approximately:
Shrug: 250/230 (270/250, 300/275, 320/295, 340/310)
360/330, 380/350, 410/365, 460/420 yards/metres.
Cardigan Version 1: 520/475 (550/505, 580/530, 610/560,
640/585) 680/620, 710/650, 740/680, 770/705
yards/metres.
Cardigan Version 2: 430/395 (450/415, 480/440, 510/470,
530/485) 580/530, 610/560, 640/585, 670/615
yards/metres.

Sample garments shown in Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury
(pale pink), Patons Merino Deluxe DK - discontinued (pink),
WOOLganics Organic Merino 8ply (dark pink) and Bella Baby
Layette (blue).

As part of the bigger picture, Olearia is part of my Australian Wildflowers Collection, which also features Cassia and the Spring Wildflowers e-book.