The Shield Yoke Cardigan POC by Annika Malmstrom-Bladini

The Shield Yoke Cardigan POC

Knitting
December 1995
Sport (12 wpi) ?
7 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch
in St st
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
1599 - 1899 yards (1462 - 1736 m)
S (M, L)
English

Finished Sizes: 40 (44, 48)“ approximate bust/chest width

Materials:

  • Kimmet Croft Fibers’ Fairy Hare (60% Rambouillet wool, 40% Angora; 1 oz. = approx. 150 yards/137 meters): 9 (10, 11) oz. Ang 5 (MC); 0.5 oz. #FF19; 0.33 oz. each #FF59 and #FF1; 0.25 oz. each #FF99, and #FF102.
  • Nine 5/8” buttons

Needle Suggestions:

  • Size 3 for unpatterned area - 16” and 29” circular
  • Size 2 for patterned area - 16” and 29” circular, and double pointed
  • Size 1 for ribbing - 29” circular, and double pointed

Note: “Follow graph making increases or decreases in rounds indicated. This is necessary to make the sts in the round evenly divisible by the number of sts in the pattern repeat.”

Pattern Variations