Helena's Leaflet Cardigan by Camilla Ette Gotfredsen

Helena's Leaflet Cardigan

Knitting
April 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Leaflet pattern
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1640 - 1914 yards (1500 - 1750 m)
S/M (M/L) L/XL
Danish English German
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This cardigan is named after my maternal grandmother, Helena, who was a young woman in the 1940s. The front is knit in a vintage pattern from the same era. The design has been brought up to date by adding a rib knit back which creates a fitted and much more current silhouette

Yarn: DesignEtte Naturino, 100 % wool, naturally dyed, approx. 300 (300) 350 g
Extras: 7 DesignEtte leather covered metal buttons
Needles: 2.5, 3, and 3.5 mm (the garment size depends on the needle size chosen)
double-pointed needle 2.5 (3) 3.5 mm
Sizes: S/M (M/L) L/XL
Bust size S/M: 71 – 96,5 cm
Bust size M/L: 91,5 – 106,5 cm
Bust size L/XL: 105,5 – 117 cm
Half bust for fronts: 48 (51) 57 cm
Length: 44,5 (50) 54,5 cm
Gauge size S/M: Worked on 2.5 mm needles. 42 sts and 42 rows in ribbing = 10 x 10 cm.
1 pattern repeat measures 7,5 x 8,5 cm.
Gauge size M/L: Worked on 3 mm needles. 36 sts and 36 rows in ribbing = 10 x 10 cm.
pattern repeat measures 8 x 9,6 cm.
Gauge size L/XL: Worked on 3.5 mm needle. 32 sts and 34 rows in ribbing = 10 x 10 cm.
1 pattern repeat measures.
Directions for washing: Hand wash at 30°.