Lemon Glass Summer Cardigan

An oversized lightweight open-front summer cardigan with drop shoulders, fair isle shoulder colorwork and delicate lace hem detail.

Sizing

One size, finished bust circumference 115cm / 45”, body length 47cm. Drop short sleeves with ribbed cuffs.

Gauge

19 sts × 31 rows = 10cm / 4” over stockinette stitch on 4mm needles. Always swatch to match gauge for correct finished measurements.

Materials

• Main Color (MC): Sandnes Garn Line, color #1002 Yellow, approx 490m / 224g
• Contrast 1 (CC1): Sandnes Garn Line, color #1015 White, approx 40m / 18g
• Contrast 2 (CC2): Daruma Linen Ramie Cotton DK, Grey, approx 34m / 17g
• Needles: 3mm & 4mm circular knitting needles
• Stitch markers, waste yarn for sleeve holders, tapestry needle for weaving ends

Construction

Worked top-down seamlessly from neck ribbing, separate sleeves onto waste yarn, then knit body with lace pattern and color stripe detail. Short drop sleeves are picked up and worked in the round at last.

This pattern includes full written row-by-row instructions + stitch charts for lace and fair isle sections.