The Wine Club Cardigan is a classic, versatile piece with a relaxed fit and timeless details, designed to be the kind of cardigan you’ll wear season after season. Its clean silhouette makes it easy to style—layer it casually over jeans and a tee, dress it up with tailored trousers, or wrap yourself in it on quiet evenings at home. A slightly longer ribbed hem adds balance and polish, while the button bands are worked in double knitting for a neat and sturdy finish. The name reflects the cardigan’s character: relaxed, cozy, and perfect for slow evenings that invite comfort and warmth.

The cardigan is worked seamlessly from the top down. It begins at the back neck, which is increased to the full width of the upper back before stitches are picked up for the shoulders and worked as the fronts. The yoke is knitted flat with increases for both sleeves and body, creating a comfortable fit through the shoulders. The body is left open at the front, framed by the double-knit button bands for a clean, finished edge. At the underarms, sleeves and body are separated and completed individually, the body flat and the sleeves in the round.

The Wine Club Cardigan can be knit in DK weight yarn for a crisp, defined fabric, or with fingering weight yarn held together with silk mohair for a softer, haloed texture. The length of both body and sleeves is easily adjustable, and trying the cardigan on as you go ensures a fit that’s just right for your style.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 90 (100, 110, 120, 130) (140, 150, 160, 170) cm / 35.5 (39.25, 43.25, 47.25, 51.25) (55, 59, 63, 67) inches including the intended positive ease of 15 cm / 6 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 28 (28, 28, 28, 30) (30, 32, 32, 34) cm / 11 (11, 11, 11, 11.75) (11.75, 12.5, 12.5, 13.5) inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 44 cm / 17.25 inches
Upper arm circumference: 34 (36, 37, 38, 41) (44, 47, 50, 53) cm / 13.5 (14.25, 14.5, 15, 16.25) (17.25, 18.5, 19.75, 20.75) inches
Note: Please be aware that adjusting the lengths of the garment will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.

Yarn

720 (790, 870, 960, 1060) (1160, 1280, 1410, 1480) m / 790 (870, 960, 1050, 1160) (1270, 1400, 1540, 1620) yards of DK weight yarn,
or 720 (790, 870, 960, 1060) (1160, 1280, 1410, 1480) m / 790 (870, 960, 1050, 1160) (1270, 1400, 1540, 1620) yards of fingering weight yarn and 720 (790, 870, 960, 1060) (1160, 1280, 1410, 1480) m / 790 (870, 960, 1050, 1160) (1270, 1400, 1540, 1620) yards of lace weight yarn (silk mohair, suri alpaca or cashmere).

Sample: 4 (5, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) Les Garçons British DK (70% Bluefaced Leicester Wool, 30% Masham Wool; 240 m / 263 yards per 100 g), shown in colorway Max & Moira.

Needles
For the ribbing and the buttonband:
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem and the buttonband

For the main part:
3.5 mm / US 4 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body

Gauge
20 sts and 34 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of Stockinette stitch on larger needles, after blocking. Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!

Notions
4 stitch markers
2 removable stitch markers
waste yarn
tapestry needle
blocking tools
4 buttons (diameter of 2.5 - 3 cm / 1 - 1.25 inches)