Bombón cardigan
Size: one size
Chest circumference: approx. 110cm
Length: 52cm
Gauge:15 stitches x 28 rows 10cm x 10cm in stockinette on 4.5mm needle, after blocking.
Needles: 4mm and 4.5mm circular needles
Yarn: Drops Nepal (50g / 75m) 15.7 balls / 1170m
Abbreviation
RS: Right side P3tog: purl 3 together
WS: Wrong side Wyif: with yarn in front
K: knit Wyib: with yarn in back
P: purl CN: cable needle
Sl: slip purlwise MB: make a bobble
LHN: left hand needle BO: bind off
RHN: right hand needle Sl-gsr: slip 1 st German short rows
St, sts: stitch, stitches K2tog: knit 2 together
Yo: Yarn over P2tog: Purl 2 together
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<Size info and Gauge for each stitches>
Front Back
Pattern Introduction
Bombon cardigan is bottom-up pattern. We are going to knit the back side of the cardigan first from the
bottom to the top, then knit the front 2 pieces (right side, left side).
Assemble the front and the back. After assembling, we will pick up the sleeves' stitches. For the neck collar,
we will pick up the neckline stitches, then knit 1x1 ribbing.
As a final step, we pick up the stitches for the button band, for the zip or buttons.
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BACK
Cast on 124 sts on a 4mm needle with your preferred method -I used Italian cast on-, not too tightly.
Work k1, p1 (1x1 ribbing) 6cm.
Change to a 4.5mm needle.
<Chart pattern>
Make a Bobble: k1, yo, k1, yo, k1 in the same st / turn the work / knit 5 sts (that we just made by k1, yo) / turn
the work / purl 5 / turn the work / knit 5 / turn the work / slip 2 sts to Right Hand Needle, Bind off 1st st on LHN
then slip that st to RHN / Bind off 1st st on RHN then slip that st to LHN / Bind off 1st st on LHN then slip that st
to RHN / Bind off 1st st on RHN
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<Double Moss stitch>
9 sts
On RS when you see a knit st then purl that st and when you see purl st then
knit that st. On WS knit as you see: knit the knit st, purl the purl st. If you want
to have bigger circumference, you can add more number of Double Moss
stitch.
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<Slip cable & Braid & Slip cable>
21sts: This part has 2*Slip cables(3sts), Braid(9sts) and
knit and purl line.
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<Diamond cable>
23sts: 21sts of Diamond sts + 2 purl sts
*21st row: p8, sl1 onto Cable Needle hold in back, k2, p1
from CN, sl2 onto CN hold in front, k1, p1, k2 from CN, p8
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<Raspberry stitch>
18sts: 1 purl + 16 Raspberry +1 purl
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Front-right side
Cast on 62 sts on a 4mm needle with your preferred method -I used Italian cast on-, not too tightly.
Work k1, p1 (1x1 ribbing) 6cm.
Change to a 4.5mm needle.
If you want to follow the written version, go to page
*Notice
All the sts on the front side are basically the same as the back side. The only difference is the number of sts.
Back Front
Moss 9sts 14sts
Raspberry 18sts 10sts
Diamond 23sts 17sts
Cables 21sts 21sts
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Front- left side
Cast on 62 sts on a 4mm needle with your preferred method -I used Italian cast on-, not too tightly.
Work k1, p1 (1x1 ribbing) 6cm.
Change to a 4.5mm needle.
Chart pattern is on the next page.
After finishing the back side and the front side, assemble those pieces together.
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Sleeves
Pick up 76sts with a 4.5mm needle. Approximately pick up 3sts out of 5.
: 27sts for moss + 23sts for cables + 26sts for moss
Repeat Row1~8 until Row 48, then follow red box for decreasing Row 49, 65, 81. Each decreasing row
decreases 4 sts. After Row 81, you have 64 sts on needle. Knit follow the pattern until Row 95.
Next row is Row 96.
Row96: *k1(I will call this 2nd st), k1(1st st), take 2nd sts from RHN with LHN then quickly grab 1st st back onto
RHN. Then knit 2nd st through back loop* repeat * * until the end of the row.
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Dec row for arm ribbing
Row97: *k2tog, k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k2* repeat * * 5 more times, k2tog, k2tog.
Now 44sts on the needle.
Row 98: *k1, p1* until the end of the row
Repeat row 98 (1x1 ribbing) for 13 more times.
BO loosely with your preferred method I used tubular bind off-.
Knit the opposite arm in the same way.
Collar
Pick up 135 sts and knit 1x1(k1, p1) ribbing until the ribbing measures 22cm or your desired length.
Bind off all sts not too tightly -I used tubular bind off method-.
Button band
Pick up 98sts, approx. PU 6sts out of 7sts.
Knit 1x1 ribbing (k1, p1) until it measures 2.5cm. Do the same for the other side.
*Remember to make button holes if you prefer button version.
Weave in all ends.
Install a zip or sew buttons on the button band.
*I personally recommend you to install a zip after blocking the work.
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