833 Deauville Cardigan - Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Goshen

833 Deauville Cardigan – Knitting Pattern for Women by Julie Turjoman in Valley Yarns Goshen

The 833 Deauville Cardigan is a women's knitting pattern designed by Julie Turjoman, worked in the luxurious Valley Yarns Goshen yarn. This elegant, lightweight cardigan is crafted with warm-weather dressing in mind, making it the ideal layering piece for a cool summer evening. The design features a graceful eyelet lace front panel and ¾-length sleeves, combining feminine detail with practical wearability. It is rated as an intermediate difficulty project, making it a rewarding challenge for knitters who have moved beyond the basics and are ready to explore lace patterning and seamless top-down construction.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a women's top-down cardigan with a fitted silhouette and decorative lace detailing along the front. The garment is worked from the neck downward, allowing for easy fit adjustments as the knitting progresses. It is available in seven sizes with finished bust measurements of 32¼, 36¼, 40, 44¼, 48¼, 52¼, and 56¼ inches. The photographed sample is shown in Size 40". Seven ¾-inch buttons complete the front closure, adding a polished, classic finish to the design.

Construction Techniques

The Deauville Cardigan employs a combination of construction methods that are characteristic of modern seamless knitwear design:

• Top-down construction: The cardigan begins at the neckline and is shaped downward, which allows knitters to try the garment on as they go and customize sleeve and body length with ease.
• Worked in the round: Circular needles are used for portions of the body and sleeves, reducing the need for seaming and creating a smooth, continuous fabric.
• Worked flat: Certain sections, particularly the front bands and other flat panels, are worked back and forth in rows, giving the cardigan its open-front structure.
• Lace techniques: The eyelet lace detailing on the front of the cardigan introduces yarn-over increases and corresponding decreases to create an open, decorative pattern. This technique adds visual interest without significantly increasing the complexity of the overall construction.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch fabric of the Deauville Cardigan is Stockinette Stitch, which forms the smooth, classic base of the garment. The gauge for this pattern is set at 20 stitches and 24 rows over 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch on US size 7 needles. The eyelet lace pattern on the front panels introduces additional stitch work, typically involving yarn-overs and paired decreases that create the signature open, airy texture associated with lace knitting. Together, these stitches balance simplicity with decorative elegance.

Yarn and Materials

This pattern is specifically designed for Valley Yarns Goshen, a worsted weight yarn with a distinctive fiber blend of 48% Peruvian Cotton, 46% Modal, and 6% Silk, sold in 50g/92-yard skeins. This blend is noteworthy for several reasons: the Peruvian cotton provides durability and breathability, the modal contributes exceptional softness and a fluid drape, and the silk adds a subtle sheen and further enhances the yarn's smooth hand. The result is a yarn with beautiful drape and excellent stitch definition, making it particularly well-suited to lace patterning and warm-weather garments. The sample shown in the pattern is knitted in the colorway Lake.

Depending on the size being knitted, the pattern requires 10 to 17 skeins of Valley Yarns Goshen:

• Size 32¼": 10 skeins
• Size 36¼": 11 skeins
• Size 40": 12 skeins
• Size 44¼": 13 skeins