Cove - Cardigan Knitting Pattern For Women in Valley Yarns Hawley by Valley Yarns

Cove Cardigan Knitting Pattern for Women – A Classic Grandpa Cardigan with Modern Details

The Cove Cardigan, pattern number 1109, is a women's knitting pattern designed by Julie Turjoman and published by Valley Yarns. This relaxed, generously fitted grandpa-style cardigan blends timeless silhouette with thoughtfully updated details, making it an ideal weekend layer that is as practical as it is stylish. With its warm-weather fiber blend, welt pockets, and classic button front, Cove is a wardrobe staple designed to be reached for again and again.

What Is Being Made

Cove is a women's button-front cardigan worked flat and seamed together for a clean, structured finish. The design features a generous, relaxed fit with 4–6 inches of positive ease, giving it that comfortable, borrowed-from-the-wardrobe feel associated with the grandpa cardigan aesthetic. Practical welt pockets are integrated into the fronts, adding both function and a polished tailored detail. The cardigan is finished with a single hem and a neat button band complete with buttonholes.

The pattern is available in nine sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, and 5XL, with finished bust measurements ranging from 34 inches to 66 inches (buttoned). The sample shown in the pattern is knitted in Size S.

Skill Level and Techniques Used

Despite being labeled Advanced Beginner on the pattern itself, the product listing describes Cove as an intermediate project, making it well suited to knitters who have moved beyond simple scarves and hats and are ready to tackle their first or second garment construction. Julie Turjoman has designed the pattern to introduce and reinforce foundational garment-shaping skills in an approachable way.

Key Techniques Include:

• Worked flat: All pieces are knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round, a fundamental garment construction method that produces separate front, back, and sleeve panels.
• Seamed construction: The individual pieces are joined using seaming techniques, which create a structured, durable garment with clean edges and professional-looking seams.
• Welt pockets: A classic tailoring detail, welt pockets involve picking up stitches and working a pocket opening with a neat, horizontal welt at the top. These add both visual interest and genuine functionality.
• Single hem: A tidy, single-layer hem finishes the lower edges of the cardigan for a clean, polished look without bulk.
• Buttonholes: The button band incorporates worked buttonholes, an essential skill for any knitter progressing into garment making.
• Buttons: The cardigan closes with buttons sewn through the completed buttonhole band, requiring basic finishing and assembly skills.
• Basic garment shaping: Increases and decreases are used throughout to shape the body and sleeves, giving knitters practice with the fundamental building blocks of fitted knitwear.

Yarn: Valley Yarns Hawley

The pattern is specifically designed for Valley Yarns Hawley, a DK weight yarn with a luxurious fiber blend of 50% Cotton, 30% Silk, and 20% Nylon/Polyamide. Each ball contains 50g and approximately 135 yards. This blend makes Hawley an exceptional choice for a warm-weather cardigan — the cotton provides breathability and structure, the silk adds a subtle sheen and drape, and the nylon contributes durability and stitch definition.

The sample garment is shown in Color 06 – Blue Skies, a fresh, wearable shade that highlights the yarn's natural luster. Yarn requirements range from 9 balls for size XS up to 18 balls for size 5XL, making it a manageable and relatively economical project across all sizes.

Needles Required

Two needle sizes are called for in the Cove pattern. The main fabric is worked on US size 6 (4.00 mm) circular needles in both 16-inch and 24–40-inch lengths, allowing for comfortable flat knitting across varying stitch