Noura Cardigan

Difficulty: Advanced Intermediate. Requires ability to read charts and your knitting, and incorporate newly created stitches into a lace pattern.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished bust circumference:

-85 (95, 105, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165) cm

-34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66)”

Designed to be worn with 0-10 cm / 0-4” positive ease around the chest.

Yarn: Fingering or Sport weight yarn. Depending on the length of the cardigan and chosen shaping option, allow approximately (includes extra for swatching):

-995 (1095, 1220, 1320, 1435, 1550, 1690, 1795, 1935) m

-1090 (1200, 1335, 1440, 1570, 1695, 1845, 1965, 2115) yds

Gauge: 1 lace pattern repeat (12 sts x 16 rows) = 5 x 5 cm / 2x2” worked flat on larger needles, blocked. (In stockinette, roughly 24 sts & 32 rows =10 cm / 4”)

Techniques used: Lace knitting, lifted increases, Backwards loop cast-on, knitting in the round, yarnover buttonholes, Knotted k2tog bind-off.