Komugi Cardigan

“Komugi”, wheat in Japanese, is a boxy cardigan that dresses up your casual outfit.

It is worked from the top down seamlessly. The fronts and back are first worked back and forth separately. After short-row shoulder shaping, the back is worked in moss stitch (called point de blé, “wheat stitch” in French!) and the fronts in Komugi pattern to the underarm, then joined. The lower body is knitted in one piece to the hem with the stitch patterns different on the fronts and back, and a lateral braid is added just before the hem as an accent.

The sleeves are worked from stitches picked up around the arm openings, down in the round in stockinette stitch, with a lateral braid just before the cuffs as on the body. The front and neck edging are finished neatly with I-cord.