Linden Cardigan

Linden Cardigan by Janine Myska

What is Being Made

The Linden Cardigan is a beginner-friendly crochet cardigan designed as a light and airy summer top with bohemian-inspired styling. This open fabric garment is perfect for beach days and warm weather wear, and can be customized by adding length to create a flowy beach cover-up. The cardigan is worked in one piece, then folded in half and seamed at the sides to create the armholes, making construction straightforward for newer crocheters.

Techniques Used

The Linden Cardigan employs a simple one-piece construction method that minimizes seaming and finishing work. The garment is created by working a large rectangular piece that is subsequently folded in half lengthwise and seamed along the sides, with strategic gaps left unseamed to form the armholes. This approach reduces complexity and makes the pattern ideal for beginners while still producing a well-proportioned, wearable garment. The open mesh fabric structure creates the airy quality characteristic of this design.

Stitches Used

• Double crochet – the primary stitch used throughout the cardigan to create the fabric structure
• Chain stitches – used in combination with double crochet to build the open, mesh-like fabric

Materials

The Linden Cardigan is worked using 4-ply yarn weight (specifically Comfy Fingering Weight yarn). The pattern requires 2 to 5 skeins of 50-gram weight depending on the size being made, making it an excellent stash-busting project for crafters with leftover yarn. A crochet hook appropriate for 4-ply yarn is needed to work this pattern.