Twist Collective Farnia PDF

Farnia Cardigan by Angela Hahn – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Farnia is an elegant, fitted cardigan designed by Angela Hahn and published by Twist Collective as a downloadable PDF. Worked in DK weight yarn, this sophisticated garment combines a richly textured stitch pattern with thoughtful construction techniques to create a cardigan that is both visually striking and comfortable to wear. The pattern is available in seven sizes with a finished bust measurement ranging from 31¼" to 54¼" (79.5–138 cm), and a finished length of 22" to 25¼" (56–64 cm). The sample shown is knit in size 35" / 89 cm, and the design is intended to be worn with 1–4" / 2.5–10 cm of positive ease.

What Is Being Made

Farnia is a women's cardigan featuring set-in sleeves, a shaped body, and a neat neck edging with button loops added during finishing. The silhouette is classic and tailored, making it suitable for a wide range of knitters who enjoy combining construction techniques with detailed stitch work.

Construction and Techniques

The Farnia cardigan uses a hybrid construction approach that draws on several knitting techniques:

• Bottom-up construction: The body is cast on at the hem and worked upward, giving knitters a familiar and intuitive flow through the garment.
• Worked flat (back and forth): The body is worked back and forth in one piece from the bottom up to the underarms, meaning the Back and both Fronts are initially knitted together on a circular needle without joining in the round. This seamless lower body section reduces seaming and creates a cohesive fabric.
• Separating at the underarms: Once the body reaches the underarm, stitches for the Back and Right Front are placed on holders, and each section — Left Front, Right Front, and Back — is then worked separately and flat to the shoulders.
• Three-needle bind-off: Shoulders are joined using a three-needle bind-off, a clean and sturdy technique that simultaneously joins and binds off two sets of live stitches, eliminating the need for sewing shoulder seams.
• Sleeves worked in the round from the top down: After the shoulders are joined, stitches for the sleeves are picked up around the armhole. The sleeve cap is shaped using short rows, and then the sleeve is worked in the round from the top down to the cuff. This approach avoids sewing in sleeves and creates a smooth, professional finish.
• Short rows: Used specifically in the sleeve cap shaping to create the rounded, set-in cap profile without the need for traditional back-and-forth cap shaping and seaming.
• Neck edging and button loops: Added during finishing to complete the front opening with a polished, functional edge.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The Farnia features a textured stitch pattern that is presented in chart form only. Knitters should be comfortable reading both right-side and wrong-side chart rows — right-side rows are read from right to left, and wrong-side rows from left to right. The chart is worked in a 16-row repeat, and the body begins with three full repeats of the chart before shaping begins, producing approximately 5¼" / 13.5 cm of patterned fabric at the hem.

• Charted stitch pattern: A repeating 16-row motif worked throughout the body of the cardigan, giving the fabric its distinctive texture and visual interest.
• Decreases: Multiple decrease types are used throughout the shaping, including k2tog (knit two together), ssk (slip, slip, knit), sk2p (slip, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over), and p2tog (purl two together). These are used for body shaping, armhole shaping, and front neck shaping.
• Purl and knit combinations: Wrong-side rows incorporate specific purl and knit sequences, such as p10, [k1, p