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Leafsong Cardigan
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Leafsong Cardigan is a romantic, top-down knit with a timeless silhouette and graceful details. Featuring classic raglan sleeves and delicate leafy lace panels framing both sides of the button bands, this design brings a soft, nature-inspired elegance to your wardrobe.
Let your needles sing with the rhythm of the leaves — and create something beautiful to wear and love for years to come.
Construction:
Knit seamlessly from the top down with classic raglan sleeves, the cardigan allows for easy customization of body and sleeve lengths. The lace panels are charted and written for accessibility.
Skills used:
Top-down raglan construction, lace knitting, buttonholes, basic shaping.
Sizes:
1(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Measurements show final sizes – no ease built in
- Bust circumference: 91(100.5, 109.5, 119.5, 134, 144, 155.5, 165.5) cm, 35 ¾ (39 ½, 43 ¼, 47, 52 ¾, 56 ¾, 61 ¼, 65) “
- Yoke depth (measured on front from below neck ribbing): 17(19, 20.5, 21.5, 21.5, 23, 24.5, 26) cm, 6 ¾ (7 ½, 8 ¼, 8 ¼, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½, 10)”
- Upper sleeve circumference: 29.5(33, 36, 39, 43, 46, 49.5, 52,5) cm, 12 ¾ (13, 14 ¼, 15 ¼, 17, 18 ¼, 19 ½, 20 ¾)
- Length of the sleeves (from underarm to ribbing): 36(37.5, 38.5, 40.5, 42, 44, 45, 45.5) cm, 14 ¼ 14 ¾, 15 ¼, 16, 16 ½, 17 ¼, 17 ¾, 18)” - customizable
- Length of the body (measured from underarm to ribbing): 34 (35.5, 35.5, 39, 40, 43, 43, 45) cm, 13½ (14¼, 14¼, 15½, 16, 17¼, 17¼, 18)” - customizable
Materials
Any type of fingering weight yarn – The sample was knit using an unbranded Cashmere (Chinese) yarn, that is 50g/250m held with a mate yarn to increase toughness. Two together make fingering weight.
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Amount needed (approx.)
1314 (1423, 1533, 1752, 1971, 2190, 2409, 2628) yards; 1200 (1300, 1400, 1600, 1800, 2000, 2200, 2400) m – depends on the length of sleeves and body
Gauge
28 sts X 39 rows to 4” (10 cm) in stockinette after blocking on US 2 (2.75 mm) needles. (Or the size that gives the required gauge)
Please wash and block your swatch in the same manner as you will wash and block your finished cardigan
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- First published: July 2025
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