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The Lena cardigan has deep pockets and a ribbed shawl collar that neatly hangs open but could be pinned closed. She is as interesting coming as going; the construction causes the back to hang slightly lower than the fronts and works its way up to a high-waisted pleat. She knits up fairly quickly in heavy worsted or aran weight yarn and is nearly seamless.

Skills Needed
General knitting skills

Sizes
Small (medium, large, 1x, 2x, 3x)

Finished Measurements
Bust: 34 (38, 42, 44, 48, 52)“
Length: 25 (26, 27, 28, 29, 29)”

Materials
Yarn
1000 (1150, 1300, 1450, 1600, 1750) yds / 914 (1052, 1188, 1326, 1463, 1600) m worsted to aran weight

Shown in
Two strands held together

Shibui Silk Cloud
60% Kid mohair, 40% Silk; 330 yds / 302 m per 25 g .88 oz skein
3 (3, 4, 4, 5, 5) skeins in Mineral

and

Shibui Staccato
70% Superwash Merino, 30% Silk; 191 yds / 175 m per 1.75 oz / 50 g skein
6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins in Mineral

Needles
US 9 straight or circ
US 9 dpns
Change needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Gauge
17 sts and 23 rows = 4” in St st.

Errata
In an earlier print version, the following correction needed to be made:

Work Pleat

On RS work row as est until 3 sts before 1st m, work right facing pleat as follows: