I designed this cardigan for my daughter, inspired by our beautiful hikes in Vermont’s Green Mountains during the fall.

Maple Foliage Cardigan is knitted bottom-up, flat in rows, using a simple drop-shoulder construction. The body is decorated with a lace stitch in the shape of a maple leaf, featuring yarn-overs as the body of the leaf and purl stitches forming the stem.

The PDF pattern includes:

• Written instructions
• Links to video tutorials
• Graphic charts
• Advanced techniques explained
• Schematic with measurements
• List of abbreviations

FOR CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE
16 (17, 18, 19, 20) in/40.5 (43, 45.5, 48.5, 51) cm

FINISHED CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE
18 ½ (19 ½, 20 ¼, 21 ¼, 22 ½) in/47 (50, 51.5, 54, 57) cm

NOTIONS
Crochet hook size C-2 (2.75mm)
5 buttons (½ in/1.3 cm diameter)
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Stitch markers (optional, to mark your increases and decreases)

YARN
Fingering weight - 210 yds/192 m per 50g skein

Yarn used: Brooklyn Tweed Peerie, 100% American Merino Wool
2 (3, 3, 3, 4) skeins or 420 (630, 630, 630, 840) yds/ 384 (576, 576, 576, 768) m of color Marigolds or Klimt

NOTE: This yarn was recently discontinued, but you might still be able to find it online. Alternative can be Brooklyn Tweed’s Tones Light which has a similar yardage (color Goldfinch Overtone).

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