Lacy Heart Button Cardigan

Lacy Heart Button Cardigan Pattern

This pattern will guide you through creating a beautiful lacy cardigan featuring distinctive heart-shaped buttons. The intricate lace pattern lends an elegant touch, making it perfect for intermediate knitters ready to challenge themselves and create a stunning piece.

Materials

• Yarn: DK weight yarn, approximately 800 yards in white
• Knitting needles: Size US 6 (4.0 mm)
• Heart-shaped wooden buttons, about 1 inch in size – 3 pieces
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors

Gauge

22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in lace pattern

Abbreviations

• CO – Cast on
• BO – Bind off
• k – Knit
• p – Purl
• yo – Yarn over
• k2tog – Knit two stitches together
• SSK – Slip, slip, knit
• rep – Repeat
• pm – Place marker
• sm – Slip marker

Instructions

Back

1. CO 110 stitches.
2. Work 6 rows in garter stitch (knit every row) for the border.
3. Begin lace pattern: (Multiple of 10 + 2 edge stitches)
   • Row 1 (RS): k1, *k2, yo, SSK, k2, k2tog, yo, k2; repeat from * until last st, k1.
   • Row 2 (WS): purl all stitches.
   • Repeat these 2 rows until the piece measures 24 inches from the cast-on edge, ending with a WS row.
4. BO all stitches.

Front (Make 2)

1. CO 56 stitches.
2. Work 6 rows in garter stitch for the border.
3. Follow the lace pattern as for the back while maintaining an edge of 6 stitches in garter stitch along the buttonband edge.
   • When the piece measures 18 inches, create buttonholes at the buttonband by BO 2 stitches over the 5th and 6th stitches on RS row, then CO 2 stitches on the next row.
   • Space buttonholes evenly and place the third one just below the neckline shaping.
4. Continue until front matches the back in length.
5. BO all stitches.

Sleeves (Make 2)

1. CO 55 stitches.
2. Work 6 rows in garter stitch for the border.
3. Begin lace pattern, increasing 1 stitch at each end every 8th row 5 times (65 stitches).
4. Continue until sleeves measure 18 inches.
5. BO all stitches.

Finishing

1. Block all pieces to measurements.
2. Sew shoulder seams.
3. Sew side seams and sleeve seams.
4. Set sleeves into armholes, attaching all around evenly.
5. Sew buttons onto the buttonband, aligning with buttonholes.

Enjoy wearing your beautiful Lacy Heart Button Cardigan, and relish the satisfaction of creating such a detailed piece by hand!