Lucky Cardigan PDF Pattern

When Jensen approached me a while ago to design a mosaic cardigan, I was instantly excited – I hadn’t designed any mosaic knits yet, and I wanted to challenge myself to create my first mosaic design.

Once I started working on drafting this cardigan, I knew I wanted to do a play on tiles I had recently seen at the Isabella Gardner Stewart Museum in Boston. While there, I saw some really gorgeous tiles and snapped a picture as inspo for a future design. I developed this design as an homage to those tiles.

This is a special collaboration with Sugarplum Circus and Spincycle Yarns. Both were so kind in providing yarn support, and I hope you will consider using their yarns for your future projects as well!

Lucky Sweater is a raglan, mosaic cardigan, worked from the top down. It is designed to be oversized at the bust and with balloon sleeves so you can wear other garments with it. An optional belt can be made if you want to wear this cardigan closed.

The mosaic pattern is a form of slip-stitch colorwork. The mosaic patterns are charted.

Construction: This raglan cardigan is knit flat and worked top-down in one piece. The sleeves are picked up and knit in the round after the body of the cardigan is finished. The neckband of the cardigan is the last thing to be knit and it is worked by picking up stitches along the edges of the cardigan.

Skill Level:Intermediate

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
To fit 28 (30, 36, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62) in / 71 (76, 91.5, 106.5, 117, 127, 137, 147, 158) cm circumference at bust.

Finished Measurements
Finished bust circumference (after blocking): 30.25 (35.25, 40.5, 45.5, 50.5, 55.5, 60.75, 65.75, 70.75) in / 76 (88.5, 101, 113.5, 126.5, 139, 151.5, 164, 177) cm

Recommended ease: This sweater is designed with proportional ease, which means that the amount of positive ease is based on body measurements to achieve a consistent fit across sizes. It is intended to be worn oversized with 2.25-8.75 in / 5.5-22 cm of positive ease at the bust.

The model wears size 4 with 3.5 in / 9 cm of positive ease at the bust.

Yarn & Yardage
Weight: DK

MC Amount: 5 (6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins or 1215 (1347, 1508, 1784, 1931, 2093, 2230, 2529, 2709) yds / 1111 (1232, 1380, 1632, 1766, 1915, 2040, 2313, 2478) m / 500 (600, 700, 800, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200) g of Sugarplum Circus Charlotte DK in Nectar – 100% Fine Superwash Merino (100 g = 246 yds / 225 m)

CC Amount: 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins or 194 (215, 241, 285, 309, 335, 356, 404, 433) yds / 177 (197, 220, 260, 282, 306, 325, 369, 395) m / 100 (100, 100, 100, 150, 150, 150, 150, 150) g of Spincycle Yarns Dream State in Good Omen – 100% American Wool Superwash (50 g = 150 yds / 137 m)

Gauge
19 sts and 26 rows = 4 in / 10 cm in stitch pattern with larger needles, knit flat and blocked
17 sts and 24 rows = 4 in / 10 cm in rib with smaller needles, knit flat and blocked

Needles & Notions
US 5 / 3.75 mm – 32 in / 80 cm to 40 in / 100 cm circular and preferred needles for small circumference knitting (Magic Loop or dpns)
US 7 / 4.5 mm – 32 in / 80 cm to 40 in / 100 cm circular and preferred needles for small circumference knitting (Magic Loop or dpns)
stitch marker
tapestry needle
scissors
waste yarn or stitch holders

Hope you enjoy!