Super Duper Fuzztastic Wobble Gobble Cardi 5000 :: Knitting Pattern PDF

Description

When I cast this cardi on, I was calling it my “Super Duper Fuzztastic Wobble Gobble Cardi 5000”…..and the name just stuck. You can call it Fuzztastic for short. 😉 It is a cropped, reversible raglan cardigan with 3/4 sleeves, knit using two-color honeycomb brioche with two-color brioche edging details. This cropped cardigan is meant to be worn with 4 – 6” / 10 – 15 cm of positive ease, a perfect fit layered over your favorite outfit. It can be dressed up or down, and even worn as a jacket!

Jiayi is the dyer behind Wobble Gobble yarns, and she is just delightful! I fell in love with her use of color, and I was intrigued with the Suri Cloud – what would it be like knit with a smoother DK weight yarn? It is the perfect combination!! I hope you enjoy it.

Skill level: Intermediate. Basic brioche skills are highly recommended. Techniques used: knit, purl, brioche knit (brk), brioche purl (brp), knitting in the round, brioche texture, brioche increases and decreases. Two-Color Honeycomb brioche is a beautiful texture created by using brioche knitting techniques. I have included a video tutorial link for this stitch pattern, which you can also find here: http://bit.ly/TwoColorHoneycomb. There are also gauge swatch instructions included in the pattern.

Construction Notes: This raglan cardigan is knit from the top down starting at the neck, using the two-color honeycomb brioche stitch. Several rows are worked to raise the back of the neck, then the raglan shaping continues until the sleeves are separated. These are placed on hold while the remaining body is worked. Stitches will be cast on at the underarms, which will also create a striped two-color brioche faux seam at each side. The cropped length is meant to hit at the small of the waist, and a short two-color brioche hem is added by switching which color shows on the MS for a nice contrast. The sleeves are then started, and the two-color brioche stripes will continue up the undersides. You will finish with a two-color brioche Button Band and neckline. Brioche increases are worked to create the fancy button holes.

Finished sizes: Bust circumference: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50) {54, 58, 62, 66}” / 86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127) {137, 147.5, 157.5, 167.5} cm. These sizes are the actual bust measurements of the garment. Choose your size based on your own bust measurement and add your desired ease. Sample is shown in Size 4 on a 40” / 101.5 cm bust, worn with 6” / 15 cm of positive ease. See Schematic included as the last photo here.

MATERIALS:

Yarn: 900 (1060, 1180, 1400, 1570) {1780, 1900, 2220, 2320} yds / 822 (970, 1078, 1280, 1436) {1628, 1738, 2030, 2122} m DK weight yarn
Main Color (MC): 450 (530, 590, 700, 785) {890, 950, 1110, 1160} yds / 411 (485, 539, 640, 718) {814, 869, 1015, 1061} m
Contrast Color (CC): 450 (530, 590, 700, 785) {890, 950, 1110, 1160} yds / 411 (485, 539, 640, 718) {814, 869, 1015, 1061} m

Shown in: Size 4
MC: 5 skeins Wobble Gobble Suri Cloud in Orchid (fuzzy light speckled; 74% Suri Alpaca, 22% Merino wool, 4% Nylon; 142 yds / 130 m per 50 g)
CC: 3 skeins Wobble Gobble Merino DK in Blue Fin (blue; 100% Superwash Merino wool; 231 yds / 211 m per 100 g)

Yarn Notes: Please feel free to substitute any DK weight yarn for this cardi! If you are not a fan of Suri or Mohair, a smoother yarn works just as well. Just be sure to swatch to ensure you are achieving the proper gauge. Your yarn requirements may differ as well.

Needles: 24” / 61 cm & 40” / 101.5 cm US 6 / 4.0 mm circular needles for body and Magic Loop, or DPN’s.

Tools: tapestry needle, row counter, 8 stitch markers, contrasting stitch marker for noting beginning of round, 5 (5, 5, 6, 6) {7, 7, 7, 7} 1/2” / 1 cm buttons.

Gauge: 15 sts x 25 rows = 4” / 10cm; measured in two-color honeycomb brioche stitch knit flat (taken after blocking). To count your stitches / rows with honeycomb brioche, count across / down the “yarn-overs”, which will be staggered.

Many many thanks to Jiayi from Wobble Gobble for her amazing yarns and support!! I also want to thank my Tech Editor, Meaghan Schmaltz, for her expertise and help, and my awesome test knitters!! Without all of these wonderful people, this pattern would never have come to life. Be sure to check out my testers’ project pages if you want to see the cardi on a different size or in a different color combo!

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