216aw-03 Round Yoke Cardigan

Suggested yarn:
• Baruffa Pura Lana DK [100% merino wool; 126yds/115m per 1.76oz/50g skein];
• medium: color #303 charcoal, 10 skeins [500g]
• large: color #303 charcoal, 11 skeins [525g]

Tools/Notions:
• 4.2mm (approx. US 6) knitting needles or size necessary to achieve gauge
• cable needle
• 10 buttons (21mm/0.83")

Finished measurements:
• medium: • large:
• bust 91.5cm/36.02" • bust 97.5cm/38.39"
• center back neck-to-cuff 72.5cm/28.54" • center back neck-to-cuff 74cm/29.13"
• back length 54cm/21.26" • back length 54cm/21.26"

Gauge (10cm/4" square):

• garter stitch (for the yoke): 20 sts and 37 rows
• pattern stitch: 22 sts and 29 rows

Gauge may vary according to individual knitting style. Change needle size if necessary to achieve gauge. Alternatively, rework pattern with your own gauge measurements.

Summary
Back & front: Cast on with long-tail cast-on method. Work in garter stitch and pattern stitch per schematic. Work front garter stitch bands at the same time, working buttonholes in right front
only. After last row, place stitches on stitch holders without binding off.

Sleeve (make 2): Cast on with long-tail cast-on method. Work in garter stitch and pattern stitch per schematic. Finish by binding off stitches marked with ◎ and placing all other stitches on
stitch holders.

Yoke: Place live stitches from body and sleeves on needles. Work in garter stitch, working evenly spaces decreases as indicated in schematic. Work buttonholes in right front buttonband
while working yoke. Bind off.

Finishing: Align sections of body and sleeves using symbols on schematic. Seam with stitches-to-rows mattress stitch. Seam sides and sleeve undersides with mattress stitch.

Abbreviations:
BO = bind off CO = cast on OH = on hold (place on st holder) PU = pick up RE = row(s) even
#-#-#-# = rows-stitches-times [for evenly spaced decreases across entire row]. For example, 1-2-3-4 means "every 1 row, decrease 2 sts in each of 3 places across row; do this 4 times total."

© 2016 Pierrot Yarns (Gosyo Co., Ltd.). Translation by Linda Lanz. All rights reserved.
Back Right front Left front
4.2mm needles 4.2mm needles 4.2mm needles
3.5cm | 8 sts
38cm | 84 sts
3.5cm | 8 sts 3.5cm | 8 sts
18.5cm|41 sts
2.5cm 2.5cm
18.5cm|41 sts
3.5cm | 8 sts Right front
5cm | 11 sts OH 5cm | 11 sts 5cm | 11 sts OH
6 sts buttonband 6 sts
OH 5cm | 11 sts buttonband
3.5cm 10 rows
4.2mm needles
13 rows

buttonhole (1 st)
BO 8 BO 8 BO 8 15 rows BO 8 = knit
BO 11 BO 11 BO 11 BO 11

garter stitch

garter stitch
15 rows

36cm pattern stitch 29.5cm pattern st 36cm pattern st 13 rows

86 rows 15 rows

+5 sts
15 rows +5 sts
+10 sts 45cm | 100 sts 22cm | 49 sts 15 rows 22cm | 49 sts 15 rows
48cm | 106 sts 23.5cm | 52 sts 23.5cm | 52 sts
garter stitch 3cm 12 rows garter stitch 14 rows garter stitch
22cm | 44 sts 23.5cm | 47 sts 22cm | 44 sts 23.5cm | 47 sts
CO 90 sts 96 sts
= 2.5cm | 6 sts 15 rows
CO 50 sts 53 sts CO 50 sts 53 sts

Sleeve
4.2mm needles 15 rows
for sleeve:
3.5cm
29cm | 64 sts
3.5cm
= BO sts Pattern stitch: medium size
8 sts 8 sts 4.2mm needles
OH = knit
3.5cm 10 rows 15 rows
36cm | 80 sts 5cm 14 rows

6-1-11 15 rows
8-1-4
40.5cm pattern stitch 34cm buttonhole
42cm +15 sts 98 rows (1 st)

+5 sts
22.5cm | 50 sts start start
garter stitch 3cm 12 rows right start back
= 1 repeat = 12 sts & 12 rows start left (CO row)
front
CO 45 sts sleeve front
 Yoke 4.2mm DPNs 26 sts 40 sts (repeat 6 times) = knit

buttonhole
(1 st)

PU 58 sts PU 37 sts
PU 6 sts PU 37 sts from back PU 6 sts
from front band from left front from right front from front band
Pattern stitch: large size = knit
4.2mm needles
Yoke: garter stitch
4.2mm DPNs
59cm | 118 sts 18cm
66 rows
BO
3 rows 5 RE
PU 58 sts from -160 sts 8-1-20-6 PU 58 sts from
right sleeve 19 rows 6-1-20-1 left sleeve
buttonhole (1 st) 7-1-20-1
19 rows
◎ = 19 rows
☆ ◎ ☆
= PU 6 sts from buttonband
☆ = PU 37 sts from right/left front start start
2 rows PU 76 sts from back start R, L back
sleeve front