Fie Cardigan Pattern

Pattern is now available in English and Danish! Fie Cardigan Fie is a top-down yoke cardigan with whimsical flowers and seamless construction. The flower design is a whimsical take on the Nordic XO pattern. The top- down construction starts at the neckband and quickly jumps into the colorwork. You can go wild with colorwork and knit a multi-color yoke with one color for the stems and one for the flowers (there is only one row with three colors if you do) or simply make the two-color version like the original Fie Pullover. I love this version! Top-down knitting makes it easy to try on your sweater as you go and tailor-fit the yoke depth and length of the body and sleeves. You can opt in or out of short rows to lower the neckline if you like. Fie (short for Sofie) has a magical fit that is super comfortable and flattering and I’m excited to share with you my new favorite buttonhole! I hope you love it! Fie was originally designed to be knit in the round with a Steek.  To help my knitting friends that love to knit and purl in colorwork, I have  written an additional pattern for Fie without a Steek. Now you can knit Fiie with or without a Steek. Materials Biches & Bûche Lambswool | Worsted | 170 m or 185 yards per 50-gram skein Main Color: Beige 250 (250, 300, 300, 300, 350, 350, 350, 400, 400, 400, 400, 400, 450) grams. Or approx. 815 (870, 948, 1017, 1065, 1123, 1181, 1299, 1357, 1413, 1472, 1531, 1591, 1650) yards Contrasting Color A: Soft Green 1 50-gram skein or approx. 68 (17, 76, 86, 91, 94, 101, 106, 111, 115, 121, 126, 130, 140) yards Contrasting Color B: Mustard. 1 50-gram skein or approx. 68 (17, 76, 86, 91, 94, 101, 106, 111, 115, 121, 126, 130,140 yards) Needles: 32 or 40 – inch/ 80 or 100 cm circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color, DPNs/Flexiflips for cuffs, 16-inch circular gauge-size needles for sleeves, and a tapestry needle. Suggested Needle Size: US 7 (4.75 mm) for colorwork,mUS size 6 for single-color in stockinette stitch and US 4 (3.5) for ribbing on the cuffs, waistband, neckband and buttonband. Nine ¾” buttons Gauge and Swatch 20 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches colorwork 20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in single color Please swatch in colorwork, in the round, to determine needle size. Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14) with a 5-9-inch positive ease. Sample is shown with a 6” positive ease Finished Measurements Chest circumference: 31(33, 35¾ ,38, 40½, 42¾ ,45¼, 47¾ ,50, 52½, 55, 57¼, 59¾, 62) inches Body length from cast on edge to underarm: 13(13,14, 14, 15,15½,16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18) inches Sleeve length: 16 (16½, 17, 17, 17, 17½, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19½, 19½) inches Yoke depth without neckband: 8 (8, 8¼, 8½, 8½, 8¾, 9, 9½, 10,10½ ,10½, 10½ ,10¾,10 ¾) Total length: 21 (21, 22 ¼ , 22½, 23½, 24 ¼, 25, 25 ½, 27, 27½ ,27 ½, 28½, 28¾, 28 ¾ ) inches Skills used to make Fie Long-tail cast on Knitting Purling Knitting with two colors Knitting with three colors (one row only) Backward loop K2 tog Ssk 1x1 ribbing Knitting in the round Picking up and knitting stitches Making Buttonholes (step-by-step instructions included for my new buttonhole) K2 tog. Steek securing and cutting There is also a separate pattern for a Fie Pullover.