Capture the Moment

Capture the Moment open-front cardigan knitting pattern, reversible front border, slant pockets

If you're like me, you'll be reaching for this open-front cardigan again and again. In fact, I'm wearing mine as I'm writing this, while a second one on the needles is beckoning me to finish it.

It is worked seamlessly from the top down in a modular fashion, so lots of fun to knit. I especially love the border stitch pattern, which is reversible, and the slant pockets. They're optional, but you'll surely want some.

Construction begins with a provisional cast-on across center back neck. Once the back neck is finished, there are more provisional cast-ons across the shoulders, while back neck is picked up and knitted. Shoulders are short-row-shaped. Back and Fronts are worked separately until just below the armhole, and then joined and worked all together as one piece. Make it as long or as short as you want. Optional slant pockets are knit in, and the only finishing required is a bit of stitching to tack the pocket sides in place.

Stats

Finished sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL), with circumferences of 46 (49, 54, 59, 62)" (measured with front borders overlapped).
Recommended for bust sizes: 28-32 (32-38, 38-48, 48-54, 54-58)". The fit is very loose.
Shown in size M in charcoal, tunic length and in size XS in celery, hip length.

Yarn: Any Sunday Knits sport weight yarn - Angelic (merino angora), Nirvana (merino cashmere), Eden (merino), Brigadoon (merino tweed) or Heaven (100% cashmere): 6 (7, 7, 8, 9) skeins for tunic length or 5 (6, 6, 7, 8) skeins for hip length garment.
Shown in Nirvana charcoal in tunic length and in Eden celery in hip length.

Substitute any sport-weight yarn that works nicely to gauge: 1400 (1520, 1730, 1950, 2080) yds for tunic length; 1110 (1220, 1400, 1590, 1700) yds for hip length.

Gauge: 24 stitches and 32 rows = 4" in Stockinette stitch, measured from the center of a large washed and dried swatch.

Needles: Size 5 US (3.75 mm) straight or circular needles, size 7 (4.5 mm) for bottom bind-off only.

Techniques used: Provisional cast-on, pick up and knit, short-rows (shadow-wrap method recommended).

Pattern includes: Instructions for all sizes and two lengths, schematic, glossary, link to shadow-wraps short rows tutorial, stitch pattern in both charted and written formats.

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Edited by Sandra Whittaker. Modeled by Rebekah Smith.