Stiger Pattern Download
Light but sometimes warm, casual but sometimes elegant, a warm-weather cardigan has a lot of roles to fill, and surprising no one, Julie Hoover fills them all beautifully with her Stiger! Julie knit this cardigan in flat pieces, then sewed them together, using the seams to give this cotton sweater the structure it needs. She picked up stitches up and around the opening to finish things off with a wide ribbed edge. The sweater’s super simple stitch pattern uses basic decreases and yarn overs to create a light, open texture and a fabric with the breezy style befitting a summer’s day! Our fingering-weight Picnic Cotton also keeps this cardigan light, and its 100% Pima cotton fibers mean that it is strong enough to last, even when the Stiger becomes your new go-to!
Product Details
Materials
- 8 (9, 10, 11) (12, 13, 14, 15) skeins of Purl Soho’s Picnic Cotton, 100% Peruvian Pima cotton. Each skein is 164 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 1280 (1420, 1585, 1720) (1890, 2045, 2225, 2435) total yards required. We used the colors Sugar Plum and Birch Wood.
- US 6 (4.0mm), 24-inch circular needles
- US 5 (3.75mm), 24-inch circular needles
- US 5 (3.75mm), 40-inch circular needles
- US 4 (3.5mm), 24-inch circular needles
- US 3 (3.25mm), 24-inch circular needles
- Stitch holders or scrap yarn
GAUGE
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in Openwork Stitch, after blocking
SIZES
48¼ (52¾, 57, 61½) (65¾, 70¼, 74½, 79) inches
To fit actual chest circumference of 30-33 (34-37, 38-41, 42-45) (46-49, 50-53, 54-57, 58-61) inches, with approximately 15-18 inches of ease
- Finished Chest Circumference: 48¼ (52¾, 57, 61½) (65¾, 70¼, 74½, 79) inches
- Finished Hip Circumference: 48¼ (52¾, 57, 61½) (65¾, 70¼, 74½, 79) inches
- Finished Length From Shoulder To Bottom Edge: 22¼ (23, 24, 24¾) (25¾, 26¼, 27½, 28¾) inches
- Finished Length From Center Back Neck to Bottom Of Sleeve: 28¼ (29¼, 30½, 31) (32, 33, 33½, 34¾) inches
Sample: The sweaters pictured here are size 52¾ inches, worn with 18¾ inches of ease. This is slightly outside the intended ease, but we still love it!
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Picnic Cotton
Julie Hoover's Stiger used 8 (9, 10, 11) (12, 13, 14, 15) skeins of Purl Soho’s Picnic Cotton to fit actual chest circumference of 30-33 (34-37, 38-41, 42-45) (46-49, 50-53, 54-57, 58-61) inches, with approximately 15-18 inches of ease. To use Sugar Plum for your version, add your skein count to your order!
