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Dreaming of the perfect lightweight lace cardigan for summer? Meet the Noura Cardigan! This seamless, top-down design brings elegance and ease together, with sleeves worked simultaneously with the yoke for a smooth and interesting construction. Featuring a simple, intuitive lace stitch pattern that’s easy to memorise, this cardigan is as fun to knit as it is beautiful to wear.

Designed for fingering or sport weight yarns, the Noura Cardigan shines in solid colours that let the lace details take centre stage.

This advanced intermediate pattern is perfect for knitters who love a challenge, requiring ability to read charts and your knitting, and incorporating newly increased stitches into a lace pattern. Along the way, you’ll explore fun techniques with the support of detailed close-up demo videos.

If you need extra help, join the Zanete Knits group on Skool to access the full course: How to Knit the Noura Cardigan.

P.S. If you’re a confident lace knitter, for a more uniform all-over lace look you can replace the stockinette sections with partial lace repeats, making sure to adjust the increases and decreases to maintain a balanced stitch count.

Let’s bring your dream summer cardigan to life!

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Difficulty: Advanced Intermediate. Requires ability to read charts and your knitting, and incorporate newly created stitches into a lace pattern.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished bust circumference:

• 85 (95, 105, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165) cm
• 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66)”

Designed to be worn with 0-10 cm / 0-4” positive ease around the chest.

Yarn: Fingering or Sport weight yarn. Depending on the length of the cardigan and chosen shaping option, allow approximately (includes extra for swatching):

• 995 (1095, 1220, 1320, 1435, 1550, 1690, 1795, 1935) m
• 1090 (1200, 1335, 1440, 1570, 1695, 1845, 1965, 2115) yds

Yarn used in the sample (Size 2) is 5 balls of Lang Yarns Vaya (74% Cotton, 15% Merino extra-fine, 10% Yak; 200 m 219 yds / 50 g) in colour 0094.

Gauge: 1 lace pattern repeat (12 sts x 16 rows) = 5 x 5 cm / 2x2” worked flat on larger needles, blocked. (In stockinette, roughly 24 sts & 32 rows =10 cm / 4”)

Suggested needles:

• 3.75 mm (US 5) or size needed to obtain gauge; circulars 60-150 cm / 24-60″ long and (optional) DPNs for small circumference knitting.
• 2.75 mm (US 2) circulars 60-150 cm / 24-60″ long and (optional) DPNs for small circumference knitting.

Notions: Stitch markers, row counter, scissors, tape measure, stitch holders or waste yarn, tapestry needle, 7-10 12 mm / ½” buttons.

Techniques used: Lace knitting, lifted increases, Backwards loop cast-on, knitting in the round, yarnover buttonholes, Knotted k2tog bind-off.

Construction notes: The cardigan is worked seamlessly and flat from the top down. It starts by casting on stitches for the back neckline and shaping the shoulders using lifted increases.

Stitches are then picked up along the back shoulders to create the front shoulders, working each side separately with increases to shape the front neckline.

Next, stitches are picked up along the front shoulder edges, and the yoke is worked in one piece down to the underarm. Increases are added along the neckline, sleeves, and body during this section.

The sleeves are separated, and the body is worked in one piece down to the hem. Optional waist shaping can be added, and the hem is finished with a twisted 1x1 rib and a decorative knotted k2tog bind-off.

The sleeves are worked separately in the round down to the cuffs, with decreases, and finished with the same twisted rib as the hem.

The neckband is added by picking up stitches along the neckline and working a twisted 1x1 rib flat to the desired height.

Finally, button bands are added by picking up stitches along the front edges and working twisted 1x1 rib, incorporating yarnover buttonholes.