Kannolla Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Kannolla cardigan is worked with Tukuwool DK and silk mohair on big needles. The loose, thick fabric drapes well and it warms you like a hug on a cold day. Please note that the cardigan is long, and the piece will stretch when soaked. The cardigan is worked seamlessly top-down, and the design is a simplified boxy cardigan. The shoulders are shaped with short rows.

The sample is worked with colours that mirror the Finnish forest landscape – grey and brown together with moss-coloured silk mohair that reminds me of the old dried-up tree stumps of a quiet forest. If you’re not a friend of heathered shades, try combining white and yellow wool with yellow silk mohair for a completely different colour scale.

Materials

A total 700 (700) 800 (800) 900 (900) 1000 g of Tukuwool DK 100 % Finnish wool, 250 m / 100 g

Colourways Auri (colour A), approx. 400 (400) 500 (500) 500 (600) 600 g and Nila (colour B), approx. 300 (300) 300 (300) 400 (400) 400 g

Silk Mohair such as Isager Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk, 212 m / 25 g) in colourway 68 (colour C), 200 (225) 250 (250) 300 (300) 300 g

Needles

US 8 (5.0 mm) and US 10 (6.0 mm) - 32’’ / 80 cm long circular needles

Gauge

15 sts x 19 rows = 4x4’’ / 10x10 cm in stockinette stitch worked flat on US 10 (6.0 mm) needle (after blocking)

Gauge in sleeves

15 sts x 23 rnds = 4x4’’ / 10x10 cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round on US 10 (6.0 mm) needle (after blocking)

Sizes 1 (2) 3 (4) 5 (6) 7, shown in size 3

Finished measurements, recommended ease 10’’ / 25 cm positive ease at bust circumference

Bust circumference 44 (48.25) 52.5 (55.75) 60 (64.25) 68.5’’ / 110 (121) 131.5 (139.5) 150 (161) 171.5 cm

Body length from underarm 24.75’’ / 63 cm

Upper arm circumference 19.25 (20.75) 21.75 (22.5) 24 (24.5) 27.25’’ / 48 (52) 54.5 (56) 60 (61.5) 68 cm

Sleeve length 19.75’’ / 50 cm

Scye height 9.5 (10.5) 11 (11) 12 (12) 13’’ / 24 (26) 27.5 (27.5) 30 (30) 32.5 cm

Neckline depth 12.75 (13.5) 13.5 (13.5) 15.25 (15.25) 15.25’’ / 31.5 (33.5) 33.5 (33.5) 38 (38) 38 cm