ramen cardigan

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I want­ed to make a cozy, sort of slouchy fall cardi­gan that one would want to relax in. I was going to name it some­thing poet­ic like “lake­side” to evoke the relaxed cot­tage vibe, but then I post­ed an in-progress pic­ture on social media and one of my friends com­ment­ed that it looked like ramen. And I thought, that’s a much bet­ter bet­ter name for it! After all, I can relate to relax­ing at home, watch­ing movies on TV and eat­ing ramen more than I can relate to relax­ing at the cot­tage, which I’ve actu­al­ly nev­er done in my life.

This is a very easy cardi­gan to make. It is based on the one row lace pat­tern by Mag­da Makes. I made an infin­i­ty scarf for a friend one year using the pat­tern and had a lot of fun, I fig­ure I would make an entire sweater with it :D

The cardi­gan is made of 5 rec­tan­gu­lar pieces. These pieces are seamed togeth­er, then a 2x2 rib is worked along the front pieces and back of neck for collar.

It has a loose-fit­ting body with fit­ted sleeves. It’s also made with a loose gauge, so it’s pret­ty plushy.

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Mea­sure­ments of my cardigan:
Bust = 40″
Sleeve cir­cum­fer­ence = 11″
Length = 21″

Size adjust­ments:
I made the cardi­gan to fit me, but since the con­struc­tion and stitch pat­tern is so sim­ple, it would­n’t be too dif­fi­cult to adjust size. To increase or decrease width, add or sub­tract mul­ti­ple of 4 stitch­es. 4 stitch­es = approx. 1″

I used:
Worsted weight yarn, approx. 1000 yards (more yarn will be need­ed if you’re mak­ing a larg­er cardigan)
7 mm straight needles
6 mm cir­cu­lar nee­dles, 29″

What I did:

Back

With larg­er nee­dles, CO 80.

Work k2, p2 rib for 8 rows.

Work 1 row lace pat­tern by Mag­da Makes until piece is 21″, or desired length, from CO edge. Fas­ten off loosely.

Right and Left Front (make 2)

CO 28.

Work k2, p2 rib for 8 rows.

Work 1 row lace pat­tern by Mag­da Makes until piece is 21″, or desired length, from CO edge. Fas­ten off loosely.

Sleeves (make 2)

CO 40.

Work k2, p2 rib for 8 rows.

Work 1 row lace pat­tern by Mag­da Makes until piece is 17″, or desired length, from CO edge. Fas­ten off loosely.

Col­lar

With right sides togeth­er, sew shoul­der seams together.

With small­er nee­dles and right side fac­ing, pick up an even num­ber of stitch­es even­ly up the front, across back the neck, and along the oth­er front. (approx. 1 st per row-end up/down front, and 1 st in each st across back of neck works for me)

Work k2, p2 rib for 8 rows, fas­ten off purl-wise.

Assem­bly

Find mid-point of sleeve, match this point to the shoul­der seam, pin sleeve to body, then sew sleeve to body with right sides togeth­er. Repeat for the oth­er sleeve. Sew sleeve and side seams togeth­er. Weave in ends.

Throw it on and be cozy! :D

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Hap­py autumn! :D

 

12 thoughts on “ramen cardigan

  1. such a love­ly car­di. I can knit but only items that do not require any fitting…I might give this a go. Thank you for such a love­ly pattern.

  2. You’re a genius! This is a won­der­ful sweater, and just what I’m look­ing for in a relax-around-the-house cardigan.

    Your blog is fan­tas­tic, and it’s the only one I fol­low all the time.

  3. Love the sweater and I agree, Ramen is a much bet­ter name for the cardi­gan. I don’t think I’d be as drawn to it if it was called Lake­side. It looks so comfy!

  4. Love the sweater but I would like to have it in a cro­chet pat­tern I think that maybe I’ll work and try to make one using cro­chet rather than eating

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