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Discover our new step-by-step guide and start a knitting project with confidence! This time, we're highlighting a design byMarie-Christine Lévesque, a real must-have for your wardrobe.
Marie-Christine Lévesqueis a Quebec designer renowned for her elegant and timeless designs. With a keen eye for detail and ingenious construction, she creates pieces that combine comfort and refinement, appealing to knitters of all skill levels.
The cardiganCocktailstands out for its elegant simplicity and timeless design. Knitted from the top down, seamlessly, it offers a clever construction where the button placket is knitted at the same time as the body. With its V-neckline perfect for layering and two sleeve options (semi-fitted or slightly puffed), this model adapts to all your desires.
For this project, we offer you a combination of yarns that is both luxurious and accessible:
Together, these two yarns create a light, refined and comfortable texture, perfect for highlighting every detail of your cardigan.
Join us to knit the cardiganCocktailand enjoy our live step-by-step instructions. With our guidance, this project will become pure pleasure, one stitch at a time!
Level: Intermediate
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Interchangeable needles of3.5 mmAnd4.5 mmwith a93 cm cableor fixed circular needles of3.5 mm / 100 cmAnd4.5 mm / 100 cm
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Description: Cocktail is the classic cardigan you'll want to wear every day. It features an interesting construction that allows the button placket to be knitted at the same time as the body while still providing a flattering fit through the shoulders. It has a V-neckline that's perfect for layering. The pattern includes two sleeve options: straight, slightly puffed sleeves or semi-fitted sleeves.
Thread size: DK (fingering + mohair)
Suggested yarn: Mozart (100 g = 350 m)
Suggested yarn: Chopin (22 g = 237 m)
Materials:
- 2 circular needles 3.5 mm / 100 cm and 4.5 mm / 100 cm
- wool needle
- closed stitch markers with clasp
- 5 to 8 buttons of 15 mm diameter
Sizes available: XS to 5XL, below you will find a table with the correspondence of all sizes and the corresponding footage.
Choose a size that is 3 to 8 cm larger than your chest measurement.
| Greatness | Chest circumference (cm) | Footage | Mozart (100g/350m) | Beethoven (100g/330m) | Chopin (25g/237m) |
| XS | 85 | 835 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| S | 93 | 960 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| M | 103 | 1100 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| L | 113 | 1315 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| XL | 123 | 1470 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2XL | 135 | 1685 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 3XL | 144 | 1780 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 4XL | 153 | 1955 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 5XL | 161 | 2060 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Language: French
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