Mrs. Hall's Midsummer Cardi
This pattern started with an all-over floral colorwork piece named Midsommar that I made to wear on cool nights on a Baltic cruise. I loved the motif so much that I spent the summer knitting variations of Midsommar, including a yoke version inspired by 1940’s short-sleeved knitwear. I love the versatility of short-sleeve jumpers and wear them with skirts and overalls all year-round. I imagined a sweater that Mrs. Hall from Masterpiece’s All Creatures Great and Small would wear, covered by an apron as the season changes to fall—putting up blackberry jam or making this Blackberry Apple Crisp. I pictured her wearing it into winter, spreading jam on buttered bread and fondly remembering long warm summer days. I loved the short-sleeve top so much that I decided to make a long-sleeve version for colder days too. I hope you love your Mrs. Hall’s Midsummer Sweater as much as I love mine! Happy knitting! Thanks for knitting with me!
P.S. Blackberry Apple Crumble recipe is included in the pattern
Materials
Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Imbue Sport 190 yards per 50 g skein American Merino Wool
Main color: Crepe (cream) 250 (250, 300, 300, 300, 350, 350, 350, 400, 400, 400, 450, 450, 450) grams. Or approx. 815 (870, 948, 1007, 1065, 1123, 1181, 1299. 1357, 1413, 1472, 1531, 1591, 1650) yards
Contrasting Color: Boro (navy) 50 (50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 100, 100, 100, 100,100, 100, 100, 100) grams. Or approx. 132(142, 152, 172, 182, 192, 202, 212, 222, 230, 242, 252, 262 ) yards
Needles: U.S. Size 3 (3.25 mm) and 4 (3.5 mm) 32-inch or 40-inch circular needles for larger sizes. U.S. size 3 (3.25 mm) double-point needles. Size 4 double-pointed needles and/or 16-inch circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge). Tapestry needle. 9 – ¾ inch diameter buttons (or more if you’d like).
Gauge and swatch
20 stitches and 24 rounds = 4 inches on larger needles in colorwork.
20 stitches and 29 rounds= 4 inches on larger needles in single color
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
*Note: Swatch in both one color and in colorwork. You may need to knit the single-color part of the sweater with a smaller needle than the colorwork section. This is a common practice. The stitch gauge is the same throughout the sweater.
Sizes
1,2 ,3 (pictured), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Finished measurements
Chest: 32.75 (35.25, 37.5, 40, 42.5, 44.75, 47.25, 49.75, 52, 54.5, 57, 59.25, 61.75, 64) inches
Sleeve length: 17.5 (18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21) inches
Bracelet length:13 (13.5, 14, 14.5, 15, 15.5, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19) inches
Short-sleeve length:3 (3, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.75, 3.75, 3.75, 4, 4, 4, 4.25, 4.25)”
Body length: 12(13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15,15, 15, 16,16, 16) inches
Yoke: 8.75 (8.75, 9, 9, 9, 9.25, 9.5, 9.75, 10, 1,, 10.75, 10.75, 11.25, 11.25)
inches
Ease: 1.5” for fitted short-sleeved top and 1.5 – 4” for the long-sleeved cardi.
Skills used to make this sweater
longtail cast on
knitting
purling
knit 2, purl 2 ribbing
stranded colorwork
Ladder back Jacquard
steek securing and cutting
binding off
catching floats
binding off and decreasing with K2 together
picking up and knitting stitches
one row buttonholes
duplicate stitch
join to knit seamlessly in the round
ssk
k2tog
backward loop
slip stitch
knitting in the round
knitting flat
