Cable knitting comes in weights. The heavy version is the fisherman's sweater everyone pictures; this is the other end of it - cables worked so fine they read as texture rather than as structure. Same technique, entirely different garment.
They run in narrow vertical ropes down the body and the full length of both sleeves, close enough together that no plain ground is left between them. The neckline is a simple ribbed round, the buttons are tonal so they disappear into the front, and the fit is relaxed without being oversized, with ribbed cuffs that turn back at the wrist.
It is a cardigan you can wear to something and then not think about again, which is rarer than it sounds in knitwear this decorative.
Details You'll Love
- Fine narrow cables - worked small enough to read as texture rather than structure.
- Full-length cabled sleeves - the pattern runs the whole arm with no plain ground.
- Tonal buttons - matched to the knit so they disappear into the front.
- Simple ribbed neckline - left plain against a densely patterned body.
- Relaxed cashmere fit - easy through the body without tipping into oversized.
