This pattern is the DK version of the Prescott Cardigan (fingeringweight).  Worked from the shoulders-down, the set-in sleeves of Prescott DK are created simultaneously with the upper bodice in a technique originally described by Barbara Walker. A photo tutorial is included with the pattern to illustrate and help you along with the technique.

The button plackets are worked along with the bodice, and allow you to place as many or as few buttons wherever you like without having to plan ahead. You can skip buttons altogether, and lace it up with a matching ribbon instead. Shaping to the waist is accomplished along princess “seams” to allow for maximum customization. There is very little hip shaping, however, since the floral lace hem stretches quite a bit to fit. See “Some Thoughts About Fit” section of the pattern for advice on how to adapt the shaping to your own fit preferences.

Prescott DK is a part of Lyrical Knits’ Quabbin Series that takes inspiration from the four central Massachusetts towns that were disincorporated in the 1930s to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. The town of Prescott was a small farming community on a ridge above the western edge of the Swift River Valley. Apples were a main crop, and one can still see the occasional remains of an orchard in the Prescott region of the Quabbin’s watershed. The floral rib pattern of this cardigan reminded me of the apple blossoms that still grace this landscape.

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