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Papa Vest

Knitting for men, especially for older ones, can be very frustrating: they don’t like anything that makes knitting so interesting: no cables, bold colors or rich textures, let alone lace! Knit something special for dad that incorporates colorwork, relaxing stockinette and no boring sleeves to knit.

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Leaf Lace Shawl

The Leaf Lace Shawl is a crescent-shaped, top-down shawl that’s completely seamless. It features a delicate leafy lace pattern in the center and a textured lace ribbing on the sides, all of which makes this shawl the perfect accessory for a holiday party. All three sections dissolve into a wavy edging that’s finished with a lovely elastic picot bind-off. If you aren’t familiar with that technique, check out our video tutorial below.

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Tree and Leaf Cardigan

Inspired by JRR Tolkien’s “Tree and Leaf” collection of fairy tales, Tree and Leaf is an asymmetrical, seamless cardigan mostly worked flat from the top down with short raglan sleeves. The design features an easy and fun lace panel for sleeves, front waist shaping and twisted rib edges.

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Diamond Trim Cardigan

The Diamond Trim Cardigan is an open and seamless piece worked mostly flat from the top down with short raglan sleeves. The design features an easy reversible lace pattern for the collar that, combined with the light mint yarn, makes this an essential summer cardigan.

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Fair Isle Series: Faux Isle Cardigan

These two colors of yarn were the inspiration for this cardigan. When the designer saw them, she knew they had to be used together in a sweater. The “Faux-Isle” band on the yoke of this top-down, set-in sleeve cardigan that creates the effect of fair isle, even though you’re only ever using one color per row! This pattern is also great for using up coordinating bits of leftover yarn.

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