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Product Details
Lopes is a short sleeved wrap cardigan AND a skirt with pockets, made in any weight yarn, custom sized to your body.
This dual-function knitted garment is a flaring wrap cardigan with short sleeves that can be turned inside out and closed off to become pockets, when you refasten it around your waist and wear it as a wraparound skirt!
A drapey, loose gauge fabric and a drop-stitch pattern make Lopes very airy - a lightweight cardigan for spring and summer nights, or a sheer skirt which could be worn as a beach coverup, layered over another light-weight skirt or petticoat, or over opaque leggings or thick tights in cooler weather.
It’s written for any gauge (see weight/gauge notes below), sized to your measurements; choose a thin yarn for an extra lightweight item, or a thicker yarn (up to around worsted) in drapey fibers for a slightly heavier piece.
The pockets are indeed fully functional! Well, depending on how big you choose to make them. The bottoms get laced (
- Brand
- Independent Designer
- Craft
- Knitting
- Designer
- Lee Meredith
- Format
- Downloadable PDF
- Language
- English
- Number of patterns
- 1
- Pages
- 1
- Skill Level
- Intermediate