A 1980s design
The Footloose Lattice
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A boxy, cropped mid-1980s sweater covered all over in a woven lattice of small cables: narrow ribs travel across a purl ground and cross each other, over and under, like a basket weave. A deep crossed-rib welt and cuffs, square dropped shoulders and a folded funnel collar. The back and front are the same, with no neck shaping.
- Fit
- Boxy and cropped, about 12 in (31 cm) of ease at the bust
- Skill level
- Intermediate. A woven lattice of little cables all over, on very simple shapes.
- Sizes
- US 4 to 24 (UK 8 to 28, EU 36 to 56): 32 to 52 in (81 to 132 cm) bust
- Knit it
- Your choice when you make your pattern: flat, in pieces, as the original, or in the round to the underarms, with no side seams.
- Yarns
- Bulky / chunky, Worsted / Aran, DK / light worsted
- Original yarn
- Worsted (Aran), at about 24 sts and 20 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over the lattice. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 18 to 30 stitches per 4 in (10 cm)
- You get
- Your complete pattern straight away, to read on screen, print or save, plus an email link back to it
Super bulky yarn isn't offered (the cables turn stiff and lumpy), and nor is anything finer than DK: the bold lattice would shrink to a fine texture.
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What you'll get
- Every piece written out in full for your size and gauge
- Row counts with the length to check against, so you always know where you are
- Row-by-row planners for the tricky bits, where shaping happens on both edges at once
- Drawings of each piece with your measurements, and full making-up instructions
Every design is chosen by a knitter and checked against its original pattern. If you get stuck, email us and a real person will help.
This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over the lattice cable pattern itself, not plain stockinette (the pattern shows you how to knit the swatch). Cables draw the knitting in a lot. A yarn label's gauge is for plain stockinette, so it won't give the right size here. Here's how to measure your gauge.
