Make your Daisy Chain Cardigan.
Knit an easy-to-wear, open-front cardigan with drop shoulders and a simple stocking-stitch fabric. Baby Blossom Chunky creates the flowers and colour changes as you knit.
Finished design shown. Select the pattern and materials you would like to buy.
THE DETAILS BEHIND YOUR MAKE
Get to know your project
Explore the design and check the materials before you start.
About Daisy Chain Cardigan
Knit an easy-to-wear, open-front cardigan with drop shoulders and a simple stocking-stitch fabric. Baby Blossom Chunky creates the flowers and colour changes as you knit.
Buy the printed pattern alone or build your project with your chosen yarn and tools. Photographs show finished designs; finished items are not included.
The pattern at a glance
- Pattern
- Hayfield 5568 · Daisy Chain Cardigan
- Technique
- Knitting
- Yarn
- Hayfield Baby Blossom Chunky 100g · approximately 155m per ball
Choose your yarn shade
Hayfield Baby Blossom Chunky 100g blends 70% acrylic and 30% nylon. Choose one shade for your project; the yarn creates the floral details and stripes as you knit.
The original is shown in Budding Babe (356).
Baby Blossom DK and Chunky are different yarn weights. These quantities apply to the specified Chunky yarn only. Colour placement varies with stitch count and tension.
Sizes & yarn quantities
| Age size | 100g balls |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 2 |
| 2 years | 2 |
| 3 years | 2 |
| 4 years | 3 |
Age sizes are a guide. Check the leaflet measurements before choosing your size. Each selection supplies one garment.
Follow the published pattern tension. Changing the length or fit may require extra yarn. Order the full quantity together; contact us for help checking dye lots.
Needles & finishing tools
One pair each of 5.5mm and 6.5mm straight knitting needles.
Choose KnitPro Zing or Symfonie straight needles, or use your own matching needles. No interchangeable cable is needed.
This edge-to-edge cardigan has no button fastening. A tapestry needle and scissors are useful for finishing.
Before you start
Make a tension sample in the stitch specified in the leaflet and adjust needle size if needed. The project tension may differ from the yarn-label tension.
A tapestry needle and scissors are useful for finishing and are not automatically added. Follow the yarn label for washing and care.
What you will receive
Pattern only: one printed Hayfield 5568 knitting pattern leaflet, with no yarn or tools.
Build my project: the displayed number of 100g balls in your chosen shade, plus only the pattern and tools you select. Untick the pattern if you already own it. Each item and its price appears separately in your cart.