The Nia Cardigan Pattern

The Nia Cardigan | Lightweight Tunisian Crochet Cardigan Pattern

The Nia Cardigan is a lightweight, cropped Tunisian crochet cardigan pattern with a relaxed fit, deep V-neck, striped fabric, and plenty of ways to customize the finished garment.

Choose between two very different yarn approaches. Alternate fingering weight yarn with a lace-weight fluff yarn such as suri or mohair for soft, airy stripes, or work Nia entirely in two colors of fingering weight yarn for a cleaner, more defined fabric.

The pattern includes instructions for both long and short sleeves, so you can create a version that works for your wardrobe and your climate.

Nia is designed as a cropped cardigan, but the fit is highly customizable. The pattern includes guidance for:

• adding extra body length

• adjusting sleeve length

• making the sleeves more fitted or more relaxed

• customizing the wrist fit

• adjusting button placement to suit your buttons

Nia is worked flat beginning at the bottom of the back panel. The back is worked upward and split for the neckline and shoulders. The front panels are then picked up and shaped to create the deep V-neck. Sleeves are picked up from the shoulder area and worked flat before the ribbing, button band, blocking, and seaming are completed.

The main fabric uses Tunisian simple stitch, making this a great garment project for an adventurous beginner or intermediate Tunisian crochet maker.

A full video tutorial is included to help with the construction and finishing techniques used throughout the pattern.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• PDF Tunisian crochet cardigan pattern

• Written instructions for 10 sizes

• Finished measurement and yarn requirement charts

• Long-sleeve instructions

• Short-sleeve instructions

• Two yarn options

• Guidance for adjusting body length

• Guidance for customizing sleeve length and fit

• Stitch dictionary

• Garment schematic

• Full Nia Cardigan video tutorial

SIZING

Sizes 1–10

Finished bust circumference:

33 (37, 41, 45) (49, 53, 57) (61, 65, 69) inches

The Nia Cardigan is designed for approximately 1–4 inches of positive ease and a relaxed, cropped fit.

Choose the finished bust measurement closest to your actual bust plus your preferred ease. If you are between sizes, size down for a closer fit or size up for a more relaxed fit.

YARN OPTIONS

Option 1:

Fingering weight yarn alternating with lace-weight suri, mohair, or a similar fluffy yarn.

Option 2:

Two colors of fingering weight yarn.

The yarns in the fingering + fluff version are worked separately rather than held together.

LONG-SLEEVE SAMPLE

Treehouse Knits A Bird May Love a Fish

Spruce Sock base

Treehouse Knits The Bunker

Truffula Cashmere Lace

Mohair or suri can be substituted for the lace-weight yarn.

SHORT-SLEEVE SAMPLE

Pigment and Ply Sweet Nothing

75/25 Sock

Pigment and Ply All My Mornings Are Mondays

75/25 Sock

GAUGE

19 stitches x 15 rows = 4 inches in Tunisian simple stitch, blocked

HOOKS

• 5 mm Tunisian crochet hook with cable, or size needed to meet gauge

• 4 mm traditional crochet hook, or approximately 1 mm smaller than the Tunisian hook

NOTIONS

• 4 buttons

• 2–4 stitch markers

• Blocking supplies

• Tapestry needle or other seaming supplies

The samples use four 3/4-inch buttons from Tinker’s Hollow.

SKILL LEVEL

Adventurous Beginner / Intermediate

You should be comfortable with the basics of Tunisian crochet. Techniques used include Tunisian simple stitch, picking up stitches, simple increases and decreases, traditional crochet ribbing, buttonholes, blocking, and seaming.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

A full Nia Cardigan video tutorial is included to walk you through the major construction and finishing techniques used in the pattern.

MAKE NIA YOUR OWN

Use fingering weight yarn with suri or mohair for soft, airy stripes.

Use two fingering-weight yarns for a cleaner, more defined fabric.

Make it long sleeved or short sleeved.

Keep the intended cropped fit or add extra body length.

Adjust the sleeves for a closer or more relaxed fit.

The Nia Cardigan was designed to give you a lightweight Tunisian crochet cardigan that you can truly make your own.