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Fishtail Lace Aran Jacket & Hat — PDF Pattern (digital download)

A classic button-front Aran cardigan with matching beanie: fishtail-lace hems, eyelet ridges, framed cable panels and double-moss texture for a timeless, wearable set.

What you’ll make: Women’s cardigan (set-in sleeves, front buttonbands, neat folded neckband) plus a cabled hat worked flat and seamed.

Sizing / Measurements: To fit bust 32/34, 34/36, 36/38 in (finished widths approx 42, 44, 46 in / 106, 112, 117 cm); back length approx 24, 25, 26 in; sleeve length approx 17, 17½, 18 in; hat width approx 19½ in (49 cm) laid flat.

Yarn: Aran-weight. Jacket only — 32/34: 8 × 100 g (or 15 × 50 g); 34/36: 8 × 100 g (or 16 × 50 g); 36/38: 9 × 100 g (or 17 × 50 g). Hat only — all sizes: 1 × 100 g (or 2 × 50 g). Combined set — 32/34: 9 × 100 g (or 17 × 50 g); 34/36: 9 × 100 g (or 18 × 50 g); 36/38: 10 × 100 g (or 19 × 50 g).

Needles & notions: 4 mm (UK 8 / US 6) and 5 mm (UK 6 / US 8) needles; cable needle; 7 buttons.

Tension (gauge): 19 stitches × 24 rows = 10 cm over stocking stitch on 5 mm needles.

Yarn Suggestions: UK—Rowan Kid Classic; Sirdar Hayfield Bonus Aran; Wendy With Wool Aran. US/Canada—Cascade 220; Lion Brand Wool-Ease. Antipodean—Naturally Loyal Aran (10-ply).

Construction notes: Hems in fishtail lace; eyelet-ridge transition; body features mirrored textured panels with a central 20-st cable column; fronts include a travelling cable that twists every 6th row; set-in sleeves worked with paneling; buttonband and buttonhole band in double moss stitch; neckband picked up and folded to the inside; hat features repeating cable columns with crown decreases and a seamed finish.

Skill level: Intermediate (comfortable with reading panels, simple cables, yarn-overs, centred double decreases, and tidy finishing).

Images / Credits: Copyright Marle & Row, 2025.

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