Taylor Swift Folklore-Inspired Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Back in 2020, Taylor Swift delighted music fans and knitwear lovers alike with her album folklore, which has a song called “Cardigan,” the music video of which features that article of clothing.

She also sold cardigans like the one in the music video and sent them to friends and others around the same time the album came out.

If you are looking for the crochet version we found that one too.

The original cardigan is a cable knit and textured sweater with blue stripes on the cuffs and button bands, and appliqued silver stars on the sleeves. There have been several knit replicas of the pattern made through the years, but I recently came across the Folklore Cardigan at Lion Brand’s website, which is a nod to the original but also a great classic cardigan in its own right.

Like the original, this pattern includes bands of braided cables and textured knitting on the fronts, as well as diamond cables on the sleeves and back. Add your own star appliques if you want to complete the look.

This one is still oversized but has a bit of a sleeker fir than the one in the music video. It uses worsted weight yarn in two colors (cream and navy are classic) and comes in three sizes, with chest measurements ranging from 45 to 60 inches (114.5 to 152.5 cm).

Because the pattern includes several different cables and stitch patterns it is considered best for intermediate knitters.

You can grab the free pattern, or a full kit to make the sweater at Lion Brand.

As I mentioned there have been a few different versions of this style of sweater pattern over the years, so if you want to check out a few others, you can find the Folklore Cardigan from Sewrella, which uses some more complicated cables on the back and sleeves in addition to the diamonds.

Or try this one form Madeline Tosh, with a variety of braided cables and diamond patterns.

Have you ever knit a Folklore cardigan? I think these would be great gifts for the Swifties in your life who might be in their cardigan era!

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]

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Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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