FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

33¼ (37, 40¼, 44, 47¾, 51, 55, 58)" [84.5 (94, 102, 112, 121.5, 129.5, 139.5, 147.5) cm] bust circumference, buttoned / shown in size 37" [94 cm] size with 7" [18 cm] positive ease

YARN:

/ iceland 153 / 8 (9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13) skeins

NEEDLES:

32" circular in sizes US 9 and US 11 [5.5 and 8 mm] / set dpns in size US 9 [5.5 mm]

GAUGE:

16 sts = 4" [10 cm] and 17 rows = 2" [5 cm] in basket stitch with smaller needles / 18 sts and 16 rows = 4" [10 cm] in star pattern with larger needles

NOTES:

Cardigan is knitted flat in pieces from the bottom up, then seamed. Set-in sleeves. Hood is picked up around neckline and shaped with short rows. Stitches are picked up and knitted around entire front edge. Sleeve cuffs have thumb holes.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Long-tail cast on (link provided), increasing, decreasing, three-needle bind off, seaming, backward loop cast on (instructions provided), short rows (instructions included). Charts and line-by-line instructions provided.