FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: shoulder width: 12¼ (12¾, 13¼, 13¾, 14½, 15, 16, 17, 17½, 18)" [31 (32.5, 33.5, 34.5, 37, 38, 40.5, 43, 44, 45.5) cm] / bust circumference: 30 (33, 35¾, 38½, 42¼, 45¼, 47½, 50¼, 53¼, 57)" [76.5 (83.5, 91, 98, 107.5, 114.5, 120.5, 128, 135, 144.5) cm] / sample shown in size 13¾" [34.5 cm] shoulder, 38½" [98 cm] bust size / suggested ease at bust: 1" [5 cm] negative-1" [5 cm] positive YARN: lark / sedum 142 / 5 (6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10) skeins (main yarn) / chickadee / twig 119 / 3 (4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins (contrast yarn) NEEDLES: 16" circular in size US 9 [5.5 mm] / 24" circular in sizes US 1 and 5 [2.25 and 3.75 mm] / 32" circular in sizes US 3 and 5 [3.25 and 3.75 mm] / 32" or longer circular in sizes US 5, 7 and 9 [3.75, 4.5 and 5.5 mm] / needles of preferred style for working small circumferences in the round in sizes US 5 and 9 [3.75 and 5.5 mm] GAUGE: main yarn: 17 sts and 26 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with largest needle, after blocking / contrast yarn: 22 sts and 52 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with US 5 [3.75 mm] needle, after blocking NOTES: Cardigan is worked from the top down with set-in sleeves. Sleeve sts are picked up and knitted around armhole. Sleeve caps shaped with short rows. Stitches are picked up and knitted for front and neck bands. Skirt, inset pockets, cuffs, neckband, and button bands are worked in sport weight yarn. SKILLS REQUIRED: Long-tail, cable, backward loop, and purled cast ons, increasing, decreasing, short rows, working small circumferences in the round, picking up stitches. Tutorials and illustrations provided for most techniques. Go to Top-Down collection
