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 13¾" [34.5 cm] shoulder, 38½" [98 cm] bust size / suggested ease at bust: 1" [5 cm] negative-1" [5 cm] positive 

YARN:

 / kittywake 151 / 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14) skeins /  / kittywake 151 / 1 skein (for pockets)

NEEDLES:

16" circular in size US 9 [5.5 mm] / 24" circular in size US 5 [3.75 mm] / 32" circular in sizes US 3 and 5 [3.25 and 3.75 mm] / 32" or longer circular in sizes US 7 and 9 [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:

17 sts and 26 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with largest 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. Inset pocket linings are knitted in fingering weight yarn.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Long-tail, cable, and purled cast ons, increasing, decreasing, short rows, working small circumferences in the round, picking up stitches. Tutorials and illustrations provided for most techniques.