Description

Valley Yarns B2 Basic Cardigan isra women’s dropped shoulders sweater that is a great, simple cardigan that isrperfect to have in your closet. It’s great to throw on when it’srchilly and to have in multiple colors!

Finished Measurements: 36 (40, 44, 48, 52)” chest
rYarn Requirements:
r DK Weight – Approximate 1200 (1400, 1600, 1800, 2000) yards
r WorstedrWeight – Approximately 1000 (1200, 1400, 1600, 1800) yards
r BulkyrWeight – Approximately 800 (900, 1000, 1100, 1200) yards
rNeedles:
rIn a size that gives you the desired gauge and needles a size or tworsmaller for the ribbing, also 32” circular needles in the smaller size for therneck ribbing and button bands
rOther Materials:
rAny number of shank buttons (solid buttons with a single loop in back)
rSmall crochet hook that can fit through the shank of your buttons
rGauge:
rIt’s especially important to make a gauge swatch for this pattern.rKnit a large swatch (4” – 6” square) at the gauge you’d prefer for the yarn.rMost yarn has a recommended gauge on its tag, which is a useful guideline. Washrand block the swatch the same way you’ll wash the sweater. Measure how manyrstitches and rows you have in 4” (this helps accommodate for an uneven gauge),rthen divide by 4 to figure out how many stitches and rows you have perrinch.
rIn order to be knit at any gauge, directions are given in inches instead of arstitch count. So if the directions say to cast on 20” worth of stitches forryour size, and your gauge is 4 sts to the inch, you’ll cast on 80 sts.