The Bugging Out Cardi is a cropped, oversized cardigan with a slightly pulled in waist, big balloon sleeves and a ribbed button trim with a broken fisherman’s rib stitch all over. The body is worked as one then divided into three at the armholes, then the shoulder seams are joined using a three needle bind off, and the sleeves are knit as separate pieces and sewn in.

Using 6mm needles and aran weight yarn combined with the fisherman’s rib makes this lovely and airy whilst also being squishy and soft – the perfect transitional piece! The button trim is worked as a separate piece, so this would cardigan really lends itself to colour blocking on the trim and ribbing.

Materials:
4.5mm and 6mm long circular needles
900–1400m Aran/Worsted weight yarn
4 x 25mm buttons
Sewing up needle

Required Techniques:
Knitting
Purling
Rib stitch
Knitting in the row below
Mattress stitch
Seaming

Sizing:
XS = 90cm bust
S = 100cm bust
M = 110cm bust
L = 120cm bust
XL = 130cm bust
XXL = 140cm bust

Photo credits to @restless.stitches, @yarn.penguin, @theresilientstitch, @claudiasneedles, @eartherin, @knitsbykc and @Ninah_khairil.

This is a cropped cardigan, but instructions are given to lengthen it.

Please note, this pattern is for personal use only and is not to be resold, copied, or distributed.

If you have any problems whilst making the pattern, please send me a message through my Etsy shop or via my Instagram @pages.and.projects.

If you are an Instagram user, please tag me @pages.and.projects using #BuggingOutCardi, I would love to see your creation!

Happy knitting!

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