This cardigan works up easily and doesn’t require much yarn at all. I used Caron Simply Soft Eco Yarn for this pattern and it required less than 3 skeins. The yarn is quite inexpensive, carries a weight pattern of 4 - medium weight, and has a fun distinction - every 10 skeins of Simply Soft Eco saves 6 plastic bottles from America’s landfills. How awesome is that?