Size: A (B) C (D) E (F) G (H)
Finished garment circumference: 99 (108) 119 (130) 137 (146) 152 (159) cm
(measured under the sleeve and including the button band on each front piece)
Length (mid back): 46 (47) 48 (50) 52 (54) 56 (58) cm
(measured from the transition between the button band and the yoke)
Gauge (brioche stitch knit flat, after wash/blocking):
9 sts x 16 brioche knit rows on 8 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Suggested needles:
8 mm (US11; 40, 80 and 100/120 cm) circular needles,
a single 8 mm double-pointed needle for working the double-knitted button band (optional),
6 mm (US10; 80 cm) circular needles or double-pointed needles for twisted rib edges (sleeves)

You’ll also need:
8 stitch markers
2 stitch holders (or some waste yarn to hold the resting sleeve sts)
Optionally 3-5 buttons (22-28 mm)

Suggested materials:
Suggestion 1: 350 (350) 400 (450) 500 (550) 550 (550) g of Puno from Gepard Garn (50 g = 110 m) held together with 100 (100) 125 (125) 125 (150) 150 (150) g of Kid Seta from Gepard Garn (25 g = 210 m)

Suggestion 2: 450 (500) 550 (600) 600 (700) 750 (750) g of Hip Wool from HipKnitShop (50 g = 80 m)

Suggestion 3: 500 (600) 600 (700) 700 (800) 900 (900) g of The Petite Wool from We Are Knitters (100 g = 140 m)

About the design
The FAB cardigan monochrome is a loose-fitting raglan cardigan worked from the top down in one-color brioche stitch. Thanks to its raglan construction, it’s knitted in one piece; after you’ve worked the yoke with raglan increases, the sleeve stitches are placed on stitch holders to rest while the body is finished. The yoke and body are worked in brioche stitch knit flat. After finishing the body, a double-knitted button band (with or without buttonholes) is worked along the front pieces and neckline. Lastly, the sleeve stitches are picked up again and worked straight in brioche stitch in the round. Both body and sleeves are finished with a twisted rib edge.

Note. The original FAB cardigan (worked in two-color brioche stitch) can be found here.

A note about sizes
The cardigan is designed to have a positive ease of approx. 20-30 cm for sizes A-E and 15-20 cm for sizes F-H, meaning that the circumference of the finished garment (after wash and blocking) should be 20-30 cm (A-E) or 15-20 cm (F-H) wider than your widest upper body measurement.

Level and techniques
The level of the FAB cardigan monochrome is intermediate, and the pattern is written only.

The pattern includes the following techniques:

• Long tail cast-on (slingshot method)
• Brioche stitch knit flat
• Brioche stitch in the round
• Brioche increase: kyok (knit yarn over knit)
• Left-leaning increase (m1L)
• Twisted rib (k1tbl, p1tbl)
• Backwards loop cast-on
• Italian cast-on and Italian bind-off
• Picking up stitches
• Double-knitting

About the depicted versions:

• The multicolored sample is a size C with no added elasticity in the ribbing on the body. It’s knitted in The Petite Wool from We Are Knitters in the color Hand-Painted.

• The test knitters’ versions are made in one strand of Puno from Gepard Garn held together with one strand of Kid Seta from Gepard Garn.