A chunky, boxy, and cropped cardigan! This cardigan has a simple construction, the body and sleeves are worked flat while the button band is picked up and worked in the round. It has wide sleeves and straight panels. The cloud spots are created using intarsia.

Measurements (all measurements are done with the piece flat):
XS:
Width - 18”
Length - 14”
Sleeve - 14”

Small:
Width - 20”
Length - 15”
Sleeve - 15”

Medium:
Width - 22”
Length - 17”
Sleeve - 17”

Large:
Width - 24”
Length - 19”
Sleeve - 19”

XL:
Width - 26”
Length - 21”
Sleeve - 21”

2X:
Width - 28”
Length - 23”
Sleeve - 23”

3X:
Width - 30”
Length - 25”
Sleeve - 25”

4X:
Width - 32”
Length - 27”
Sleeve - 27”

5X:
Width - 34”
Length - 29”
Sleeve - 29”

Materials:

• 1 Pair of 12 mm circular needles, 24”-36” cord
• 3 (3) 4 (4) 4 (5) 5 (5) 5 skeins of background color -2 (2) 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 3 (3) 4 skeins of cloud color -All yarn is 200g/80m (super bulky weight)

Gauge:
8 stitches x 12 rows makes a 4”x4” square

The pattern is suitable for advanced beginners since it does use intarsia to create the clouds. This is not meant to be someone’s first knitting project, but it is suitable to be a first intarsia project!

Check on my instagram @karas.knit.eng and the tag #headinthecloudscardigan for more images!