The Let it Go Cardigan is totally seamless, apart from the shoulder seaming which you can do with 3 needle bind off if you wish; this means more knitting, less seaming YAY!
This magical Elsa Cardigan is knitted up flat and in the round in one piece from the waist up! It is very easily customisable in terms of length and colour, and because it’s knitted up with chunky needles it’s a pretty quick knit too!

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Sizing
1, 2, 3, 4, (5, 6, 7, 8)

Bust
28-62 inches

Length of Cardigan
48cm/ 18.8 inches- 57cm/ 22.4 inches

Note: The bust circumference of the Cardigan will only be achieved as written in the table if you get the correct gauge and stick to the pattern without customisation.
The length of the Cardigan will be as above if you stick to my instructions.

Ease

The ‘Let it go’ Cardigan has been designed to have between 7-13cm/ 3-5inches of positive ease, meaning that it will be roomy. Please size up or down if you wish for a looser or more snug fit.

Tension
In stocking stitch, with 7mm needles, working flat (one row knit, one row purl):
10 stitches = 9.5cm width
10 rows = 7cm

Materials
Size 7mm circular needles (or whichever size needle gets you the correct gauge) with an 80cm cord or longer and a shorter cord for the neckline ribbing. I used an 80cm cord for the entire cardigan and used the magic loop technique for the top of the sleeves!
Please use whatever size needles needed to get correct gauge
Size 6mm circular needles for the ribbing
BOR stitch marker
Stitch holder or scrap yarn to hold stitches
Darning needle for weaving in ends
3 x 20-30mm buttons! I got mine from etsy!

Yarns
Chunky Yarn which recommends using a 6-7mm needle. Please use 1 strand for this yarn!
Chunky singles by The Discrete Unicorn
Malabrigo chunky
James C Brett Marble Chunky
Rico so soft, so cool
James C Brett Lazy Days Super Chunky
​​Loops & Threads Charisma Bulky
The Women’s Institute Soft & Chunky
We Are Knitters Petite Wool

Aran/worsted Use 2 strands held together for this combination!
Drops Paris
BFL Aran by The Discrete Unicorn
Stylecraft Special Aran
Paintbox Cotton Aran
Paintbox yarns simply aran
DK Use 3 strands held together for this combination!
Drops Merino Extra Fine
Stylecraft Special DK
DK by The Discrete Unicorn
Hobbi amigo DK
Paintbox Yarns DK

Yarn combinations
Please use any combination of yarns held together that gets you the correct gauge. I am all for stash busting and making something beautiful out of what you already have in your yarn stash!

Yarn amounts
Because this pattern is a stash buster and different types of yarn can be heavier than others (e.g. cotton is heavier than merino) it is quite tricky to get an approximate yarn amount for this pattern. Please use the measurements below as a guide.
If using Double Knitting (DK) weight yarn with three strands held together you will need between 550 and 1300 grams.
If using Aran/Worsted weight yarn with two strands held together you will need between 600 and 1350 grams.
If using Chunky weight yarn you will need between 500 and 1100 grams.

Techniques/ abbreviations:
Knit: K
Purl: P
CO: Cast on
BO: Bind off
Kfb: Knit front and back
RS/WS: Right side of work- knit stitches facing you/wrong side of work- purl stitches facing you
S1:slip the first stitch on your right hand needle knitwise without knitting it
K1, K2, K3: Knit 1, 2, or 3 stitches
K2tog: Knit two stitches together
P2tog: Purl two stitches together
SSK: Slip Slip Knit
Stocking Stitch worked in the round: knit every stitch, on every row!
Stocking Stitch worked flat: Working repeats of two rows: Row- 1 knit all stitches, Row 2- purl all stitches
3 Needle Bind Off
Join in the round
Psso: Pass the slipped stitch over