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Pyramid Cardigan is a follow up of my pattern Pyramid tee. The cardigan is unlike your usual cardigan. It is fully reversible and can also be worn back to front, giving you a total of 4 different options. It is worked seamlessly from the top down, making it easy to adjust the length.

This cardigan is designed with inclusive sizing in mind, designed to fit actual bust sizes from 76 cm / 30 inches to 171 cm / 67 inches. Measurements are given in both cm and inches.

Materials

Yarn

Worsted weight

Shown here: Malabrigo Rios (100% Merino; 192 m/210 yds, 100 g/3.53 oz ball; color Natural): 3 (3, 3, 3, 4) {4, 4, 5, 5, 5} skeins

Yardage requirement:

395 (445, 490, 540, 610) {650, 725, 775, 855, 890} m / 430 (485, 535, 590, 665) {710, 790, 845, 935, 975} yds, including 10% allowance

Needles

4.5 mm / US 7 circular needle of length 60 - 100 cm / 24 - 40 inches or longer, depending on your size; adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

4 mm / US 6 needles in your preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round, for the sleeve edgings.

Notions

6 snap buttons about 2 cm / 0.75 inch in diameter (the sample uses transparent plastic snap buttons); removable markers (for marking button placements); stitch markers; yarn needle; waste yarn

Gauge

18.5 sts x 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in Stockinette stitch on larger needle, blocked

26.5 sts x 25 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in Twisted Rib on larger needle, blocked and unstretched

Sizes
#sizeinclusive

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) {6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

This garment is intended to be worn with about 0-5 cm / 0-2 inches positive ease.

Shown in size 1, modeled with no ease.

Finished Measurements

Bust circumference: 78 (89, 99.5, 108.5, 121.5) {130, 143, 149.5, 162.5, 171} cm / 30.75 (35, 39.25, 42.75, 47.75) {51.25, 56.25, 58.75, 64, 67.25} inches

How to choose your size: Measure a sweater in a similar style in your closet or add the amount of desired ease to your actual bust measurement, pick the size closest to that number. For example, if you want 5 cm / 2 inches of positive ease and your bust measurement is 94 cm / 37 inches, you should pick size 3.

Required Skills

Decreases, increases, long-tail cast-on, provisional cast-on