Respectable Raccoon cardi is a cardi for any event perfectly respectable!

This is a pattern for a circular yoked cardigan worked from the top down and using the Fair-Isle colourwork technique and a centre steek.

yarn:
Cashmere 8/28NM DK Weight by, ColourMart
DK; 100% Cashmere goat
574 yards / 150 grams
approx yarn amounts (without waist shaping):
MC - 855 (905, 1095, 1215, 1335, 1500) yds/780 (830, 1000, 1110, 1220, 1370) m
CC1 - 100 (100, 110, 110, 125, 135) yds/90 (90, 100, 100, 115, 125) m
CC2 - 20 (20, 20, 20, 25, 25) yds/ 20 (20, 20, 20, 25, 25) yds
CC3 - 100 (100, 110, 110, 125, 135) yds/90 (90, 100, 100, 115, 125) m
and CC4 - 20 (20, 20, 20, 25, 25) yds/ 20 (20, 20, 20, 25, 25) yds
needles:
3.5mm (us no 4) circ. needle 32”/80 cm long
3.75mm (us no 5) circ. needle 32”/80 cm long for button band
4.0mm (us no 6) circ. needle 32”/80 cm long
4.0mm (us no 6) DPNs (for sleeves)
Some knitters work stranded and on-coloured at different gauges. Change needles as needed to keep gauge the same throughout.
gauge:
22 sts and 28 rows = 4 in/10 cm over stranded stockinette on 4.0mm needles
approximate size:
chest circ XS (S, M, L, XL, 2X), buttoned
30.25 (34.5, 39, 42.5, 47, 51) in/77 (87, 99, 108, 119, 129.5) cm
additional tools:
needle to weave in ends, st markers, st holders/waste yarn, 8 - 11 buttons 15mm
sample shows TGB2668 metal buttons from Textile Garden