Gauge:

• 22 sts x 32 rows = 4” in stockinette
• 22 sts x 33 rows = 4” in seed stitch
• 17-stitch lace panel = 3.25” wide

Stylistically the biggest changes I made were to knit the body of the cardigan shorter, knit the sleeves longer, and decrease the upper arm circumference:

• I knit the body of this cardigan 18” long instead of 21” long.
• I knit the bottom rib 2” long instead of 3” long.
• I knit the sleeves 17” long instead of 16.5” long.
• I made the sleeve upper arm circumference 12” per size XS instead of 12.5” per size S.

I also made a few changes construction-wise:

• For the rib I used a long tail cast on and started with a WS row.
• I worked the selvage stitches in stockinette instead of seed stitch or reverse stockinette.
• For the lace panel I used SSK instead of SKP for the left slanting decreases.

My row gauge was larger than the pattern’s and my seed stitch gauge was larger than the pattern’s so I made changes to the stitch and row counts.

For the back and fronts I used the XS stitch counts. I followed the XS instructions for the armhole and neck shaping for a cross back width of 13.25” instead of 13”. I worked 62 armhole rows instead of 66 rows.

Body:
-rib for 2” (15 rows)
-work even for 1.5” (12 rows)
-increase next row
-increase every 8th row x4
-work even for 2” (17 rows) - 77 rows, 9.5” long

Sleeves:
-cast on 45 sts
-rib for 1” (9 rows)
-work even for 1” (8 rows)
-increase next row
-increase every 8th row x3
-increase every 10th row x4
-increase every 12th row x3 - 67 sts
-work even for 2.5” (21 rows) - 139 rows, 17” long

Sleeve Cap:
-BO 5 sts x2
-decrease every row x3
-decrease every RS row x4
-decrease every 4th row x1
-decrease every RS row x9
-work 1 WS row even
-BO 23 sts - 36 rows, 4.5” long

I picked up 83 sts for the neck band per size XS.

For the button bands I cast on an extra stitch at the top and bottom edge per this button band tutorial so the edges of the button band would look neat. I picked up 93 sts along the fronts (5 sts for every 7 rows along the body, 2 sts for every 3 rows along the bottom rib) for a total of 95 sts including the extra cast on sts.

I worked the buttonholes on row 3 of the button band instead of row 4. Buttonhole row: Rib 2, YO, K2tog, rib 13, YO, K2tog, rib 13…YO, K2tog, rib 1.

I used seven 5/8” buttons from lotsofbuttons.com.

The measurements shifted a bit after washing the finished cardigan. The waist is larger, the length is shorter, and the cross back is wider.

-Back: 97g (266 yds)
-Fronts: 96g (263 yds)
-Sleeves: 156g (427 yds)
-Neck and Button Bands: 17g (47 yds)
-Seaming: 3g (8 yds)

Measurements:

• Bust: 35”
• Waist: 32”
• Length: 17.5”
• Body Length: 9.5”
• Armhole Length: 7.5”
• Cross Back Width: 14”
• Sleeve Length: 17”
• Upper Arm: 12”
• Lower Arm: 7”

Total Cost: $24.18

• Yarn: $20.18
• Buttons: $4.00