K1, (K2tog, K2) 2 times, (K2tog, K3) 8 times, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K1

In retrospect, I could have decreased even further on the sleeve cuff as it is still a bit loose.

I took a break before finishing the button band to work on a test knit…

I don’t like sewing and so I decided to do a knitted-on double knit button band:

• Using a US 5 long-corded needle, I picked up and knit around the entire button/neck band. I picked up at a rate of approximately 4 out of every 5 rows along the sides and in every stitch across the back of the neck.
• I placed locking stitch markers on right side of the cardigan button-band as indicated in the pattern.
• Starting at the bottom left corner of the button-band, where the yarn was already attached, I used a single double-pointed needle and a backwards loop cast on method to cast on 13 stitches on the left needle tip.
• I worked the following two double knitting rows (each pair of rows “using up” one of the picked up (live) stitches until I reached the first locking stitch marker.

Double Knitting WS Row: (s1wyif, k1)X6 , p2tog the last stitch with the first live stitch, turn work.
Double Knitting RS Row: k1, (s1wyif, k1) to last st

I used this vertical buttonhole tutorial without cutting the yarn as a model for how I made my button holes.

https://youtu.be/Wr6ChLj2QKc?si=DMg3ZBGF-gAud9YG

I made each buttonhole per the video above and made them three pairs of rows each with a double yarn over.

To bind-off the button band:
k1 (k2tog, slip the k2tog over the remaining k st)repeat to the end.