FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

33 (35½, 38, 40½, 44¼, 47¾, 51¼)" [84 (90, 96, 102, 112, 121, 130) cm] bust circumference, buttoned; shown in size 35½" [90 cm] with approx ½" [1 cm] positive ease / Suggested ease: Positive ½" to 2" [1 to 5 cm]

YARN:

/ 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins carrie's yellow 125 (yoke) / 4 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins storm 104 (body)

NEEDLES:

32" or longer circular in size US 8 [5 mm] / 40" or longer circular in size US 7 [4.5 mm]

GAUGE:

19 sts and 26 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with larger needles, after blocking

NOTES:

Each side of yoke is worked from center back to shoulders, then continued down sleeves. Stitches for lower body are picked up from yoke's bottom edge and worked to hem. Center front and neck edging stitches are picked up for trim. Cardigan fronts are shaped with short rows.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Provisional cast on (link provided), short rows, backward loop cast on (instructions included), increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches (instructions included).