#33 One Button Cardigan by Mari Lynn Patrick

#33 One Button Cardigan

Knitting
March 2000
yarn held together
Worsted
+ Worsted
= Worsted (9 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 19 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch with 2 strands on larger needle
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
1935 - 2580 yards (1769 - 2359 m)
Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large
English

One-button v-necked cardigan with full-fashioned shaping and garter edges. Uses two strands of yarn held together throughout to achieve stated gauge.

From Vogue Knitting, Spring/Summer 2000:
“Mari Lynn Patrick’s graceful one-button cardigan looks great cropped at the hip or hitting just below.”

NOTE: see #33 One Button Vest in the same issue for a variation on this pattern.

Knitted measurements
Bust: 34 (36.5,39,41)“/86 (92.5,99,104)cm
Length: 29.25 (29.75,30.25,30.75)”/74 (75.5,76.5,78)cm
Upper arm: 13.75 (14.5,16,16.5)“/35 (37,406,42)cm

Materials
9 (10,11,12) 3.5oz/100g skeins (each approx 215yd/197m) of Brown Sheep Yarn Co. Cotton Fleece (cotton/wool) in color #CW-150 tan

One pair each sizes 9 (5.5mm) and 10 (6mm) needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
Size 9 (5.5mm) circular needle, 36”/92cm long
One .75”/20mm novelty button
Stitch markers