Just because I really love ravens and crows. :)

A slouchy raglan v-neck cardigan with fair isle pattern on fronts and back, plain extra long sleeves with optional elbow patches and thumb holes, and mock rib hems. The cardigan is worked on a standard gauge machine with punch card facility without need for a ribber.

Skills required: Increasing and decreasing, working mock rib, hanging a hem, punching out blank cards (2 1/4 cards), knitting fair isle with a punchcard, seaming, picking up stitches for front band.

Sizes:
Finished bust 94cm/37” 99cm/39” 104cm/41” 109cm/43”
Shoulder to hem 56cm/22” 60cm/23.5” 61cm/24” 63.5cm/25”
Sleeve seams 46cm/18” 48.5cm/19” 48.5cm/19” 48.5cm/19”
Underarm to hem 32.5cm/13” 35cm/14” 37.5cm/15” 40cm/16”

The bust measurement above is the finished garment size. Choose a size based on your actual bust measurement plus or minus your desired amount of ease. Measurements in inches are approximate.

Yarn: Bendigo Woollen Mills 3 ply classic 100% wool, 500g cones, 2000m/cone
Main Colour: 1 x cone (actual use approx 150g) Col: Silver
Contrast Colour: 1 (1, 1.2, 1.4) x cones Col: Raven

Notions: 6 - 7 buttons of choice

Gauge: 32 sts x 40 rows in fair isle patterning and st st = 10cm/4”