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The Chillax Cardigan is a cropped, oversized cardigan, with saddle shoulders, wide balloon sleeves and snap buttons. It’s the perfect cardigan to pair with a dress, skirt or high waist pants. The striped sample is worked with a thick cotton yarn, the lilac sample is worked with an alpaca blow yarn.

The cardigan is worked top down with a saddle shoulder construction. The top part & body are worked flat, the sleeves are worked in the round. First, there are increases made for the front & back, then for the sleeves. The sleeves are quite wide, and there are decreases made just before starting to work the cuff. The button band is worked by picking up stitches and working stockinette stitch flat until it’s sewn to the wrong side. You can work the cardigan either in the 2 x 2 broken rib or in stockinette stitch and you can make it single colored, or follow the instructions for the stripes. 

The Chillax Cardigan is designed with a 20 - 30 cm
/ 8 - 12” positive ease. The lilac sample is made in size
1 & the striped sample is made in size 2, and my bust is
approx. 80 cm / 31½“.

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9

Finished Garment’s Measurements
Yoke circumference
(after all the increases):
163.9 (183.2, 190.9, 214.2, 224.5) 250.3, 260.6, 286.5, 296.8 cm

64½ (72⅛, 75⅛, 84⅜, 88⅜) 98½, 102⅝, 112¾, 116⅞”

Body circumference
(when buttons are closed) (A):
96.2 (107.8, 115.5, 125.8, 136.2) 149.1, 159.4, 172.3, 182.6 cm

37⅞ (42⅜ , 45½, 49½, 53⅝) 58¾, 62¾, 67⅞, 71⅞”

Body length from underarm (B):
23 (23, 29, 35, 35) 41, 41, 47, 53 cm

9 (9, 11⅜, 13¾, 13¾) 16⅛, 16⅛, 18½, 20⅞”, or desired length

Shoulder length (without button band) (C):
12.5 (12.5, 13.5, 14.5, 16.5) 17.5, 19.5, 20.5, 22.5 cm

5 (5, 5⅜, 5¾, 6½) 6⅞, 7¾, 8, 8⅞”

Armscye circumference (D):
41.9 (45.8, 47.1, 54.8, 57.4) 65.2, 67.8, 75.5, 78.1 cm

16½ (18, 18½, 21⅝, 22⅝) 25⅝, 26¾, 29¾, 30¾”

Sleeve circumference (E):
41.3 (49, 49, 59.4, 59.4) 67.1, 67.1, 77.4, 77.4 cm

16¼ (19¼, 19¼, 23⅜, 23⅜) 26⅜, 26⅜, 30½, 30½”

Sleeve cuff circumference (F):
17.8 (22.2, 22.2, 26.7, 31.1) 31.1, 31.1, 35.6, 35.6 cm

7 (8¾, 8¾, 10½, 12¼) 12¼, 12¼, 14, 14”

Sleeve length (G):
40 cm / 15¾” in all sizes, or desired length

Whole length:
54.6 (58.5, 65.8, 76.9, 79.5) 90.7, 93.3, 104.4, 113 cm

21½ (23, 26, 30¼, 31¼) 35¾, 36¾, 41⅛, 44½”

Gauge
15.5 sts x 20 rows/rnds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in 2 x 2 broken rib and stockinette stitch, with 6 mm / US 10 needles, after blocking.

Needles
5 mm / US 8 circular needles with a 60–100 cm / 24–40” cable for button band, hem & sleeve cuffs.
6 mm / US 10 circular needles with a 60 - 100 cm / 24 - 40” cable for the rest of the cardigan, and 6 mm / US 10 DPNs for sleeves if you don’t use the Magic Loop -technique.
Adjust needle size to match gauge.

Yarn
The cardigan is worked with one strand of an aran / worsted -weight yarn.

The striped sample is made with Drops Paris (100% cotton, 75 m / 82 yds per 50 g) in colors uni color 57 & 20.
The lilac sample is made with Drops Air (65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% wool, 150 m / 164 yds per 50 g) in color mix 41. Other options are for example Hjertegarn Cotton 8/8, Rainbow Cotton 8/8, We Love Yarn Recycled Cotton, Yarn And Colors Gentle, Viking Garn Alpaca Bris, Sandnes Garn Kos.
You can browse for more options here: www.yarnsub.com

Yarn like Drops Paris, for a striped cardigan:
Main Color
400 (400, 450, 450, 500) 600, 700, 800, 950 grams

Contrast Color
200 (200, 250, 350, 350) 400, 450, 500, 550 grams

Yarn like Drops Air, for a single colored cardigan:
300 (350, 400, 450, 450) 500, 600, 650, 750 grams

Other supplies
Stitch markers, scrap yarn or a stitch cable, tapestry needle, snap buttons (I used these https://www.filati-store.com/union-knopf/button-sew-on-sn... )

Techniques
Long tail cast on, knit & purl stitches, decreases & increases, working in the round & flat, backloop cast on -method, picking up stitches, binding off stitches, sewing a fold, sewing buttons

Stitch patterns:
2 x 2 broken rib stitch in the round:
Rnd 1: knit all stitches
Rnd 2: k 2, p 2, repeat * - * to the end of the rnd

2 x 2 broken rib stitch flat:
Row 1 RS: knit all stitches
Row 2 WS: k 2, p 2, repeat * - * to the end of the row

Stockinette stitch in the round:
Knit all rounds

Stockinette stitch flat:
Row 1 RS: knit all stitches
Row 2 WS: purl all stitches