The Green Tea Cardigan was inspired by my morning cup of green tea. Designed with simple construction, it’s perfect for everyday casual wear in stockinette stitch. Both the body and sleeve lengths are fully customizable to your desired length, but keep in mind that you may need more or less yarn than listed in the pattern, depending on your adjustments.

Pattern construction
The Green Tea Cardigan is worked flat from top down with raglan increases on a circular needle. The cardigan is worked in stockinette stitch. You will start by casting on for the full width of neck then work the upper body with raglan increases until you reach the depth of the armhole. Sleeve raglan increases and body raglan increases are worked at different increase rates (modified) to ensure a better fit around the bust and upper arm circumference. After reaching the armhole depth, you will separate both sleeves from the body by putting sleeve stitches on hold. Then, you will knit the body, hem and bind off for the
body.
Next, you will transfer the sleeve stitches to the needle from the stitch holder then pick up and knit stitches, starting from half of the under arm cast-on and knit sleeve stitches around the armhole and pick up and knit other half stitches from the under arm cast-on and knit in a round until required length. Just before the cuff you will rapidly decrease the stitches in 2 rounds for the cuff before knitting the cuff and binding off. The front rib button bands are worked by picking up stitches along the front edges of the cardigan and formed the buttonholes at the same time. Lastly you will pick up the stitches for the neckband along the neck cast-on edge and knit in
1 x 1 ribbing before binding off.

Note: This pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knitted. (Please note that some sizes have not been test knitted due to a lack of testers. See below for details on the sizes that were test knitted).

The raglan increases for both the body and sleeves are charted in tables for each size, making the process hassle-free.

Additionally all technique tutorials are included within the pattern and are also available on my website.

Size guide:
The Green Tea Cardigan is designed to have 15 cm 6 inches of traditional positive ease across all sizes meaning it is designed to be 15 cm 6 inches larger in circumference than your bust measurement.
The sizes, XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL are designed to fit a bust circumference of 71-76 (81-86) 91.5-96.5 (101.5-106.5) 115.5-117 (122-127) 132-137 (142-147) 152-158 cm
28-30 (32-34) 36-38 (40-42) 44-46 (48-50) 52-54 (56- 58) 60-62 inches.
The schematic and finished measurements of the cardigan can be found on the page 15 of the pattern. Measure yourself before beginning your project, to determine which size will fit you the best. For example, if you measure 86 cm 33.75 inches around your bust (or around the widest part of your upper body) you should knit a size S. A size S cardigan has a bust circumference of 98.5
cm 39.25 inches which in the given example would give you 15 cm 6 inches of positive ease.

(Sample was knitted in size S, the model has a bust circumference of 91.5 cm 36 inches).

Note: Size XS (4XL) 5XL have not been tested yet, if you are interested in knitting one of these sizes, feel free to contact me, and I will send you the pattern for free in exchange for your feedback on the pattern.

Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL

Finished bust circumference
88.5 (98.5) 109 (119) 129 (139) 149 (159) 170 cm
35.25 (39.25) 43.75 (47.75) 51.75 (55.75) 59.75 (63.75) 68 inches

Length (measured from back neck to hem)
49 (50) 51.5 (53) 54 (55.5) 56 (57.5) 58.5 cm
19.75 (20) 20.75 (21.25) 21.75 (22.25) 22.5 (23) 23.5 inches

Gauge
24 sts x 32 rows in stockinette stitch on a 4 mm US 6 size knitting needle measured in 10 x10 cm 4 x 4 inches after blocking

Needles
Circular needle: 4 mm US 6 / 40, 60, 80 and/or 100 cm 16, 24, 32 and/or 40 inches and 3.25 mm US 3 / 40, 60, 80 and/or 100 cm 16, 24, 32 and/or 40 inches
Double pointed needle: 3.25 mm US 3ou use magic loop Method

Materials
213 (234) 258 (286) 315 (349) 379 (415) 449 g of Sunday by Sandnes Garn 50 g = (100% merino wool) / 235 m / 257 yds in color Sunny Lime (9825) Held together with
118 (129) 143 (158) 174 (193) 210 (230) 249 g of Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn 25 g = (57% wool + 28% silk + 15% wool) / 212 m / 232 yds in color Sunny Lime (9825)

Further Yarn Suggestion: Merino by Knitting For Olive 50 g = (100 % extra fine merino) / 250 m / 274 yds Held together with
Soft Silk Mohair by Knitting For Olive 25 g = (70 % mohair + 30 % silk) / 225 m / 247 yds

OR Any fingering weight yarn held together with lace weight yarn, or a light single dk weight yarn

In metres / yards:
1008 (1105) 1219 (1353) 1496 (1675) 1825 (2013) 2184 metres
1103 (1209) 1334 (1480) 1637 (1832) 1996 (2202) 2389 yards

Notions
8 stitch markers, tapestry needle, 7 buttons (13mm), 2 stitch holders (or scraped yarn)

Skill Level
Beginner-Intermediate

Schematic