Gauge:

• Unwashed: 17 sts x 8 rows = 4” in pattern
• Washed: 17 sts x 9 rows = 4” in pattern

The yarn ball band says not to dry this yarn but I dried it anyway. This affected my row gauge.

This cardigan is much more oversized than it appears in the pattern photos. If I were to make this again I would make the sleeves 1” shorter and I would reduce the sleeve upper arm circumference by 2”.

I joined the shoulder seams using slip stitch. I used the woven seam from The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet for the other seams.

I sewed the sleeves to the armholes before sewing the side seams and crocheting the border.

The only changes I made to the pattern were to decrease the upper arm circumference and make the sleeves shorter.

I increased to 63 sts instead of 65 sts for an upper arm circumference of 14.5” instead of 15”.

I crocheted the sleeves 17” long instead of 17.75” long. I changed the sleeve increase rate. I should have made the sleeves 16” long.

-Rows 1-14: increase every other row - 53 sts
-Rows 15-29: increase every 3rd row - 63 sts
-Rows 30-37: work even

I would have liked if the pattern provided a bit more information about how to increase for the sleeves after row 8.

My Sleeve Increases:
-row 9: as row 1
-row 10: as row 2 - 49 sts
-row 11: as row 3
-row 12: as row 4 - 51 sts
-row 13: as row 5
-row 14: as row 6 - 53 sts
-row 15: as row 7
-row 16: as row 3
-row 17: as row 4 - 55 sts
-row 18: as row 5
-row 19: as row 1
-row 20: as row 2 - 57 sts
-row 21: as row 3
-row 22: as row 7
-row 23: as row 8 - 59 sts
-row 24: as row 1
-row 25: as row 5
-row 26: as row 6 - 61 sts
-row 27: as row 7
-row 28: as row 3
-row 29: as row 4 - 63 sts

-Back: 140g (382 yds)
-Fronts: 56g (153 yds)
-Border: 137g (374 yds)
-Sleeves: 140g (382 yds)

Measurements:

• Bust: 40.5”
• Length: 23.5”
• Body Length: 16.25”
• Armhole Length: 7.25”
• Sleeve Length: 17”
• Upper Arm: 14.5”
• Lower Arm: 9”

Total Cost: $40.77