If I were more careful about extra long yarn ends I could have finished this cardigan with 5 balls of yarn.

I knit size 32” instead of 36.5” because I thought the stitch pattern would look better with negative ease instead of positive ease.

My row gauge was larger than the pattern’s. I changed the sleeve cap shaping and I worked 12 rows of rib for the body and sleeves instead of 14 rows.

I used SSK instead of SKP and k2togtbl.

I knit this cardigan 16” long instead of 17.75” long. I knit the body 7.5” long instead of 9” long.

I made the front neck depth 8.5” long instead of 10.25” long. I started the front neck shaping at the same time as the armhole shaping instead of 24 rows earlier. I used the 6 row neck shaping repeat from Bookish Cardi x3 then decreased every 4th row.

I made six buttonholes instead of three. I used YO buttonholes instead of BO buttonholes. RS: rib 4, p2tog, YO, rib 4. WS: rib 4, YO, k2tog, rib 4.

I used a three needle BO to seam the neck band.

I used six 1/2” buttons from Amazon.

-Back: 86g/234 yds
-Fronts: 92g/250 yds
-Sleeves: 73g/199 yds

Measurements:

• Bust: 32”
• Length: 16”
• Body Length: 7.5”
• Armhole Length: 7.5”
• Cross Back Width: 12”
• Sleeve Length: 4.25”
• Upper Arm: 12”
• Lower Arm: 10.5”

Total Cost: $30.18

• Yarn: $29.28
• Buttons: $0.90