PROJECT DETAILS

    Status
    FO
  
    Started
    12/21/2022
  
    Completed
    5/25/2023
  
    Pattern Name
    April Cardigan
  
    Designer
    Petite Knits
  
    Measurements
    5'4" // B: 35, W: 26.5, H: 38.25
  
    Pattern Size
    XS
  
    Yarn
    Camel Palette Twist(100% wool) // Oat Aloft Mohair (72% Super Kid Mohair and 28% Silk) HELD TOGETHER; 4 LaMode 22mm white, beige, and camel colored buttons
  
    Needles
    US 6 (4 mm) body // US 4 (3.5mm) hem and cuff, US 2 (3.0mm) button bands/collar, 40" Circular

NOTES

This is my second April Cardigan. As predicted, this is fast becoming my TNT cardigan pattern. This pattern is worth every pattern. I kept my modifications from my first April Cardigan. I decided to go down a size to XS.

MODIFICATIONS

TIP: I only used the fingering weight yarn (not the mohair held double with the fingering weight yarn) for the Italian Bind Off. This helped the yarn not tangle as I worked with a very long tail for sewing the bind off.
Button band: Instead of doing a button band with ribbing, I decided to knit the button band from the Champagne Cardigan. That button band is double knit and adds a nice finished look to the final cardigan.

RESOURCES

Knitting Increase Calculator // Website
No Holes For Sweater Sleeves // Suzanne Bryan // Youtube
Tubular CO in the Round (1x1 Ribbing) // Knitting with Suzanne Bryan // Youtube
Difference between Italian Bind Off vs Tubular Bind Off // Knitting with Suzanne Bryan // Youtube
Kimmie Munkholm // Champagne Cardigan Button Band + Buttonhole // Youtube (Button Band) + Youtube (Buttonhole)
Double Knit Button // Cotton Gin and Tonic // Part 1 (Youtube) & Part 2 (Youtube)
Attaching Vertical Button Bands // Knitting the Stash // Youtube
Handknitter’s Double Knit Button Band // Into the Wool // Website
Covered button tutorial // KDD & CO // Website

Final Thoughts

For some reason the button band on this version feels perfect - buttoned or unbuttoned.

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