Top Down Lightweight Cardigan 123 Knitting Pure & Simple

Top Down Lightweight Cardigan is a summer cardigan knitting pattern by Diane Soucy for Knitting Pure & Simple (#123), in fingering weight yarn at a loose gauge so it's quicker to knit.

It's seamless and knitted from the top down with a scoop neck. You choose cap or short sleeves, and one button or several.

• Craft: Knitting
• Sizes: XS–XXL; finished chest 32–47" (81–119 cm)
• Yarn: Fingering weight, 750–1,396 yds
• Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) and US 5 (3.75 mm)
• Gauge: 24 sts = 4" (10 cm) in stockinette
• Notions: Button(s)
• Format: Printed pattern

Good for: summer knitting in fingering weight that doesn't take forever.