Plum blossom

Plum blossom is a simple button up cardigan with sweet embroidery to delight every little girl. The garment is worked in one piece to underarms and the gently puffed sleeves are picked up at the armhole and worked from the top down. The only seams to sew are the sleeve seams. Full charts for duplicate st and instructions for embellishments included.

Actual chest measurement (child) 40.5 (43, 45.5, 48, 50.5, 55, 57.5, 60, 62.5, 66.25, 70) cm/16 (17, 18, 19, 20, 21.75, 22.75, 23.5, 24.5, 26, 27.5)”

Yarn: Sublime Organic Merino Wool DK 113 yards (103 meters) per 50 grams/1.76 ounces 100% Organic Merino 2 (2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8) balls 4 ply (fingering) weight yarn: small amount in pale pink for blossoms. DK weight yarn: small amount in brown and rose pink for branches and buds.

Buttons: 4 (4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8) 12mm (1/2’) buttons to coordinate with main yarn 2 buttons that coordinate with yarn used as blossoms

Needles: 3.25mm/US3 60cm/24” o