Jazz Cardigan Part 2 - Adding Buttonholes

After several iterations playing with colors, I think I landed on what I want. I'm going with a two-tone effect using Handmaiden Silken in Ocean and Mahogony. For some reason, the other colors just were not working together even though the skeins looked great side-by-side. This also gave me the opportunity to realize that the "small" is actually quite big as written in the pattern. So, I calculated an x-small based on my measurements. This is my first time doing this so I hope it is right.

Instead of casting on 315, I tried casting on 225 with the idea that I will add decreases at the waist and increases at the chest (the pattern does not include this but I didn't want a boxy sweater). The 225 sts did not produce an even number of chevron patterns across so I undid it and CO 240 sts. This worked well and there are now 20 even chevron patterns - which is important because I want to hide my increases and decreases in the two middle chevrons. I'm going to decrease 2 sts at 3" and 5" for the waist. I will then increase 2 sts at 7" and 10".

BUTTON HOLES
The pattern also does not call for buttons but if you prefer buttons over the hidden snaps (I think they pull), then here is how to work the one-row horizontal buttonholes (Vogue Knitting pg. 204):

• Work 20 rows
• With RS facing K1, SKP
• Bring yarn front, sl st purlwise, bring yarn back, sl next st, pass first slipped stitch over it, slip another st purlwise, psso
• Slip last stitch on right needle to the left needle and turn work
• Use cable cast on WYIB and CO 3 sts, turn work
• Slip the first stitch WYIB from the left needle and pass the extra cast on stitch over it to close the buttonhole

*continue in pattern...

More to come...