This is a cardigan of cozy elegance, with 6-9” of built in ease. Knitted from the bottom up, and consisting of 5 seamed pieces, it begins with 1x1 ribbing, then transitions into a 2-row stitch pattern on the back, fronts, and sleeves. The neck shaping on the fronts lowers the fronts of the funnel neck collar below the shoulder line. Following the shoulder seaming, stitches are picked up around the neckline and worked in ribbing, which is then folded in half, and stitched in place to form the funnel neck collar.
The final finishing consists of:
1) side seaming
2) sleeve seaming to form the dropped shoulders
3) fold over front facings, sewn down to inside of each front
4) hand sewing a zipper to the inside of the front facings; the top of the zipper is tucked and sewn into the top of collar