Size:
(40, 42) 44 inch / (100, 105) 110 cm hip circumference

Materials used:
Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool – 5 skeins main color (lava), 3 skeins contrast color (ferrous red)
GGH Tiffany – 3 balls color #105 for ribbon

Needles: Three circular needles, each at least 40” long, US size 6 (XX mm) or size needed to obtain gauge (or, one circular needle, some scrap yarn, and a lot of patience as you transfer live stitches to yarn to hold them while you work on another part of the cardigan, and then transfer them back.)
Yarn sewing needle for Kitchener stitch
Stitch Markers (8)
Buttons (8)

Yarn substitutes:
Alternate color combination 1 (winter blue and white)
5 skeins Silky Wool woad for main color, 3 skeins chalk for contrast color
3 balls GGH Tiffany, color #101, for ribbon

Alternate color combination 2 (spring yellows)
5 skeins Silky Wool (yellow ochre), 3 skeins (brick yellow)
GGH Tiffany – 3 balls color #105

Alternate color combination 3 (summer flowers)
5 skeins Silky Wool (dawn rose), 3 skeins (lava)
GGH Tiffany – 3 balls color #1

Gauge:
20 stitches and 28 rows measured over 10cm (4 inches) in stockinette
Any stitch instructions
Stripe sequence
2 rows contrast color, 2 rows ribbon, 2 rows contrast color, 2 rows main color