Casual Ocean is a slouchy, drop-sleeved cardigan with an interesting wavy stitch pattern. Inspired by a record my Husband and I stumbled across whilst digging around second-hand shops in North Laine, Brighton, and bought purely for the fantastic sleeve, (think beautiful marble background, with a framed image of a painted posing dog and a young boy wearing a sailors outfit holding a posy, in front of a photo of an epic lightening storm over a lake… its a lot. Further research discovered it to be a prog rock record, with some very mixed reviews according to all the Internet ‘experts’. All of that inspired a slightly psychedelic stitch pattern and some fun pops of colour.

Frankie wears the 3rd size and was a 37 ½” bust.
Indigo version is sport weight for which the instructions are for.

The natural dark wool version is a DK weight yarn, knit in the 1st size and Frankie has a 40” bust.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Chest Circumference (Actual size of garment)
83 (97.5, 112.5, 127, 142, 157, 172, 187, 202, 217, 232) cm / 32 ½ (38 ½, 44 ½, 50, 56, 62, 68, 73 ½, 79 ½, 85 ½, 91)”
–worn with 12–25 cm / 5–10” positive ease.

Armhole depth
16 (18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 25.5, 27, 28, 29, 30.5) /
6 ¼ (7, 7 ¾, 8 ¼, 9, 9 ¾, 10, 10 ½, 11, 11 ½, 12)”
Neck (before neckband)
21 (22.5, 23, 23.5, 25, 26, 26, 26.5, 27, 27.5, 28.5) cm /
8 ½ (9, 9, 9 ½, 10, 10, 10, 10 ½, 10 ¾, 11, 11 ½)”
Upper Arm Circ
33.5 (33.5, 41, 41, 41, 48, 48, 48, 56, 56, 63)cm / 13 (13, 16, 16, 16, 19, 19, 19, 22, 22, 23)”
Sleeve length
26.5 cm / 11”
Cross Shoulder width
37 (45, 52, 60, 67, 74.5, 82, 89.5, 97, 104, 112) cm / 14 ½ (17 ½, 20 ½, 23 ½, 26 ½, 29, 32 ½, 35, 38, 41, 44)”

Yarn
Yarn A
John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic (Sport; 100% Falkland’s Corriedale) 100g / 333 m
Shade: Indigo 3 (3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins
Yarn B: John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic Mini (Sport; 100% Falkland’s Corriedale) 25g / 83m
Shade: Woman in Blue; 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skein
Yarn C: John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic Mini (Sport; 100% Falkland’s Corriedale) 25g / 83m
Shade: The Beautiful Ones; 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skein

Needles
3.25mm / US 4 circular needles (32” / 80cm min length)
3.75mm / US 5 circular needles (40” / 100cm min length)
Always use the correct size needles to obtain gauge.

NB: 4mm needles used for DK version.

Gauge: 30 sts & 36 rows = 10 cm / 4” over pattern on 3.75 / US 5 mm needles after blocking to gauge.

Notions: Darning needle, stitch holders, stitch markers.