Dear Diary, It’s safe to say that the April Cardigan from PeiteKnits has become my go to cardigan pattern. Because it’s on the simpler end of the spectrum for cardigan patterns, it’s really easy to adapt the pattern to suit your own tastes. Take, for example, this iteration. (Yes, I have made more than one of this pattern) Instead of going for the solid block of colour that the original pattern calls for, I went for a series of stripes around the bottom edge of the body and the sleeve cuffs. Originally, I was angling for a gentle pink to green gradient, but the striped effect turned out ok. This was also the first interation where I tried the “perfect” 1×1 ribbing. The end result was that the cuffs and bottom band were a lot snugger than previous iterations. That, and the buttonholes were smaller. As for the placement of…