And she emerges from her cocoon like a beautiful butterfly!

A proper slouchy comfy cardigan is something that I've been looking for a quite a while and as didn't really want to rely on the high street because inevitably I would find the right shape but the wrong colour or worse, I could find the perfect cardigan and it gets discontinued and I can't get any more. So I searched far and wide across the internet for the perfect pattern and I just couldn't find the right thing until I came across a free pattern (yeah, you heard me, FREE!) from True Bias.

I decided to use the instructions to make a paper pattern rather than just measuring and cutting straight into the fabric and I had some fabric leftover from a previous project so I used that to make a trial run of the cardigan. I loved the trial run so much that I needed more!

I was going to Sew Brum so I put this cardigan on my fabric list. I knew that I needed 2m for it, but I didn't want to spend too much money on it and as luck would have it I found the perfect fabric in the rag market for a mere £2 per meter! 👏👏👏 I also didn't realise when I bought it that the fabric is almost the exact same as the fabric in the tutorial 😂

Once I got my head around which bits of the pattern go where, it was really easy to make and I will definitely be making more of them in different colours.

It's a great length for covering up without looking like a big bag of frump and can just be thrown on top of your outfit and can be dressed up or down depending on the rest of your clothes, accessories etc.

It's cosy...

...and fun!

Overall I'm very happy with how it turned out and even happier with the fact that it only cost £4 to make 😂 If you want to make yourself a cocoon cardi (or 10) to get yourself through the winter then head over to True Bias for the tutorial.