This cardigan pattern is in the 'Essential Baby' book by Debbie Bliss. I went down a needle size, using 2.75mm for the edgings and 3mm for the body and sleeves. This raglan is knit from the bottom up, with the two fronts, sleeves and back all knit separately to the underarm, then joined for the yoke and decreases. So, it seems a little fiddly compared to knitting a top-down raglan, and there are a lot of ends to sew in and a fair bit of seaming. That doesn't really bother me, especially when the resulting garment is so lovely, but I know a lot of knitters would prefer to knit top-down.I was lucky to find perfectly matching, pretty but not too twee, buttons in John Lewis in Newcastle. (I've just got back from a 2 day visit, but more on that later).
If I knit this pattern again, and I'm sure I will, I think I will continue to knit it bottom-up, but will knit the back and fronts in one piece as that would remove some of the seaming and sewing in of ends. I would probably also knit the sleeves a bit shorter, as they do look rather long!
I'm meeting Alex and Meg for lunch today, so I should get a chance to try it on her then. 
