Puerperium cardigan knitting up huge

Has anyone else knit the puerperium sweater and found it to be massive? Cast on a 3-6m in dk on 4mm needles and it fits my nearly 18m old! Im really not sure whats happened,would it be better in aran, maybe?

I've knitted it in DK and it came out a perfect size.

If you did it in Aran - it would be bigger!

How does your gauge compare to the pattern? I'm a tight-ish knitter so my gauge is usually about right for most patterns

My gauge is 21 sts per 10cm, i knit tightly too so thought it would come out slightly smaller. Maybe my daughter has just got slimmer lol!

i fine it fit perfect on my baby. were still in the 0-3 at 3 months about to start 3-6 soon

There is positive ease in the pattern, so if your DD is slender it might fit her - my DS (nearly 4) can still fit easily into size 2-3 tops around the chest, but the body and sleeves are comically short!

Is that your gauge generally for DK or on the specific yarn you are using? I find my gauge varies slightly with different yarn.

If I'm knitting for my two I have to alter the dimensions of the pattern.

My two are super skinny - but with long bodies, arms and legs.

So I tend to knit a smaller waist/chest size to match their measurements- but add length to the body/arms and legs so it fits them perfectly!

Although my latest knit (a something beautiful shrug) did look quite odd with a 9-12m chest size and 2yo long sleeves on it! It looked sooo out of proportion, but it fits her perfectly!

Thanks, everyone. I think I will just adjust the pattern for my next one, still the one I have made is super cute so im not exactly gutted that i will have to keep it for my daughter rather than gift it.

Here it is pre blocking