Coorie Cardigan by Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Coorie Cardigan

Knitting
November 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
in Cable Intarsia pattern
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1374 - 2620 yards (1256 - 2396 m)
To fit chest: 75 (85, 95, 105, 115) {125, 135, 145, 155} cm / 30 (34, 38, 42, 46) {50, 54, 58, 62} in
English

The Coorie cardigan was inspired from the old Scottish word meaning to nestle or snuggle. The garment is designed to be worn as a cover for the great Scottish outdoors (no matter the weather) and for snuggling at home afterwards.

The cardigan is a practical garment with pockets, worked flat in pieces from the bottom up then sewn together. The diamond cables pattern is knit using the intarsia colourwork technique. The button bands are knitted separately and sewn onto the cardigan and inset pockets are worked into the front pieces and finished off at the end.

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) {6, 7, 8, 9}

To fit chest: 75 (85, 95, 105, 115) {125, 135, 145, 155} cm /
30 (34, 38, 42, 46) {50, 54, 58, 62} in

Designed to be worn with 25 cm / 9.75 in positive ease.

Sample 1 (Silver): shown in size 3 with 28 cm / 11 in positive ease.

Sample 2 (Basalt): shown in size 4 with 32 – 39 cm / 12 – 15 in positive ease.

YARN
Iona Wool Aran, 100% wool, 160 m / 175 yds per 100g.

MC: 7 (7, 8, 9, 9) {10, 11, 12, 12} skeins
CC: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) {3, 3, 3, 4} skeins

Sample 1
MC: Silver
CC: Lichen

Sample 2
MC: Basalt
CC: Fuchsia Pink

OR in Aran yarn which knits to the specified gauge and has similar stitch definition.

APPROXIMATE YARDAGE REQUIRED
MC: 988 (1098, 1188, 1303, 1410) {1545, 1666, 1798, 1903} m / 1080 (1201, 1299, 1542) {1689, 1822, 1966, 2081} yds

CC: 268 (295, 317, 346, 370) {405, 434, 466, 493} m /
293 (323, 347, 378) {443, 475, 510, 539} yds

TECHNIQUES
Reading charts, cables, intarsia colourwork, 4-st buttonhole, seaming.