All proceeds from the sale of the Daft Days cardigan and shawl until the end of 2023 will be donated to The Fistula Foundation. I’ll also be matching up to £5000 in sales.

The Daft Days cardigan is an all-over textured cardigan, worked from the bottom up using a slip-stitch pattern. The magic of this cardigan comes from the colours you choose to work it up in. Use just 2 colours, a chosen palette, or mini skeins to make it truly special. The instructions are given for working the pattern flat, but some testers chose to work it in the round and steek; details on this are not given in the pattern.

Sizes: 1(2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Chest Circumference: 87.5 (96, 107.5, 116, 126.5, 136) (146.5, 155, 166.5, 177) cm/ 34.25 (37.75, 42.25, 45.5, 49.75, 53.5) (57.5, 61, 65.5, 69.5) inches

Gauge: 21 stitches and 33 rows in slip stitch pattern = 10 cm/4 inches.

Main Colour: 574 (645, 711, 788, 858, 930) (1016, 1093, 1185, 1266) meters/631 (710, 782, 867, 944, 1023) (1118, 1202, 1304, 1392) yards

Contrast Colour: 354 (398, 438, 486, 529, 573) (627, 674, 731, 780) meters/389 (438, 482, 535, 582, 631) (689 741, 804, 858) yards

Yardages above are for DK weight yarn, if using fingering held double, the amount is twice that listed. If using a MC and a set of minis, sizes 1-5 use up to 10g for the body and 5g for the sleeves. Sizes 5-10 use up to 15g for a body stripe and 7g for a sleeve.

All sizes have 18 stripes in the sleeves. Sizes 1-8 have between 19 and 24 body stripes, sizes 8-10 have up to 26 body stripes.

Sizing
This cardigan is designed to be oversized with 10-20 cm/4-8 inches of positive ease on the body and with slightly more fitted sleeves.

Body Length from underarm
27 (28, 28, 29, 29, 29) (30, 30, 31, 31) cm/ 10.75 (11, 11, 11.5, 11.5)
(11.75, 11.75, 12.25, 12.25) inches

Sleeve Length (customisable)
42 cm/16.5 inches