Knitting (derived from the word ‘knot’) is the process of using two of more needles to create a fabric made of a series of loops. Loops and loops and more loops makes something wearable. Here is Snazzy.

Snazzy is named Snazzy due to its Snazzy-ness. I have always wanted to design something with a mock cable. I have gone overboard with this jumper and stuck one centre-stage right down the middle of the back and front. Mock cable looks like a cable but is not. There is lots of moving and shifting stitches which gives you the illusion of a cable. There is a pop of pink and lurex - who doesn’t love a bit of sparkle? Rhetorical question. I wanted to use up as much yarn as I could, hence the sleeves being different colours.

Of course this shape/design is hugely adaptable as you could work the whole garment in one colour – or two or three… or well, the sky’s your limit. Cast-on at the collar, the yoke is worked with raglan sleeve increases, hold the sleeves on waste yarn or a stitch holder and work the body in the round. Then return to work the sleeves last. There is no right or wrong way to work the sleeves and body – you could work the sleeves first and then return to the body last. No sewing-up (phew!) just a few ends to sew-in for neatness so I wouldn’t have to deal with sewing-in a huge amount when I have come to the end.

Snazzy is worked in two DK yarns (Merry O and Thick Zebra) and a 4ply yarn worked with two strands at a time (so effectively a DK), plus the pop of pink cotton and lurex - although you can mix it up and use all sorts of colours and textures.

I’m a maker. Every pattern I design is a passion of making. I have been reading, absorbing, understanding the struggle of round, fat, outsize, plus-size women finding size-inclusive knitting patterns. I have been fat (obese) – at the moment I am less – I weigh less, but I haven’t reduced the Belinda in me. I have mostly designed for ‘one size fits all’. I now realise that this does not ‘fit all’ – most of my designs have previously fitted the 12-22 UK sizing. This is not ‘all’, far from it. So here is a garment that I hope will fit as many people as possible.

PATTERN NOTE
If working larger sizes (55cm to 75cm) please note you can change order to use up more of the yarn. Eg. If you have any yarn remaining while working the pattern don’t change to a new colour, complete the whole skein … or you can work the pattern as written but you will have excess of each yarn type – which you can use up in a different project.