NEW! long sleeve instructions added!

A kit to knit this pattern is available from the KDD shop

Collar de Pilar

Echoing the colours and decor of her home in Mexico City, this sweater was created to honour Pilar Obeso Sánchez, as part of a project supported by the British Council and Applied Arts Scotland, in which Pilar and I designed costumes and creatures inspired by each others lives, cultural contexts and material environments. But you don’t have to live in Mexico City to enjoy this warm and vibrant palette!

Read more about our Mexican-Scottish creative collaboration here

A draft to weave the Carbeth Creature overalls strap (on an inkle loom) is also included in this pattern.

Instructions for the long-sleeved and cap-sleeved versions are included in the pattern!

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)
A Asphodel: (cap sleeve) 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) x 25g balls
or long sleeve 8 (9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) x 25g balls
B Hirst: 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) x 25g balls
All sizes: 1 ball of each of the following shades
C Horseback Brown
D Ardlui
E Lochan
F Hare

Needles and Notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body, yoke, and neckline
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences
Stitch markers of two types, x and y
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge
28 sts and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4in over colourwork pattern and stockinette in the round using gauge-size needle. If your gauge tends to tighten when working small circumferences or colourwork, you may need to go up a needle size for sleeves and yoke. Use 3.25mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Finished bust: 85.5 (90, 97, 101.5, 108.5, 117.5, 127.5, 138, 146.5) cm / 33¾ (35½, 38¼, 40, 42¾, 46¼, 50¼, 54¼, 57¾) in

Shown in the second size with 10cm / 4in positive ease.

Pattern notes
This circular yoke sweater is knitted from the bottom up, all in one piece. The body is made first, followed by the sleeves (or sleeve caps), before joining together and working the colourwork yoke from a chart.