A cabled yoke fit-and-flare dress. Good if you’re a bit pear shaped. You can also make it as a sweater.

The cabled yoke is knit sideways and shaped with short rows. Then you pick up stitches around the edge and knit the rest top down in the round.

Pattern information

Difficulty: Experienced. Techniques include cables, knitting in the round, picking up stitches from edge, short rows, provisional cast-on and three-needle bind-off.

Pattern format: Written abbreviated instructions. Some sections are charted but following charts is optional.

Yarn: Sport weight yarn in wool-cotton or cotton-acrylic blend. For best results, use a smooth yarn with good stitch definition.

Test knitters used Caron Simply Soft, Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light, Gjestal Silja Sock, and Geilsk 3ply Bomull og uld.

Yardage: Dress version—approx. 1,260 (1,360, 1,495, 1,670, 1,840, 2,010) metres or 1,380 (1,490, 1,640, 1,830, 2,015, 2,200) yards.

Sweater version—approx. 1,010 (1,090, 1,200, 1340, 1,470, 1,610) metres or 1,030 (1,190, 1,310, 1,465, 1,610, 1,760) yards.

Ease: 0cm/inches ease around bust. Loose around hips.

Note: Bust shaping instructions not included, but there is an appropriate space where you can add short row bust darts between the armscythes and the start of the waist shaping.