Lilias Day

A yoke pullover, with a Selbu garland motif. Lilias Day is a festival celebrated in Kilbarchan, in Scotland, in which the village’s arched bridges are traditionally decorated with floral garlands.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (shade A) and Kate Davies Designs Schiehallion (shade B) (100% British wool, 220m / 240 yds per 100g
A Choffer: 3 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5) 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6 x 100g skeins
B Crowdie: 1 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 x 50g skein(s)

Multi shade version:
A Crowdie: 7 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12) x 50g skeins
All sizes: one skein each Alto, Rhubarb, Doris, Mooring, Daunder and Faded Overalls.

Yarn quantities are for regular length option. Cropped length will use less of shade A.

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
22 sts and 30 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 4mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Finished chest circumference: 87 (91.5, 96, 101.5, 106, 112, 116) 124, 132.5, 140.5, 148, 155 cm / 33¼ (36, 37¾, 40, 41¾, 44) 45¾, 48¾, 52¼, 55¼, 58¼, 61 in.

Pick the size above your actual measurements with the amount of positive ease required. Shown in the second size on Kate D and the fourth size on Kate C.

Pattern notes
This circular yoke pullover is knitted from the bottom up, all in one piece. The body is made first, followed by the sleeves, before joining together and working the colourwork yoke from a chart, which is read from right to left throughout.