Powdermill

A colourful cardigan, with bold motifs, inspired by the explosive story of the Kames gunpowder mill

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool, 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)
A Bruce: 5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9) x 25g balls
B Hirst: 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8) x 25g balls
C Cowslip: 3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4) x 25g balls
D Cranachan: 3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4) x25g balls
E Tarbet: 3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4) x 25g balls

Check sizing table for garment dimensions. Yarn quantities are calculated for a cardigan of the lengths given in the sizing table. If you wish to add length to the garment, you may need more yarn.

Needles and Notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body and neck
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences (sleeves)
Gauge-size dpn (for i-cord)
Needles two sizes below gauge-size (for bands)
6 stitch markers
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle
9-13 small buttons (1cm / ½ in)

Gauge
30 sts and 34 rounds to 10cm / 4in over colourwork in the round using gauge-size needle. If your gauge tends to tighten when working small circumferences, you may need to go up a needle size for sleeves. Use 3mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Finished bust (with overlapped front bands): 89 (94, 100, 111, 116.5, 122, 132.5, 143.5) cm / 35 (37, 39½, 43½, 46, 48, 52, 56½) in

Select the size above your actual bust measurement with the amount of ease required. Shown in the first size.

Pattern notes
A neat cardigan with dropped, puffed sleeves and allover colourwork. Following a chart, with a steek bridge at centre front, the cardigan is worked in the round to the underarms. Two steek bridges are added at the armscyes to enable the work to continue in the round, and the upper body is worked to the front neck. After the front steek is bound off and front neck stitches set aside, the neckline is shaped while being worked back and forth for a few rows, before the back neck is set aside and the two shoulders are joined with a three needle bind off. All steeks are then reinforced before being cut open. Sleeves are picked up around the armscyes, and worked top down. The cardigan is completed with corrugated rib front bands and i-cord buttonholes. Note that steek stitches are not included in running stitch counts.