This sweater is inspired by the geometric modernist style of 1920’s textile designer Elise Djo-Bourgeois, with its combination of circles, squares and triangles in a mix of pastels and more contrasting colours on a base of white.

A sweater version of my popular ‘Original Cardigan’. A mix of Peerie and classic Fair Isle motifs decorate the yoke, which is matched with a traditional all-over pattern at the base. Knit top-down and in the round. Use highlights of really bright colours to make this unique sweater really sing.

A Hybrid Machine and Hand Knitting Pattern

Mix the speed and precision of your machine with a hand-knitted yoke. Soft lambswool stripes in navy and white give way to a deep intricately-patterned Fair isle yoke, using an unusual mix of jewel-like colours and peerie motifs. This is a great design for using up your leftover colours from past projects and experimenting with your own colour ...

A classic Fair Isle motif in red and white on the body and sleeves is paired with lots of smaller peerie motifs in multi-colours at the yoke; ideal for using up all of your leftover scraps! I’ve called this “The Original Cardigan” because it is the first design I created for my hand-made knitwear company and remains a firm favourite, ten years ...

March 2024. Please keep buying! Your support means so much.

My popular hand-knitting pattern is now available for machine knitters as a hybrid pattern! You can follow the complete masterclass for this pattern on the Machine Knit Community:

A seamless sweater, Endellion is knit using different patterns for different parts of its body. It features medallion motifs on the front and back yokes and regal-like motifs decorate the wide-fitting raglan sleeves. The 3-colour work fabric in worsted-weight wool makes for a thick and luxurious fabric. A majestic sweater designed to make you f...

2 patterns for the price of one! Choose from the Cardigan or Sweater version..Or make both of them! (Please note the cardigan version exists only in English for the time being, but the sweater exists in English, French and Korean).

A rich mix of traditional stranded Fair isle motifs make a pretty and striking patchwork cardigan for children.

Irregular stripes on the body, intersected with Fair Isle motifs at the yoke, give this simple yoked sweater an unusual look.

Please note, this pattern is offered for free when you purchase the Houndstooth Sweater!

A patchwork of simple patterns including triangles, stripes, crosses and zigzags, all knit up in a plethora of bright colours, this rhythmic sweater is as much fun to knit, as it is to wear! A nostalgic nod to the bold jacquard sweater designs of the 1980s, with the sensitivity of the modern age, using natural yarns in harmonious colours, all k...

October 2023 update: Currently available to buy on my website as a full kit with all the yarns you will need to make my version in Fonty’s Nimbus yarn. Hurry before they run out! www.sophieochera.com

Josefien Cardigan uses a rich mix of traditional stranded colourwork motifs, put together to make a pretty and striking patchwork. By keeping the body and sleeves in two complementary colours, this design really allows you to experiment with any colour combination at the yoke. Bobble stitch is used to decorate the neckline and cuffs. The cardig...

Classic Breton stripes, with a splash of colour: this pattern is based on my popular made-to-order design.

Starting with a bobble-edged neckline, Batignolles can be made as a cardigan or a sweater and is knitted from the top down with increases to shape the shoulders. The yoke is then separated to work the sleeves and body in their bold polka-dots, all using the stranded colourwork (Fair Isle) technique. The sleeves are generous to give a gathered b...

A playful patchwork of cables, colourwork and bobbles echo the graphic and beautiful costumes of the Ballets Russes, a constant source of inspiration for my sweaters. Léopoldine is knit in either worsted or Aran-weight yarn from the top down, with three increase rounds in the yoke. After the final colourwork band, the sleeve stitches are separa...

Inspired by the bright stripy tents and architectural details found in my favourite local seaside town, Trouville-Sur-Mer, in Normandy. Seamless and knit in the round from the top down, it was designed as a cropped cardigan that can be worn with the buttons down the front OR the back, but it can easily be made as a simple sweater as well, just ...

Russian fairy is a seamless yoked dress, knit in the round from the bottom up, inspired by the amazing costumes of the Ballets Russes. The A-line body is shaped with gradual decreases as you go up while the sleeves are knitted straight, but with a tightly gathered cuff which gives them their sweet balloon shape.

Eternally stylish breton stripes in navy and white give way to a deep intricately patterned fair isle yoke, using an unusual mix of jewel-like colours and peerie motifs. Small flashes of bright tangerine orange give this traditional technique an original and modern look. This is a great design for using up your leftover colours from past projec...

Quince gets its name from its colour (a bright mustard yellow with a slight hint of green), but this cardigan would look great in so many different colour variants. Bobbles around the neckline and cuffs as well as large round motifs, inspired by a 1970s machine-knitting pattern complete the “fruity” equation. It has a vintage look that couldn’t...

Inspired by a well-loved pair of mittens I bought in Sweden as a young knitwear student, this colourful cardigan has become one of my most popular made-to-order designs, and I have now adapted it for hand knitters, owing to high demand!