ENGLISH OAK

SIZE

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES

1 pair 3.5mm (UK 10-9/US 4) knitting needles

Locking stitch markers

Stitch holders

3 (3:4:4:5:5:5) buttons (sample uses buttons from Textile Garden)

TENSION

26 sts and 34 rows to 10cm, measured over Chart A using 3.5mm needles.

24 sts and 36 rows to 10cm, measured over Chart B using 3.5mm needles.

YARN

Novita Woolly Wood (DK weight; 70% modal, 30% Merino wool; 225m/246yds per 100g ball)

YARN STOCKISTS

Novita www.novitaknits.com

BUTTON STOCKIST

Textile Garden www.textilegarden.com

BLOCKING DIAGRAM

CHARTS

Chart A

Chart C

Chart D

Chart B

Chart E

KEY

For general abbreviations, see p89

“THE INSPIRATION for this pattern was to create a colourful jumper slightly different from the usual stranded colourwork by introducing texture,” says Mary Henderson. “Simply using knit and purl stitches in bands and blocks of colour provided their own