Coofle

This is a very cheerful sweater

And to accompany it, I’m wearing the most cheering pair of shoes I own. . .

Yes, even someone with a dropped foot and appalling balance can gad about in these ridiculous ruby slippers!

Back to the sweater, whose name is Coofle: an old Scots word for a puzzle, game or challenge.

Inspired by the traditional patterns of narrow woven bands, when designing this pullover, I challenged myself to work with a set of motifs with regularly decreasing stitch counts through the yoke: 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5 and 4 . . .

I had a lot of fun designing the yoke chart within these interesting parameters, but even more fun knitting it! I love the way that colours get to play within a set of small motifs . . .

And there’s just something about this palette, which is simultaneously fresh and soft (will I ever tire of Milarrochy Tweed? or yokes? or corrugated rib? I doubt it)

I’m wearing Coofle in the second size, with around 4 inches of positive ease, which is a really comfortable fit for me. This is the right fit if you’d like to wear a few layers underneath (which we definitely need to do here in Scotland, in March) but just pick the size closest to your actual bust measurement if you’d prefer a more form-fitting garment.

I wrote about my accompanying belt yesterday . . .

And the pattern booklet includes the draft and chart to weave it.

Wearing this sweater has really brightened me up over the past week. I hope it somehow brightens your day too!

If you’d like to whip up your own Coofle, the pattern is now available on Ravelry and kits are in the shop.