Valley Rooves cabled cardigan knitting pattern

Valley Rooves is a textured, cabled cardigan to throw on when you want to feel cosy. It's knit using an unusual construction, from the top-down, featuring cables on the shoulders, sleeves and pockets, with a contrast edging on the pockets, cuffs, hem, button band and collar. The saddle shoulders are worked in a cable pattern and set aside. Stitches for the front and back are picked up from the shoulders and worked separately to the underarms, then joined and knitted flat. Pockets are added by holding stitches, casting on new ones, and later stitching down the lining. The sleeves are picked up around the armholes with the cable continuing down the top, and short rows shape the sleeve cap before working in the round, tapering to the cuffs. Finally, stitches are picked up for the button band and shawl collar, with short rows shaping the collar and buttonholes placed on either side. The hem, band, and collar stitches are finished together in a contrast edging. My Westcountry collection of knitting patterns This knit design is part of From This Land, a capsule collection of 5 knitting patterns, using undyed yarns from local farms in the South-West of England. Each design is inspired by a visit to the farm the yarn is from. For the Valley Rooves Cardigan, I worked with Carolyn of Gullet Farm in South Devon. Her flock includes Shetland, Black Welsh Mountain, and Romney sheep, and she blends the fleeces to create an interesting collection of British wool yarns. The yarn used here combines coloured Shetland fleece with white Romney wool, resulting in a subtly, beautifully heathered yarn. Design inspiration The inspiration for this knitting pattern came from the steep hill leading down to Gullet Farm. From the top, the first glimpse of the house is its stone rooftops clustered together at sharp angles. These rooftops inspired the deep V-shaped cables, each containing a smaller inverted V, which run down the sleeves and across the front pockets of the cardigan. About the collection Thanks to South-West England Fibreshed for partially funding the development of this collection of knitting patterns, which also includes a stranded colourwork tank top, a textured scarf, colourwork mittens and a felted hat.