Isle Maree

A design inspired by beautiful Isle Maree, and its ancient votive tree.

This elegant yet comfortable design features stranded colourwork, inset pockets, and top-down, set-in sleeves.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Schiehallion (100% British wool: 100m / 120yds per 50g skein)
A Alto: 8 (9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13) x 50g skeins
Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (100% British Wool; 220m / 240yds per 100g skein)
B Riach: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) x 100g skein

Needles and notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body, yoke, and neckline
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences for sleeves
Two 2mm circular needles (any length) for picking up sleeve sts
Stitch markers
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge
22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm / 4in over stranded colourwork and stockinette worked in the round and back and forth
Use 3.75mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Chest circumference, with overlapped front bands: 94 (104, 114.5, 124.5, 134.5, 145, 155) cm / 37 (41, 44, 49, 53, 57, 61) in
Select a size above your own body measurements with the amount of ease preferred. This garment is designed to be worn with layers underneath.

Pattern notes
This cardigan begins by knitting two pocket linings. The body is then cast on and joined for working in the round, with a steek; and a colourwork band is worked, before joining the two pocket linings to the top of the band, and binding off the front steek stitches to continue working the remainder of the garment back and forth. Armscyes are shaped, then fronts and back are divided to be worked separately, shaping the front neck with decreases. The shoulders are joined and two sleeves are picked up, around each armscye, and worked top-down, with short rows shaping the upper sleeve cap for a tailored, set-in fit. A ribbed band is then picked up around the front openings and completed with i-cord bind-off, into which buttonholes are inserted. The pockets are stitched in place and i-cord completes the pocket tops. After casting on, steek stitches are not included in running stitch counts.

This design is currently exclusive to members of Kate’s Knitting Wester Ross Club. It will be available for individual purchase in March 2026.