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Wild Bight

All 8 colours of the Jamieson & Smith 2025 Colourbox colours inspired this sweater. It was an incredibly colourful Colourbox this year and I immediately thought “crayola” and it brought to mind the community called Wild Bight on our amazing island of Newfoundland. Wild Bight used to be home to a paint mine ~ Leah Layden’s Paint Mine ~ a perfectly matched inspirational source for this cardigan celebrating this year’s colourbox. Vertical panels adorn the front and mimic the characteristic curved recesses of coastlines known as bights. Wild Bight is a bight of the wild and a landscape for you to play with colour.

Wild Bight is a top-down, modified drop-shoulder cardigan with a nifty construction at the cast on and a built-in facing at the open Fronts. The body is worked top down and in the round with steeks at each armhole and at the centre Front. The sleeves are picked up and worked in the round.

Sizes

(1,2,3)(4,5,6)(7,8,9)(10,11,12) with finished approximate bust circumferences:

(86,94,101.5)(110,117.5,125.5)(132.5,141.5,148.5)(155.5,165.5,172.5)cm /
(33.75,37,40)(43.25,46.25,49.5)(52.25,55.75,58.5)(61.25,65.25,68)“

Intended to be worn with about 10 to 15cm / 4 to 6” of positive ease at bust. A list of measurements and schematic is provided on page 2 of pattern.

Yarn

Jamieson & Smith 2‐ply Jumper Weight (100% wool; 115 metres / 125 yards per 25 grams) in 8 colours listed below (these are all 8 of the 2025 J & S Colourbox colours). If using the sample yarn, the number of 25 gram balls of Jamieson & Smith 2‐ply Jumper Weight is given in brackets.

MC (132 ‐ Blue; (8,9,10)(11,12,13)(14,14,15)(16,17,18) balls):
(920,1020,1135)(1240,1330,1420)(1520,1600,1700)(1800,1895,1985) metres
(1005,1115,1240)(1355,1455,1555)(1665,1750,1860)(1970,2075,2170) yards

C1 (96 ‐ Lemon; (1,1,1)(1,1,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,2) ball(s)):
(80,90,100)(105,115,125)(130,140,145)(155,165,170) metres
(90,100,110)(115,125,140)(145,155,160)(170,180,185) yards

C2 (71 ‐ Light Teal Green; (1,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,3,3) ball(s)):
(115,125,140)(155,165,175)(190,200,215)(225,240,250) metres
(125,140,155)(170,180,195)(210,220,225)(250,265,275) yards

C3 (34 ‐ Dark Green; (1,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,3) balls):
(115,125,135)(150,160,170)(185,195,205)(220,230,240) metres
(125,140,150)(165,175,185)(205,215,225)(240,255,265) yards

C4 (49 ‐ Lilac; (2,3,3)(3,3,3)(4,4,4)(4,4,5) balls):
(230,255,280)(310,330,345)(375,395,420)(445,460,490) metres
(255,280,310)(340,360,375)(140,435,460)(490,505,535) yards

C5 (20 ‐ Royal Purple; (2,2,2)(2,2,3)(3,3,3)(3,3,3) balls):
(160,175,195)(215,230,250)(265,280,300)(315,330,345) metres
(175,195,115)(235,255,275)(290,310,330)(345,360,380) yards

C6 (8 ‐ Coral; (1,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,3,3) ball(s)):
(115,125,140)(155,165,175)(190,200,215)(225,240,250) metres
(125,140,155)(170,180,195)(210,220,225)(250,265,275) yards

C7 (52 ‐ Cerise; (1,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,2)(2,2,3) ball(s)):
(115,125,135)(150,160,170)(185,195,205)(220,230,240) metres
(125,140,150)(165,175,185)(205,215,225)(240,255,265) yards

Gauge

To find your needle size, you need to swatch.
1x1 stranded colourwork checkered patterning: 30 sts / 30 rnds to 10cm / 4” using size B needles

Needles

The gauge was achieved with the following needle size. To work the pattern as written, you must swatch and use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.

Size A: 2.75mm (US 2) needles to work the I-cords at the cuffs and hem
Size B: 3mm (US 2.5) circular needles of varying lengths to work the stranded colourwork. You will needle two 80cm / 32” or 100cm / 40” long circular needles to work the first bit of the Upper Body.

You will also need:

a Size A or size B crochet hook to work a surface crochet along the shoulder seams; spare interchangeable cables or spare needles or scrap yarn for holding stitches; stitch markers; scissors for steeking; crochet hook and suitable scrap yarn OR needle and thread OR sewing machine OR felting tool and board for reinforcing steeks.

Techniques

• Stranded Colourwork worked in the round
• Steeking
• picking up stitches (along the shoulders and also along armholes)
• I-cords at the hem and cuffs

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Tech edited by Sue Hislop (Ravelry: Sue-Cat )