In The Night

In The Night by Marna Gilligan

Printed knitting pattern

Note From The Designer:

The night is clear. The sky is full of stars. The stillness is broken by a rustling in the undergrowth. You glance down and …it’s full of cats!

We’ve bred all our kittens white
So you can see them in the night
And at night we’re on our knees
Nick Cave - God Is In The House

In The Night is a cropped sweater, designed to be worn with a little ease. The yoke is speckled with stars, and the hem features cats lurking in the bushes, up to no good. The sleeves have a little bit of puff, and some gentle colourwork.

You can knit this with whatever colours you want, but the stars won’t look as starry if they’re not light against a dark background. There’s no reason that the cats can’t be in a darker colour; they don’t need to use the same shade of yarn as the stars.

Additional Information:

Sizes:

13 sizes

Yarn:

4ply/ Fingering Weight: 400m/100g

1020 - 1960 m (3 colours) total

recommended from our yarn range: Keld (John Arbon Textiles) or Milburn (Eden Cottage Yarns)

Tools:

• 3.25mm circular needles ( 40 & 60cm length)

• 40cm needle below 3.25mm

• stitch marker

• tapestry needle

• scrap yarn

Gauge to 10cm (Blocked):

stocking st: 24 sts & 32 rows