Thanks to grey, this cable pattern poncho comes across pleasantly un-folksy! Tight blue jeans and sneakers round off the look. If you prefer a little sophistication, just combine it with a white blouse and high heels.

Size: 34/36, 38/40, and 42/44.

Figures for sizes 38/40 and 42/44 are given in parentheses, in ascending order, separated by a dash. If only one figure is given, it applies for all three sizes.

Materials: Lanecardate “Feltrone” (75% virgin wool, 25% angora, approx. 45 m/50 yds/100 g): 650 (700-750) g of Avon; addi circular knitting needles, size 15 mm (US 19), 1 each of 50 cm/ 20" and 80 cm/32" long; 1 cable needle.

Rib pattern: k 1, p 1 alternately.

KNITTED LACE has never looked so monumental! This dramatic top from the design team at Schachenmayr Select uses a lace and bobble pattern worked in a super-chunky yarn on colossal 25mm needles. The sweater is knitted in three main pieces; the right and left fronts are partly seamed together, and a collar is sewn onto the finished garment. The mohair content of the Alegretto yarn adds a pleasing fluffiness to those huge stitches - neon shades are also available, if you feel this design is not bold enough!

SIZE AND YARN: look after the description

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES

1 pair 25mm (UK -/US 50) knitting needles

THESE WHIMSICAL socks are definitely meant to be flaunted! Designed by Charles D. Gandy for yarn company Schachenmayr Regia, they use self-striping sock yarn and are sized for children and adults. They’re made by creating ‘holes’ as you work the sock; once the sock is completed, stitches are picked up around these holes and a tube is knitted on then rolled back, using small balls of solid colour wound off from the main ball of yarn. If you want to go really crazy, you can unroll the rings to make tentacle-like projections around your leg!

SIZE: Foot circumference: 15 (17¹/₂:20:22¹/₂:25) cm

Foot length is fully adjustable.

WARM AND earthy shades of Rowan’s classic Felted Tweed DK blend together perfectly in this attractive, classic scarf design by Mary Henderson. Stripes of different thicknesses are worked in linen stitch, a slipped stitch pattern that produces a dense fabric with an almost woven appearance. Mary has designed this scarf with men in mind, but it should appeal to women, too - for a totally different look, why not work it in shades of green and gold Felted Tweed, or blues, greys and lilacs?

SIZE: 170cm x 20cm (70in x 8in)

YARN: Rowan Felted Tweed DK (DK weight; 50% merino wool, 25% alpaca, 25% viscose; 175m/191yds per 50g ball)

1 x 50g ball of each: A Treacle (145), B Cinnamon (175), C Gilt (160), D Ginger (154)

NORO’SSELF-STRIPING Kureyon yarn in a colour way of heathery moorland colours has beenusedto create this soft-looking cushion. Designed by Helen Ardley, it has a stocking stitch fabric highlighted with chunky bobbles, which give the cushion real character. The finished cushion cover is felted to shrink it by about one-fifth of its size. It’s then fitted with a zip fastening along the bottom opening.

SIZE: 50cm x 48cm (19³/₄ x 18³/₄in) before washing

40cm x 40cm (15³/₄ x 15³/₄in) after felting

YARN: Noro Kureyon (Chunky weight; 100% wool; 100m/109yds per 50g ball)

Shade 287; 6 x 50g balls