Dorchas / Solas

**Dorchas / Solas** *The Scottish Gaelic words for darkness and light. Which will you choose for your sweater?* **Yarn** Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (100% British Wool; 220m / 240yds per 100g skein) Riach or Choffer: 6 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10) x 100g skeins Note: Yarn is held doubled throughout. Wind skeins together (dividing into 2 50g balls if necessary), before knitting. Making a cropped pullover (as shown in the Riach version, in which the body length is reduced by 5-7.5cm / 2-3in) uses approx. 50g less yarn. **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) Stitch markers of two types, x and y Waste yarn for holding stitches Tapestry needle **Gauge** 14 sts and 18 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stockinette and lace pattern in the round using gauge-size needle(s) If your gauge tends to tighten when working small circumferences you may need to go up a needle size for sleeves and yoke. Use 6.5mm needle as a starting point for swatching. **Sizes** Finished chest circumference: 92.5 (105, 116, 127.5, 139, 151, 162.5) cm / 36½ (41¼, 45¾ , 50¼, 54¾, 59½, 64) in Shown in the first and second sizes on Kate D (Riach) and Kate C (Choffer) respectively. **Pattern notes** This pullover, with a structural lace panel worked over the front, is knitted from the bottom up. The body is made first, followed by the sleeves, before joining together and shaping the upper body with paired raglan decreases. The cosy neckline is knitted double, and secured to the inside of the work.