Follifoot Cabled Cardigans in West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester DK - DBP0175 - Downloadable PDF

Follifoot Cabled Cardigans – Pattern Summary

About This Design

The Follifoot Cabled Cardigans is a hand knit pattern by designer Sarah Hatton, published as a downloadable PDF. The pattern is worked in West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester DK yarn from the Riverside Collection, and it delivers classic, beautifully textured cabled cardigans that draw inspiration from the rolling countryside of Yorkshire. Technical editing was handled by Helen Birch, ensuring the instructions are clear and accurate for knitters working through the design.

What Is Being Made

This pattern features cabled cardigans — a timeless wardrobe staple elevated by intricate cable detailing. Cardigans are open-front knitted garments, typically worked in pieces and seamed together, making them an excellent project for intermediate knitters looking to develop their skills in garment construction and cable knitting. The Follifoot design captures a sense of rural British heritage, with texture and warmth at its heart.

Yarn and Materials

The specified yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester DK, part of the Fleece range within the Riverside Collection. Bluefaced Leicester is widely regarded as one of Britain's finest wool breeds, prized for its softness, subtle lustre, and excellent stitch definition — qualities that make it particularly well suited to showcasing cable patterns. The yarn is described as wool at its purest, spun from British fleece and available in a range of shades inspired by the Yorkshire landscape, including named colourways such as Fossil, Berry, Bramble, and Brook.

• Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester DK (Fleece – Riverside Collection)
• Weight: DK (double knitting)
• Colourways shown: Fossil, Berry, Bramble, Brook
• Needle size: As specified to achieve the stated tension
• Tension: 22 stitches to 10 cm / 4 inches over the relevant stitch pattern

Techniques Used

The Follifoot Cabled Cardigans pattern is rated as intermediate in difficulty, making it ideal for knitters who are comfortable with basic garment shaping and are ready to tackle more complex stitch work. Cable knitting is a technique that involves crossing groups of stitches over one another using a cable needle, creating the characteristic twisted rope or plait effect that gives this cardigan its rich, dimensional texture.

• Cable knitting — crossing stitches with a cable needle to create raised, twisted panels
• Garment shaping — including increases and decreases for armholes, necklines, and front bands
• Seaming — joining knitted pieces to construct the finished cardigan
• Picking up stitches — typically used along front bands and necklines in cardigan construction

Stitches Used

Cable cardigans of this style typically incorporate a combination of the following stitches and stitch patterns, which work together to frame and highlight the cable panels:

• Knit and purl stitches — forming the foundation fabric and reverse stocking stitch backgrounds that make cables stand out
• Cable stitches — worked over panels of stitches using a cable needle to cross stitches to the front or back
• Rib stitch — commonly used for welts, cuffs, and button bands to add elasticity and a neat finish

Difficulty and Suitability

Rated as intermediate, the Follifoot Cabled Cardigans pattern by Sarah Hatton is best suited to knitters who have already completed simpler garment projects and are confident with reading knitting charts or written cable instructions. The use of West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester DK yarn provides excellent stitch definition, which makes following and counting cable repeats more manageable and results in a beautifully crisp finished fabric. This pattern is available as a download