Six Yoke Jumpers Patters To Covet

Wool jumpers with colour work yokes are all the rage at the moment in the shops. Brora has released its own version in conduction with Wool Week 2018, but at £135 it's out of a lot of people's price range!

Brora Campaign for Wool Week jumper image courtesy of Brora

Knitting your own is certainly the way to go. But what design to choose? Here's A Woolly Yarn's top five yoke pattern picks:

1. Asta Sollilja by Kate Davies

Asta Sollilja image courtesy of Kate Davies

Kave Davies loves yokes so much she wrote a book about them. Published in 2014, Yokes contains 11 designs. Our favourite is Asta Sollilja, which features the Icelandic hammer rose motif. We love the coloured hem, neck and cuffs, plus the shade contrast between the grey and blue. Download the Yokes ebook for £19.99 on Ravelry.

2. Voe by Gudrun Johnston

Voe image courtesy of Brooklyn Tweed/Jared Flood

The Shetland-born designer has come up with this fun, long-length jumper with a contrast yoke. It uses 4ply yarn. The pattern costs approximately £8.71 on Ravelry.

3. Threipmuir by Ysolda Teague

Threipmuir image courtesy of Ysolda Teague

Another Icelandic-inspired yoked jumper knitted in 4ply wool. The yellow in the design really stands out against the dark colour of the body. It costs £7 to download Threipmuir on Ravelry.

4.  Wren Fair Isle Yoke by Marie Wallin

Wren Fair Isle Yoke image courtesy of Marie Wallin

Wallin is the master of Fair Isle and her designs never disappoint. Published in 2016, her Wren Fair Isle Yoke pattern is knitted in baa ram ewe's Titus 4ply. Download the pattern on Ravelry for £5. 

5. Crofthoose Yoke by Ella Gordon

Crofthoose Yoke image courtesy of Ella Gordon

Knitted in Jamieson and Smith 2ply wool this fun jumper was inspired by croft houses on the Shetland Islands. Gordon is a former patron of Shetland Wool Week. The pattern costs £5.04 to download on Ravelry and there's also a matching hat!

6. Tree Yoke Jumper by Alyssa Malcolmson

Tree Yoke jumper image courtesy of Shetland Wool Week

This fabulous jumper with a pop of yellow against light grey is the cover star of 2018's Shetland Wool Week Annual. Tree Yoke jumper is knitting using Jamieson's of Shetland's Spindrift. The annual costs £19 plus P&P and contains 12 patterns in total - look out for a review of it in our next blog post. 

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