Chingly Yorlin

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Close-up of a person's neckline wearing a knitted green sweater with a leaf pattern and white buttons.

Good morning! It’s time to show you another lovely Yorlin. This one has been knitted by KC, in Milarrochy Tweed shade “Chingly.”

A woman standing against a turquoise background, wearing a light-colored top, a green knitted cardigan, gray pants, and sandals.

Chingly is an interesting shade, and one with which I’m slightly obsessed. We introduced it into the Milarrochy Tweed palette in 2023, and it is one of a handful of shades that we had to have specially made up for us by the mill in Donegal. The MT palette already included a lovely fawn (hare) and a silvery grey (birkin), and I had the yen for a warm grey neutral to sit in the middle of these two shades, and round things off.

Four knitted squares hanging from clothespins on a string, with a mint green background.
Yorlin swatches, showing how Chingly sits between Birkin and Hare in the MT palette

Against many other shades, Chingly can appear like a very definite, matt grey. Yet it also has green-ish undertones, and can take on a khaki hue.

Three balls of natural-colored yarn beside a knitted square on a teal background.

Chingly’s contrasting mix of tweedy neps contain quite a lot of Hirst: a shade with which it consequently works extremely well.

Close-up of a person's shoulder wearing a textured, light brown knitted garment with a grid pattern, complemented by wooden beads.
Chingly and Hirst together in ‘Weaver, B’

Chingly can bring something really special to a party of soft pastels. . .

A person holding a colorful hexagon-patterned cushion made of textured fabric, sitting on a gray sofa.
Chingly with Hare, Thrift, Eyebright and Hirst in the Zickety cushion, from Colour Compass

. . . and I find myself continuously gravitating towards Chingly whenever I feel the need to work with summery, ice-cream shades.

A woman stands by the shore in a green skirt and a striped shawl, gazing into the distance against a backdrop of hills and water.
Chingly, Thrift and Hirst in “The Article”

So far, I’ve failed to feature Chingly in a single-coloured design (a situation which may well change soon!) and I was really pleased when KC selected it for her Yorlin.

Close-up of a person wearing a knitted, green cardigan with visible buttons, holding the fabric near the button area.

Chingly slots really easily into many neutral palettes, as KC shows here, combining her new Yorlin with a simple tee and her favourite jeans.

A person stands against a turquoise backdrop, wearing a light-colored t-shirt, a grey knitted cardigan, and dark trousers, with brown sandals on their feet.

. . . but despite Chingly’s general feeling of lightness, it’s also a shade that works surprisingly well with richer, warmer colours too.

Close-up of a person wearing a light brown knitted cardigan with a decorative lace pattern and buttons.

Such as this super fire-y orange.

Close-up of a knitted cardigan with a geometric pattern in olive green, worn over a vibrant orange dress.

KC wanted her Yorlin to feel roomy, and so knitted the fourth size (two sizes above her actual measurements).

A woman stands in front of a turquoise background, wearing a knitted olive green cardigan over an orange maxi dress and black sandals. She looks thoughtfully to the side.
A woman with long hair is standing against a teal background, wearing an orange dress and a gray cardigan, with a gentle smile and her hair flowing in the wind.
A woman in a flowing orange dress and a grey cardigan stands on a teal background, looking downward with a gentle smile.
A woman wearing an orange dress and a gray cardigan, standing against a teal background, holding the hem of her dress.

Knitting a couple of sizes up will give you a garment that sits easily over layers; feels loose and super-comfortable to wear, but which still fits.

A woman standing in front of a turquoise background, wearing a knitted olive green cardigan over an orange dress.

KC completed 8 full repeats of the lace chart through the body, ending at row 5 of the 9th repeat before transitioning to the rib.

A woman wearing a gray knitted cardigan over an orange pleated skirt, standing against a teal background.

The result is the hip-length cardigan that’s specified in the pattern, rather than the two slightly cropped versions I showed you over the weekend. Knit your Yorlin to your preferred length and style, and enjoy wearing your cardigan in your own way!

A woman stands in front of a teal background, smiling, wearing a gray cardigan, white top, and dark pants, with sandals on her feet.

If you find KC’s fabulous Chingly Yorlin inspiring, we have added kits in this colourway to the shop, where you’ll also find kits for the Ardlui, Cowslip, and Ooskit 4 ply versions I’ve shown you already. And if none of these versions sing to you, please remember that you can also have a kit made up for you in any of the 24 shades of Milarrochy Tweed by emailing Maylin (help@katedaviesdesigns.com)

A person fastens the buttons of a green knitted cardigan, with a soft background.

Many thanks to KC, our expert yarn wrangler, talented model, and swatch-arranger in chief.

A person with long hair is arranging colorful fabric swatches hanging on a clothesline against a teal background.

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Comments

12 responses to “Chingly Yorlin”

  1. Addi Brooks Avatar
    Addi Brooks

    I’m curious about the extra costs if you send a kit to the USA?

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    1. Kate Davies Designs Avatar
      Kate Davies Designs

      Hi Addi, we pay all US tariffs on your behalf: these are displayed clearly at checkout alongside the shipping cost, and the kit is sent carefully labelled “duty paid” so that it speeds through customs at your end. If you select a kit and enter your US address you’ll be able to see the tariff (this varies by kit size and country of origin, ie, Ireland (MT) or England (Ooskit)

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  2. Evelyn Lee Avatar
    Evelyn Lee

    Thank you

    Evelyn Lee

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  3. Jeanette Avatar
    Jeanette

    a long time fan here…
    I’m absolutely smitten by the photograph of KC looking at me — in her red dress, sweater unbuttoned, hands at her sides.

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    1. Kate Davies Designs Avatar
      Kate Davies Designs

      KC has an amazing face which (unlike most, including mine!) requires zero artifice or animation to photograph perfectly. A lovely person and the best model!

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  4. Wendy Heiger-Bernays Avatar
    Wendy Heiger-Bernays

    These cardigans are beautiful! Each Yorlin featured is the one I think is the one for me. Then another one appears in my in-box and that’s the one!

    Your designs, knits and lengthy, beautiful and informative emails (landscapes, history, detail) are exactly what I need. I’m an academic in the US – my focus is environmental health- specifically the chemicals that negatively impact health. As you can imagine, our current “leader” and his henchmen are destroying the planet.

    I’m not a great knitter, but I’m enthusiastic. I will likely order the ooskit yarn – I lean towards use of fewer dyes.

    Thank you, Kate. Your life, your stories and your work are motivating and grounding.

    Wendy

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    1. Kate Davies Designs Avatar
      Kate Davies Designs

      You are doing such important and necessary work, Wendy. Knit on!

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  5. Trish Avatar
    Trish

    Interesting – yes , I see Chingly as green rather than grey .

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    1. Jen Avatar
      Jen

      It’s green to me, too. I struggled to see it as grey and gave up

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    2. Denise Avatar
      Denise

      Yes, I’d never even thought of it as grey. I see it as more a khaki/green. Isn’t colour perception interesting?

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  6. Vicky Gemmill Avatar
    Vicky Gemmill

    Hi Kate and team, I knitted a really lovely Con Alma for my mum in Chingly which I was reminded of when I read this article.
    I love all your articles and inspiring reads. Thank you!🤩

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  7. Carole Pashley Avatar
    Carole Pashley

    Interesting- as someone who is colourblind- at least to some extent- I see no grey in this colour at all- rather a sludgy brown! It looks nice nonetheless!

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