"Splashy palette" (Woman's Day Family Knitting 1986)

 

 Looking back, if there was one thing all the fashions of the 1980s had in common it was bulk.

This cardigan was mostly made up in Chat Botte "Chaleureuse" a bulky (there's that word again!) 12-ply wool with a fuzzy texture.  As you can see it was perfectly suited to the 1980s look.  Different wools are used for the inserts decorating the garment.   A horrifyingly complicated chart has been supplied with this pattern in order to assist in making it up, but Woman's Day Family Knitting only thinks that "some degree of knitting expertise" is needed!