Difficulty/Skills Required:
Intermediate.
Skills: Long-tail cast on, Work in the round, Knit, Purl, Cabling
Yarn Weight:
Aran/Heavy Worsted
Bulky
Notions:
Cable needle, Tapestry needle, Stitch marker.
Gauge:
Aran/Heavy Worsted:
Stockinette and Cable pattern and US 8 / 5 mm: 16 sts and 24 rnds = 4” / 10cm
Bulky:
Stockinette and Cable pattern and US 11 / 8 mm: 13 sts and 17 rnds = 4” / 10cm
Suggested Yarns:
Noro Kashirukuru (40% Silk, 30% Wool, 20% Cashmere, 10% Polyamide: 180 yds / 165 m per 75g / 2.65 oz skein). Juniper Moon Farm
Moonshine Bulky (60% Wool, 30% Baby Alpaca, 10% Silk: 109 yds / 100 m per 100g / 3.5 oz skein).
Yarn shown/Yardage:
Noro Kashirukuru, Col 1: 126 yds / 115 m.
Juniper Moon Farms Moonshine Bulky, Col 6: 102 yds / 93 m.
Needle Size:
Aran / Heavy Worsted:
US 8 / 5mm, 16” / 40 cm circular needle
Bulky:
US 11 / 8mm, 16” / 40 cm circular needle
Always choose the needle size that gets you gauge.
Size Information:
One size: Adult Medium.
Modifiable: Circumference and depth may be modified by adding or subtracting stockinette sts; 4 sts per 1” / 2.54 cm for Aran/Heavy Worsted, (4.5 sts / 1” / 2.54 cm for Bulky weight yarn).
Aran/Heavy Worsted:
Measured flat and blocked.
Circumference: 19.25” / 49 cm
Depth: 8.25” 21cm
Bulky:
Measured flat and blocked.
Circumference: 19” / 48 cm
Depth: 8.25” / 21 cm