Difficulty/Skills Required: Intermediate.
Skills: Knit, Purl, Long-tail cast on, Increase, Decrease, Duplicate Stitch, Colorwork, Knit in the round, French knot embroidery (optional).
Yarn Weight:
Worsted
Notions:
Tapestry needle, stitch marker, scissors
Gauge: Stockinette and US 7 / 4.5mm: 21 sts and 28 rnds = 4” / 10 cm
Seed stitch and US 5 / 3.75mm: 22 sts and 44 rnds = 4” / 10cm
Suggested Yarns:
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok (100% Fine Highland Wool; 123yds / 112m per 50g / 1.76oz skein)
Yarn shown:
MC: Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok, 1303 Highland Fleece: Approx 40-45yds / 36-41m
CC1: Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok, 1302/Gravel Road: Approx 35-40yds / 32-37m
CC2: Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok, 1315/Red Rock: Approx 5-10yds / 5-9m
Needle Size: US 5 / 3.75mm 16” / 40cm circular needle
US 7 / 4.5mm 16” / 40cm circular needle
Always choose the needle size that gets you gauge.
Size Information:
Width, laid flat, colorwork: 9.75” / 24.8cm
Depth, laid flat, lower edge to upper edge: 4.25” / 10.8cm
Fits head 20-22” / 51-56cm in circumference
Circumference may be altered by adding or subtracting intervals of 10 stitches. Each interval = 1.9” / 4.82cm.