Description
Besides the Main Color, a few yards of a contrasting yarn are also required for the cast-on and the Herringbone Braid at the top, as well as the edge of the thumb.
The pattern assumes the knitter has never worked the technique of Twined Knitting before. Explicit directions are given, including photos and Theory Boxes, garment directions, pattern charts, and a list of abbreviations and a Reading List.
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You can purchase the kit in five colorways here!
There is a pattern for a matching twined hat here, as well as a twined hat kit here of Brooklyn Tweed yarns.
Featured Techniques:
Managing the yarns; Twined knitting, purling, and the Deep Knit; The Crook Stitch; The “O” Stitch; Chain Path; Increasing for the Crooked Thumb Gusset; The Herringbone Braid.
Sizes:
Small-medium child (Medium- medium adult, Large-large adult)
Wrist Circumference: 6.5 (7.5, 8.75) inches/ 16.5 (19, 22.25) cm
Total Length: 6.25 (7, 9) inches/ 15.75 (17.75, 22.75) cm
Gauge:
22 sts and 24 rounds/ 4 inches
Materials
Yarn: DK or Worsted weight wool (246 yards/100 gram skein) 1 (1,1) skeins of Main Color yarn and 1/2 oz. of Contrasting Color yarn. (Heavier yarn will result in a thicker, warmer product. Both weights of yarn work well with this pattern.)
Needles: U.S. size 6 (4.0 mm) double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
