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A blend of our naturally coloured alpaca fleece spun with white bamboo fibre. The woollen spun yarn is soft and smooth with great stitch definition making it ideal for cables and other patterns.
Composition : 75% Town End alpaca, 25% bamboo fibre.
Sold in 50g balls. Approximately 112m per 50g.
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A blend of our naturally coloured alpaca fleece spun with white bamboo fibre. The woollen spun yarn is soft and smooth with great stitch definition making it ideal for cables and other patterns.
Composition : 75% Town End alpaca, 25% bamboo fibre.
Sold in 50g balls. Approximately 112m per 50g.
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Squirrel Nutkin was quite a naughty boy, and so this Nutkin is for boys who are hopefully better behaved… Carrying on with the vintage-y feel, there are mock cables (of a sort) and a 50s-esq feel to this little cardi with its striped yoke. We love the look of all these colours together (and the leftovers would make a Jeremy Cap) but you could knit Nutkin in one or two colours only and it would still look good.
Knitted flat, you’ve got minimal seaming on the sleeves and then just a few ends to darn in. There are no real cables at all, just clever stitches that give a lovely textured feel to this little cardi.
The sizes are generous but not over-sized, giving room for growth without a ridiculous amount of ease. If you want something closer / larger fitting then just pick your chest size and alter the length to suit.
Tension: 22 sts and 30 rows in mock cable pattern on 4mm needles.
Sized to fit: 3(6, 12, 18, 24) months.
Finished sizes: 49.5(53, 57, 59, 61)cm, 19¾(20¾, 21½, 23½, 24½)”.
Yarn: Town End Alpacas 100% Alpaca DK.
2(3, 3, 3, 3) x 50g balls MC.
1(1, 1, 1, 1) x 50g ball CC1.
1(1, 1, 1, 1) x 50g ball CC2.
1(1, 1, 1, 1) x 50g ball CC3.
Shown in MC – Ivory, CC1 – Dark Fawn, CC2 – Mid Fawn, CC3 – Pewter.
7 buttons, approximately 1cm / ⅓” in diameter.
3.25mm, 3.75mm and 4mm needles OR the size required to give you the correct tension.
Your preferred needle / latch hook for darning ends in.
The pattern has two sizes given and two different weights. So you can knit a small cowl that will pull over your head and give a snug, tuck-into-your-coat cowl (like the London Cowling) if you knit the smallest size in the DK. The larger one gives a cowl that you can twist and wrap round twice for warmth / effect. The Chunky yarn will give cowls that are slightly bigger in circumference than the DK ones, measurements given below. We have knitted the cowl in our DK yarn – you will need 2 x 50g balls for the small size and 4 x 50g balls for the large. We have also knitted it in Town End Pure Natural Aran Alpaca and you will need 3 50g balls for the small size. The pattern is easily adapted for any yarn if you knit a tension square first.
Finished measurements: For the DK (and our Aran version) cowl: 58(116)cm / 23(45¾)” circumference, depth 31cm / 12¼”.
.This hat is knitted in the round using colourwork technique in double knit yarn. The instructions contain child, small adult (neat fit) and large (slouchy fit). The illustration shows an optional fur pompom – extra yarn is required to make a pompom.
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