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This Snal, or Conch, hat of Elzabeth Zimemesmne's—desied in 1967 specticaly to be knited in Sheepscown to oelebrate her ther) new custom-spun wool takes erly afew hours to knit. The large-diameter noodles obtain such 2 gauge may slow you down a bt they are rather award to manipulate and your hands ray tire more easiy. Alo, when kiting wn such thick wee, keep in mie tha the inner circumforenee is noticeably smaller than the outer measurement, so plan according’ You have a rumiser of needle options for woraing small circumferences, in tho round: You may begin witha 16" circular, men smi to a set of double-contes needles to shape the top, or you cht stay ona par of 24 ‘ereular needles the entire time. Elzabeth’s intel design Nad ve splals around i, wth rice crisp edges foumed by 2 specie fype of increase. However, when the top shaping obga™ and the incteases stopped, the crisp edges melted away. A number ot years lotr she came up with a way to continue the ed ll te way to the very top—and ‘ostream the whole design, she reduced the numer of spirals ‘rom five to three (see peta above! Inthe begining, we covle easily get one hat rom a single skein, but the mil has (somehow) reduced the yardage per skein without alten the ameter ofthe wool So, tad mare tan ona shen & row required. To ratonalze having to buy mare wool, Keep in mind that you can kit lwo hats ‘tom three skein GAUGE: 2): 8101" SIRE: 20° around MATERIALS: ‘2 skeins Shoopsdown wool “sheepsions” wool (4 ounces; 85 Yards) is aaa ‘neveam an in pale, medium ant an wows 2ray rom Schoolhouse Pres. Order at wu sehootouse press.com. a + 24 creiar needles, oF 816" cule and ase of double painted needles (Avorn 810% or #1, of maybe #13 for gt kites) Miz Make one; an increase, The increase method you use is ert once the sols tea, aut er the increases abe the garter stich, use any mathed you It. Coston 40 sttches sat bac and tors (garter ston for 5 ras (photo Next ov: neease to 60 sts by working (K2, MI) acess the ero ending ML SOW (being crt ac to tis and immasitaly beg te “ater (phat 2 *P2, Pog, K16, M1, Repeat fom * 3 times par ound. Hee is where the ‘ype of increase (you use cra Wh he wang we, make 899 so tha the sand coring Fem te R edison op (hao 3) Repeat he paen round and yu wl ee the acerstch pel shits one stich tothe evry rund, bi the ston caunt remains constant Quite rat You ate counting each decrease (PZeg) whan increase tM) Atleast once n evry Spiral hat Ive made, ve indertenty omied 8 ML atthe end of 2 KI6 in he revous ound. Dara, (aheo 4) Lucky ping not nccescay: Spy pick ua the running thread—from china the fp ofthe R needle (photo 5) inser L needle iro font and kn (polo 6, not ago). You've isertes the MI inthe previous round Now afr tat operation, da erga he ML on his ron. Oni’ foro ttl ot 18 rours. (2 marion 18 to 20 ound, bu you ray not have enough ern fo 20 rounds the model shown has 18) (oheto 7, next page) Aer paling aroun for the top decreases while m It you would the «ce axkl a fe mace round the hat is deep enous to begin he edge formed by the MI increase 8 plenty of woolgo ahead and (continued on page 34) YARN: NEEDLES» PATTERNS CLASSES: BAGS-ONLINE SALES HILLTOP YARN EAST 10635 NE Ste STREET, SUITE 104 BELLEVUE, WA 98004 1248 425/467-1993 Fax ‘WW ILLTOPYARNEAST-COM JADE SAPPHIRE EXOTIC FIBRES attern booklet ieee (continued trom pace 32) “Top Shaping (PI, Pog, PZtog, KIS, MI) 3 ties, Yes the second P2lg wil be overa pair of stockinete stcnes, (photo 8) ont ound (P2, P20, P2t0g, Ki, ML) 3tmes Next ound: (P1, P2tg, P06, K12, ML) Btimes, ec, number of plain kntsttches in each secton ‘Won you bgin your second skein of Sheepsdown, SPLICE in the new skein ‘as fons: This won is very ety spun 4-ph, saprata the ples and break each oot staggees eats (phat 9. Overlap te ends on your pal lick your other pln arc ru your hands tagethr brs fr B seconds (ub you can fel heat frm the friction). Do that again at he ner end ofthe Sle, Now ad a few wid to spin the wed! gently and you should 38€ no dsceribe tikes inthe rand. Kit on. ‘When you have decreased down to KO, you to shifto double ported needles ora second ctu ‘Onward to the vary end, which gets bt awk: (Pog, Paton, 2, MI) 3 Elizabeth sey to stop here, with 12 stehes; un the working wool through ther, raw them uptight and nish of However, at this tick gauge, geting tid of 3 mare stiches makes aiference, so baile on fr ane mare round and reduce the number of pur stiches rom 3 to 2 as fms: (Skip 2 20, sso) Kl, Ml) 3 times =9stiehes remaining, Finish of, (pata 10) ‘Sew up he shor garterith-border seam, and tere you ae, That dant take long i? However, the kiting proces ise your chet pleasure, chooee# lovey Fase or Scarnavian olor pier, aa, wih Shefiend Jumper Weight woo at 2 gauge of about 7 sts to, increase your hours of leting leasure mand facing by one the vedle-riters wil want jane of many tree KnAlones offered an the hoothousepress.cam, At resent, Any kni-along 5 under way. Return performance: Jared Flood All you need 1s glove Fresh from the smashing success of is Green Autumn mittens (Pall’o8), Jared Flood presents another gorgeous handful, this one four fingers richer. By Leslie Petrovski Soa (On Ravelry in December, 2,269 \ kiters were making his Kool- ' haa hat 1104 his Cobblestone i puller, 1200 his Hemlock * ing blanket; and 1,753 his Novo tied scar. These items represent only a smatierng of recent work ‘rom Jared Flood, patterns thal ao include Green Autumn, tha dtaieg ‘abled mitens tat graced the Fall 2008 Vogue Anitng cover, the super ptr beanie Tum a Squa‘e, and a gretty new lace bere called Puram, In addition, sublshers are nudging him to doa book, cents are lamering, forhis photogrepty and yarn companies are courting him for designs. Inthe last year Flond, 26, the mastermind benind the avy read blog Brookiyntaed (bran yntwood. blogspot.com), has gone For being a reluctant college admissions officer and grad student to one ofthe rising stars in the hand-4niting firmament. And te’ only kit seriously for about five years Creait tne Internet. Blogging and socal networking have made it possible for designers fo develop an audience independent of yarn ‘companies industry magazines and book publishers—ihe mare ‘raditonal channels earlier generations cultivated inorder to boost (Ou Flontslncans gees bw in Scrtch Tues DK" from RewansWestoinster Piers ebles hat sing from a Twd atone Tontinue fluidly up the acs of the Bards tthe tips of the fingers, The pals und finger fronts are knit lanky én garter stitch, All younced is glove reputations and pay the bills. Flood, wo holds a visual arts do ‘ee rom Washingler’s University of Puget Sound aris fishing an MFA atthe New Yark Academy of ‘At, didn't start his blog as a pathway to kiting stardom but to provide a creative outlet from the day job he taok when fea moved to New York three years ago. Merging the two things he Ives, nttng and photography, Flood launches nis Watt focused biog rooklyntweed in 2008. Eaton, his lush photography distinguished Erockiynweod from the masses. Flood dirt simply documents Os; he orstod lovely sl ies, mood pees starring exquisite kit. His este images used the urban lanx- ‘male knitwear designers to feature ‘and contacted Feed on 4 recommen ‘atin, "I ent to his biog” she says, “and could sae ne was truly ‘rasan and really understood slitches." The result was the Cobble store pullover (Fall 2007 14, 2 syoater thats arguably become tne *Clapotis® of guy kis ‘ier the appearance of Conble sone, afc to Brookiyntweed soared, Allen then published Flo's ‘raphic Koolhaas baanie Gnspired by the architecture ofthe Seale Pubic Luray), rocketed to number Wo on the Ravelry hat chats. His aesthetic fis the post novety yam efa. ram aasti, natural and, yes, weedy fibers, Flood desis ‘madetn kitwear using 2 radon scape as 8 romsitic backcop for sweator muarng New Yotkes. nd he ‘could make two tals of gray tweed Took lke chocolate bonbons. ‘lawglyset-tuaht knit (he learned 9s a chi but abandoned it unt college, where fiend rtaught him the basie moves), Flaxd wasnt satfied withthe clasle beginner Scarves and hats: he immeciately ante! fo make gatments, Turing to the Internet and Elzabeth Zimmer ‘mann, Flood besan creating the aecasiona riginal—a pat of sock, 4 colorworktelerark hat, @ lever scar wth leather buttons. When he did “coves” nati designe’ pattern, he di so showing impeccable yarn ‘and color chelces and sterling executions in 2007 Pam Allen then editar of loferneave Kris, was looking for vecabulaty. Alen, who is now the creative director at Clasic Elite Yerns ‘and is working wth Flood on a CEY/Brooklyrtweed booklet due out in June fan fs kiting a Cobblestone for her son), deseribes him as 2 neo ractonalit with great attntin to detail He puts it this way: "t am more inspired by history and tradition than by what's walking dawn the runway. But [ke throwing in @ contemporary element to what | do because | want it to leo goed om a Well eftor’s note: You can view mre of Jared Floods photagaphy at oodphotograpty.com. Instructions for the gloves (charts can be found on page 113) Sizod for aut woman. KNITTED MEASUREMENTS + Cul eccumference 718m MATERIALS +4 1or/S0e skeins (each approx 124/113) fof RomawWesiminser Fibers, Inc, Scot Tweed DK (ovo) in #25 oatmeal + Six size 7 (4.5mm) double pointed needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE + Cable needle + Stic masher, serap yara CAUCE 18stsand 32 mds = size 7 (4.5mm) niles. TAKE TIME TO CHECK THE GAU ‘Wem over gaterst using ‘STITCH GLOSSARY 3st LC S12 sts to enand hold 9 fron! of Work, il, k2 fom en, 3st RC SI [ston and old to ‘nace of work, Kd, KI from en. 3-st LPC S12 sts {o en and hold to front of work, pl, K2 fom 2.5 RPC SII st to eo and hold to bac of work, 12, pI from on. 4-st LC $12 sts o.en and hold to font of wok, K2 2 fom en, 4st RC SI2 sts to en and bold to ack of work, K2, k2 from

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