KIMMSWICK

A modern twist on one of knitting’s most traditional and well-loved styles – the Shetland tube scarf. Worked circularly throughout at a relaxed gauge, the double-layer of stranded fabric creates a lusciously soft and pliable garment.

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All photos © Jared Flood.

Collection:
Brooklyn Tweed Winter 2013

PDF Pattern: $6.50 US

MATERIALS
Six colors of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g) in the following amounts:

Color A: 1 skein 238 yards; photographed in color Fossil
Color B: 1 skein 158 yards; photographed in color Truffle Hunt
Color C: 2 skeins 328 yards; photographed in color Woodsmoke
Color D: 2 skeins 298 yards; photographed in color Nest
Color E: 1 skein 85 yards; photographed in color Embers
Color F: 1 skein 108 yards; photographed in color Hayloft

GAUGE
Finished Colorwork Gauge:
25 stitches and 28 rounds = 4” in circular stranded colorwork with Needle A; after blocking

NEEDLES
Size A (Colorwork Gauge Needle):
One 16” circular needle (or longer, if using the Magic Loop method) in size needed to obtain gauge listed above
Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

Size B:
One 16” circular needle (or longer, if using the Magic Loop method) in size needed to match colorwork stitch gauge listed when working single-color stockinette stitch (row gauge will vary)
Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Due to significant variance from knitter to knitter, your colorwork fabric should be swatched prior to knitting to decide whether or not Needle B is larger, smaller or equal to Needle A.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
8” wide and 72” long

SKILL LEVEL
3 of 5