Year of Gifts 2023 (knit via Zoom)

June will pick out the pattern each month following Kelbourne’s Year of Gifts, skipping /substituting any projects the group decides.

January-Snowdrop Hat

Specifications
YARN
Kelbourne Woolens Andorra (60% Merino wool, 20% Highland wool, 20% mohair; 185 yds/50 gm skein): ink black 005 (MC) and snow white 105 (CC), 1 skein each.
GAUGE
26 sts and 28 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in stranded colorwork on larger ndls, after blocking.
NEEDLES
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 1 (2.25 mm) circular.
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 3 (3.25 mm) circular.
1 – set US 3 (3.25 mm) DPNs.
Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Darning needle, stitch marker, Kelbourne Woolens label, sewing thread, sharp sewing needle, waste yarn, crochet hook for provisional cast on.
SIZE
18.5” (47 cm) circumference, unstretched, 10.5” (26.5 cm) height, after brim is folded.
SKILLS
Provisional cast on, stranded colorwork from charts.

February-Primrose Mittens

Worthy of Note
The Primrose Mittens are worked in the round from the cuff to top of hand. The cuff is worked in a broken ribbing, and the hand is worked from a chart. The thumb is worked using the afterthought (peasant) method.

Specifications
YARN
274 yards of a dk weight yarn-We will have kits available. 
GAUGE
22 sts and 36 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in texture stitch on larger ndls, after blocking.
22 sts and 36 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in broken ribbing on larger ndls, after blocking.
NEEDLES
1 – set US 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs.
1 – set US 4 (3.5 mm) DPNs.
Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Darning needle, stitch marker, waste yarn of similar gauge.
SIZE
8.5” (21.5 cm) hand circumference, 11.5” (29.5 cm) total length.
SKILLS
Working from charts, tuck stitches, picking up stitches from waste yarn.

March-Sweet Pea Socks

These socks are worked in the round from the top down. The pattern calls for double pointed needles (DPNs), but you may choose whichever method of working in the round on a small circumference that you prefer.

The pattern is written and charted for two sizes, Chart A is a 6” (15.5 cm) leg circumference and Chart B is 7” (18 cm) leg circumference; use the correct chart for whichever size you are knitting. The ribbing patten is very accommodating and stretchy.

Charts are read from the bottom up and all rounds are read from right to left.

Specifications
YARN
Kelbourne Woolens Perennial (click to order) (60% superwash Merino, 25% Suri alpaca, 15% nylon; 497 yds/100 gm skein): neon coral 825, 1 skein.
GAUGE
1 repeat (34 sts) in Chart A = 3” (7.5 cm).
1 repeat (40 sts) in Chart B = 3.5” (9 cm).
40 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in Chart A and Chart B.
NEEDLES
1 – set US 1 (2.25 mm) DPNs.
1 – set US 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs.
Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Darning needle, stitch marker(s).
SIZE
6 (7)” 15.5 (18) cm leg and foot circumference, unstretched, 7.5” (19 cm) from cuff to start of heel, foot length variable.
SKILLS
Knitting, purling, cable patterns from charts, grafting.