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‘Twinkle by
Wenlan Classic
Yarns:
100% wok:
aoog/ 83 ds.
Bypihiae
Bulkies have exploded on the market over the past
decade hecause oftheir quick-knitblity, textural
intrigue and couture chann, We love Twinkle’s “Soft
Chunky” forts superior softness and prand palette
hanclpfeked by Twinkle designer Wenlan Chia, with
tnewsiades added every season. Its dhe only “celebrity”
sam featured, having made countess trips down the
‘ray as pat of Twink’ aelained fashion cllections
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Super-Bulkies
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EZ's
Snail Hat
Worked in thick yarn
and with big needles,
this EZ classic is
the ultimate quick-knit.
en you wrk with very hick wo, yur iting ragesses
at amazing speed. 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
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rom Schoolhouse
Pres. Order at
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+ 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
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“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