Lovage by Marie Wallin

Lovage

Knitting
February 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in fairisle pattern
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
2.5 mm
1422 - 1494 yards (1300 - 1366 m)
S (32-34 ins), M/L (36-42) ins, L/XL (42-46 ins), XXL (48-50 ins)
English
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I Love ‘Lovage’ …I love wearing it and the one I have has been washed and worn lots of times and it seems to improve with age, it just gets softer and softer. It’s a very popular design from my first book ‘Windswept’ and I saw a few being worn with pride at the recent Yarndale Show!

The yardage quoted is based on size SMALL.

The colours in Rowan Fine Tweed needed to knit ‘LOVAGE’ are as follows, the actual weight used is in brackets (5% has been added to my usage):

SIZE SMALL

Arncliffe 360 - 8 x 25gm balls (wt - 192g)
Skipton 379 - 2 x 25gm balls (wt - 32g)
Richmond 381 - 2 x 25gm ball (wt - 36g)
Hawes 362- 1 x 25gm ball (wt - 23g)
Leyburn 383 - 2 x 25gm balls (wt - 36g)
Tissington 386 - 1 x 25gm ball (wt - 16g)
Dove Dale 385 - 1 x 25gm ball (wt - 10g)
Dent 373 - 2 x 25gm balls (wt - 27g)
Bedale 361 - 1 x 25gm ball (wt - 12g)

This yarn is used for the crochet trim only.

The crochet trims on the overarm on each sleeve are optional.