The Care Package by The Yarn Girls

The Care Package

Knitting
August 2006
Aran (8 wpi) ?
13 stitches = 4 inches
US 10 - 6.0 mm
686 yards (627 m)
Width 16 in Length 16 in
English

Pattern Description

Karen’s daughter, Katie, was attending sleep-away camp for the first time. Karen, remembering how much she loved going to camp every summer, knew Katie was going to have the time of her life. A typical preteen, Katie was very concerned about how to accessorize her bed and her area in her bunk. She “needed” the perfect sleeping bag and a fun-colored trunk. Karen wanted to give Katie an early care package, so she decided to knit Katie a pillow that coordinated with her camp stuff. She chose to knit in double cotton chenille in this simple four-quadrant intarsia pattern with colors to match Katie’s sleeping bag. Katie wrote home to report that her bunkmates were jealous and wanted pillows of their own.

Yarn Requirements

98 yds Color A

392 yds Color B

98 yds Color C

98 yds Color D

Yarn is worked double throughout the pillow--this means you should hold 2 strands of yarn together as though they are 1.