Pressings by Dee Hardwicke

Pressings

Knitting
October 2024
Lace ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch, after blocking. 
US 4 - 3.5 mm
One size
English

Finished Measurements
Approx. 21.75 × 21.75” / 55 × 55 cm. 
110 sts × 164 rows. 

Materials
Yarn: Mohair Silk by La Bien Aimée (70% mohair, 30% silk, 546 yds / 499 m – 50 g). 

Any similar lace-weight yarn with comparable yardage can be used. Suggested alternatives include, for example, Tilia by Filcolana and Sofie by Koigu.

Base (marled, one strand of each colour held together) 
Colours:
A. Cocquelicot – 30 g = approx. 328 yds / 299 m.
B. Sansa – 30 g = approx. 328 yds / 299 m.

Embroidery (one strand)
Colours:
C. Madeleine – 3 g = approx. 33 yds / 30 m.
D. Sari – 4 g = approx. 44 yds / 40 m.
E. The Shire – 4 g = approx. 44 yds / 40 m.
F. Yellow Brick Road – 4 g = approx. 44 yds / 40 m.
G. Lichen – 3 g = approx. 33 yds / 30 m.

The total amount of yarn needed is approx. 78 g.  

Needles: US 4 / 3.5 mm needles or the size needed to achieve the correct gauge. 

Notions: Tapestry needle. 

Gauge
20 sts × 30 rows to 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking.