abalone by ash alberg

abalone

Knitting
January 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in striped section, blocked
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1094 yards (1000 m)
top edge: 60" (152.5cm); centre spine: 28" (71cm)
English
This pattern is available in print for C$9.00.

please note that the version available now is the one made for flotsam & jetsam, and the 2015 version is no longer available.

to order a hard copy of flotsam & jetsam, please visit here.

you can read more about abalone’s first incarnation on my blog at http://sunflower-knit.blogspot.ca/2015/01/abalone.html.

needles: US 5 (3.75mm) 32” (80cm) circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge

yarn: mc: 547 yards (500 metres), 100g of fingering weight yarn
sample shown in sunflower knit’s mermaid hair (50% wool/50% silk, 547 yards 500 metres, 100g) x1 skein cc: 547 yards (500 metres), 100g of fingering weight yarn
sample shown in sunflower knit’s five of hearts (50% wool/50% silk, 5 x 109 yards 100 metres, 20g) x 1 set

notions: 2 stitch markers, blocking equipment

gauge: 18 stitches x 40 rows = 4” (10cm), over striped section, blocked