All Aboard! Puff-Puff-Puff... by Aurélie Colas

All Aboard! Puff-Puff-Puff...

Knitting
January 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 52 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch in the round
US 1 - 2.25 mm
273 - 437 yards (250 - 400 m)
Small, Medium, Large
English
This pattern is available for £4.25.

Did you know that the first steam locomotive, and the first railway were British? From William Murdoch, to Richard Trevithick, to George Stephenson and his Locomotion, the history of railway has been deeply anchored in the United Kingdom.

As a tribute to the engineering exploit of the steam locomotive, “All Aboard!…” features unusual textures, from railway tracks to puffing steam, and a very unusual, engineered, construction…

Let’s get on tracks! All aboard!!! Puff-Puff-Puff…


Sizing
To fit foot circumference (measured around ball of foot):
Small ― 20 cm (8 in),
Medium ― 23 cm (9 in),
Large ― 25.5 cm(10 in)


Yarn requirement
The Knitting Goddess British wool and nylon 4ply (1 x 100g, 400 m / 437 yds) shown in “Moving Forward”
or The Knitting Goddess Britsock (1 x 100g, 400 m / 437 yds)

Needles and Notions

  • 2.25 mm (US 1) needles (circ. or DPNs) - Or size required to achieve gauge.
  • Darning needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Waste Yarn and Crochet Hook

Gauge
36 sts / 10cm (4 in) measured over stockinette in the round.

8-Page Pattern includes:
Detailed charts for heel and foot sections.
Complete written instructions (including written directions for Charts)
Photo-Tutorial of Shadow Wrap technique.

More detailed tutorial on the Shadow Wrap method can be found on the designer’s blog.