Ballade (バラード) by Toshiyuki Shimada (嶋田俊之)

Ballade (バラード)

Knitting
October 2007
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in pattern stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
2867 yards (2622 m)
bust 105cm
Japanese

No specific yarn brand is suggested - the pattern only says to use fingering weight Shetland wool. The amounts listed per color are as follows:

  • color A, 30g - light pink (薄ピンク)
  • color B, 75g - light purple (薄紫)
  • color C, 60g - heathered beige (霜降りベージュ)
  • color D, 50g - light blue (薄ブルー)
  • color E, 50g - blue (ブルー)
  • color F, 35g - dark blue (濃ブルー)
  • color G, 80g - deep purple (深紫)
  • color H, 125g - dark red (濃赤)
  • color I, 70g - light brown (こげ茶)

Yardage listed above is an estimate based on typical fingering-weight wool.

Calls for Japanese size 3 & 4 knitting needles (3.0 & 3.3mm).