Balloon Fiesta by Whitney Terrell

Balloon Fiesta

Knitting
October 2021
Aran (8 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
127 - 250 yards (116 - 229 m)
Adult
English
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Balloon Fiesta is designed to celebrate the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Balloons take flight for 10 mornings in October every year. The dancing colors fill the sky a s the sun rises behind the Sandia Peak. It is a sight to behold from any location in the north valley.

The pattern is charted only.

There are instructions for both a fingering weight and worsted weight version.

Two colors is recommended, ideally one skein that changes color as your contrast color to mimic the sky at sunrise.

Yarn Usage : 127 -175 yards fingering weight yarn in each color.
140 - 190 yards worsted weight in each color.