Welcome to Ljubljena!

Ljubljena is knitted sideways mostly in garter stitch, but decorated with an eyelet section and picot bind-off. You will start with 3 stitches, and end with 192 more!

Word ljubljena means “loved” in the Slovene language, and it is a play on words as it is really similar to Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia. That’s the place where I am spending my autumn 2019 because I joined the Erasmus+ programme. Mainly in the beginning, it was very hard for me to not feel awful – introvert among all these party types (because it’s really hard to find another introvert who is closed in his room as well). It was a period I had to try hard to feel loved and worthy in this kind of world. More on this topic on the last page of the pattern…

YARN USED
973 metres (1064 yards) of Fingering weight yarn. I used BC Garn Soft Silk.

NEEDLES USED
60 cm circular needles 3 mm = US 2.5

GAUGE
22 sts × 38 rows (10×10 cm) in garter stitch

SIZE
Almost 3 metres! See a sketch in the photo section.