Thistledown by RavenstitchStudio

Thistledown

Knitting
December 2023
Sport (12 wpi) ?
29 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in slip stitch crosses
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1275 - 1280 yards (1166 - 1170 m)
Measurements approx. after blocking: 193 cm/76” x 130 cm/51” and 84 cm/33” at the deepest point.
English
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Thistledown
On every hill, on every glen
There stands a flower fair
She’s regal and majestical
With a beauty that is rare
Admired much by one and all
Come skies of blue or grey
This lady is a Scottish queen
In each and everyway
From Frank Maguire’s “A Scottish Queen”

This wrap is knit top down, commencing with the I-cord tab cast on and completed with an I-cord cast off.

Yarn: Lichen and Lace Rustic Heather Sport
MC – Birch 4 x 56 g; I used 188 g
CC1 – Black Walnut 1 x 56 g; I used 36 g
CC2 – Shrub 2 x 56 g; I used 86 g
CC3 – Pollen 1 x 56 g; I used 46 g
CC4 – Rosewood 1 x 56 g; I used 48 g