Pattern Description from Interweave Knits, Winter 2004: “I like my ties like I like my men: skinny and square.”

Finished Size: 52” (132 cm) long and 1½“ (3.8 cm) wide at end worn outside.

Yarn: Skacel Riviera (45% cotton, 30% linen, 25% rayon; 110 yd (100 m)/50 g): #705 gray-green, 1 ball.

Needles: Size 2 (2.75 mm)

Gauge:48 sts and 36 rows = 4” (10 cm) in k1, p1 rib.

Note: This pattern originally appeared in a collection of 6 different tie patterns entitled “All Tied Up” designed by the following:

• Mary Jane Mucklestone
• Ive Bigelow
• Susan Sternlieb
• Leigh Radford
• Ann Budd
• Pam Allen

Photos of these projects are on page 83 of Interweave Knits, Fall 2004. The patterns are NOT in the magazine, however. Readers are instructed to find instructions for these ties on the website www.interweaveknits.com or send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope to All Tied Up, 201 East 4th St., Loveland, CO 80537.

This collection of patterns is no longer available for free at interweaveknits.com.