I love the way the pattern and this color reminds me of the Irish wool fisherman’s sweaters people wear. Very cozy but a lot more useful in this pima cotton/acrylic blend. This will be a sofa throw for the family lake house.
I decided to employ the combination foundation/1stRowSC and gladly did NOT use a larger hook per instructions. In fact, on final border rounds, I needed to hook down to correct the proportions.
Because I bought more than I estimated needing, I decided to make a more pronounced border by duplicating Edge Rows 1 and 2 to end with 7 rounds. Unfortunately, I ran out on the last round with 1-1/4 sides remaining. Skein arrived 12/18 and I’m done!
Yarn was very linty so I cool-washed it in Woolite and lightly dried with a dryer sheet.