Linen Stitch Hand Towels by Purl Soho

Linen Stitch Hand Towels

Knitting
June 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in Linen Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
290 yards (265 m)
11 inches wide x 17½ inches long
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS
3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Field Linen, 100% linen. Each skein is 295 yards/ 100 grams. (NOTE: Field Linen is no longer available, but choose from one of our other sport weight yarns.)

  • Main Color (MC): 2 skeins; approximately 240 yards required per towel. We used the color Queen Anne’s Lace.
  • Contrast Color (CC): 1 skein; approximately 50 yards required per towel. We used the color May Apple.

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NOTE: Each Towel uses under one skein of yarn, so with 3 skeins of Field Linen, you can make 3 Towels in total, using the CC as the MC for the third one!

GAUGE
32 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches in Linen Stitch

SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 11 inches wide x 17½ inches long