Pine Tree by Tina Vejlø Andersen

Pine Tree

Knitting
October 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
38 - 44 yards (35 - 40 m)
11cm high
Danish English
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Pine Tree
Also known as Skovfyr

The Pine Tree is knitted in the round on DPNs, in two shades.
The tree itself having one shade and the branches another.
The branches are formed by pleats where the fold forms a picot edge.
The stocking stitch edge at the bottom of the tree is rolled up under the first branch, this way it is standing nicely.

Size:
The Pine Tree is 11cm high, diameter at the bottom is 6cm.
One tree weighs approximately 8 gram.

Yarn:
Spindrift, 100% Pure Shetland Wool from Jamieson’s of Shetland.
Suggested shade combinations:
789 Marjoram (MA)
1130 Lichen (LI)

107 Mogit (MO)
141 Camel (CA)

195 Moorland (MO)
237 Thistledown (TH)

812 Prairie (PR)
259 Leprechaun (LE)

144 Turf (TU)
329 Laurel (LA)

Needles:
5 double pointed needles (DPNs) 3mm (US 2½).
1 DPN 2mm (US 0).

Tension:
10x10 cm = 26sts and 36rows in stocking stitch on 3mm.
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Skovfyr
Træet strikkes i to farver og rundt på strømpepinde.
Selve træet har én farve og ”grenene” en anden.
Grenene er en bise, hvor folden danner musetakker.
Nederste glatstrikkede kant på træet rulles op under
første lag af grangrene, så står træet fint af sig selv.

Mål:
Skovfyr er 11 cm høj, diameter i bund er 6 cm.
Et træ vejer ca. 8 gram.

Garn:
Spindrift, 100% ren Shetlandsk uld fra Jamieson’s of Shetland.

Farve forslag:
789 Marjoram (MA)
1130 Lichen (LI)

107 Mogit (MO)
141 Camel (CA)

195 Moorland (MO)
237 Thistledown (TH)

812 Prairie (PR)
259 Leprechaun (LE)

144 Turf (TU)
329 Laurel (LA)

Vejledende pinde:
5 strømpepinde 3mm.
1 strømpepind 2mm til bisestrik

Strikkefasthed:
10x10cm = 26m og 36p glatstrik på 3mm