Stratosphere by Disorder Knits

Stratosphere

Knitting
June 2017
Classic Elite Alpaca Sox
Light Fingering ?
24 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in garter
US 4 - 3.5 mm
2.0 mm
650 - 675 yards (594 - 617 m)
One size
English
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Stratosphere is an easy Shetland lace stole named for the incidental music over the end credits of the early 1950s television space opera series Space Patrol, which has nothing whatsoever to do with Shetland lace.

The yarn color needed a wispy-cloudy-sky name so it stuck, even after I changed the design from a long, undulating rectangle to an oddly stretched, wormlike hap.

The pattern is simple and easily altered to fit whatever length or width you prefer.

NOTE: Pattern uses US crochet terminology.

Materials
2 skeins Classic Elite Alpaca Sox #1814 Dried Lavender (100 grams/450 yds each) or 150 grams/675 yds light fingering yarn. I used a skein and a half for the sample stole but your mileage may vary.
US size 4 (3.50 mm) circular needle 40” or longer.
Size 1 (2mm) crochet hook.
Stitch holder.
Stitch marker.
Waste yarn for casting on.