The Four Caskets by Donna Pick

The Four Caskets

Knitting
August 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
5 stitches and 7.5 rows = 1 inch
in Stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1300 - 1400 yards (1189 - 1280 m)
42" Finished Chest
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

The Four Caskets is a design created in homage to Diana Wynne Jones’ book “A Tale of Time City.” The four caskets in the story were made of lead, iron, silver, and gold.

Notions: row counter, 8 small stitch markers, weaving needle.

Skills needed: knit in the round, garter in the round, yarnovers, k1inc, k2tog.

Four skeins MC, and one skein each of three coordinating colors.

8/19/20: Stitch count after sleeve split was wrong. PDF has been fixed and published; update sent.