violet hours by Deborah Doherty

violet hours

Knitting
December 2023
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
1330 - 2675 yards (1216 - 2446 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) [6, 7, 8, 9]
English
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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
37 (41, 45, 48½, 52½) 56½, 60, 64, 68
94 (104, 114.5, 123, 133.5) 143.5, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5 cm

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9
Choose the size with 5-10” of ease. Sample is size 1 with 6” of ease.

YARN
6 (7, 7, 8, 9) 10, 10, 11, 12 skeins Woolfolk Tynd (223 yards / 204 meters / 50 grams)
Sample colors in photographs: 41

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
Needle A (gauge needle): US 3 (3.25 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge, 24” circular needle
Needle B (for ribbing): US 2 (2.75 mm), or one size smaller than gauge needle, 16” and 24” circular needles
Tapestry needle, cable needle, markers, locking markers, waste yarn

GAUGE
25 sts and 35 rows for 4”/10 cm in Stockinette stitch, blocked
25 sts and 42 rows for 4”/10 cm in Bubble stitch, blocked

NOTES
The pullover is worked flat from the bottom up. After pieces are blocked, the shoulders are seamed and the sleeves set in place. The collar is picked up and worked in the round.
Bands of Diamond Lace alternate with Bubble Stitch to form the texture.