Lá Bealtaine by Janelle Martin

Lá Bealtaine

Knitting
April 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28.25 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Chart D
US 5 - 3.75 mm
664 - 2000 yards (607 - 1829 m)
Wrap (Scarf, Stole)
English
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Lá Bealtaine* (the Irish name for Beltane) was the May pattern for the Wooly Wonka Fibers Celtic Year club. 

Beltane, the Gaelic May Day festival, was traditionally held halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.  Lighting bonfires is part of the celebrations and was the inspiration for this colourway and the design.**

Skills Required:

  • Working Lace
  • Working with Charts
  • Twisted Stitches
  • Cables
  • Blocking

Sizes Available: Wrap (Scarf, Stole)
Finished Size (blocked): 13 (13, 21)”/33 (33, 53.5) cm wide by 44 (56, 82)”/112 (142, 208) cm long

Other Tools:

  • 5/8”/16 mm buttons (5-9) for wrap (optional)
  • Cable needle
  • Stitch markers (2)
  • Tapestry needle
  • Sewing needle and unwaxed dental floss (to attach buttons)
  • Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions)
  • Blocking wires and Tpins

Yarn: 664 (846, 2,000) yards/607 (774, 1829) meters of merino/silk yarn that knits up to 7.5 sts/inch on US#5/3.75 mm needles.

Shown In: Wooly Wonka Fibers ‘Nimue Sock’, (435 yards/398 meters; 50% merino, 50% silk; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein). 2 skeins of Bonfire. Buttons sourced from The Quarter Stitch.

Errata (corrected in update sent out 13 December 2019):
Page 4, Transition Rows:

R1 (RS) should read: K4, Chart A, p1, [[(c2fp, p3, k1tbl, p2) twice, c2fp, p3, c2bp, p2, k1tbl, p2]] twice (twice, four times), c2fp, p3, k1tbl, p2, c2fp, p3, k1bl, p1, Chart A, k4.