QUEENSLAND BEACH
QUEENSLAND BEACH
Fiona Alice published her first knitting book, Take Heart: A Transatlantic Knitting Journey, with Pom Pom Press in 2015. Those patterns are now slowly becoming available as individual downloads for the first time.
Queensland Beach uses a variation of the traditional Staghorn Cable and by combining 1x1 ribbing with cables the pattern creates a lush band of fabric to cover your ears.
The original sample featured in the book was knit in Illimani’s Silky Baby Llama. Fiona’s new sample is shown in their SANTI.
This product listing is for the PDF pattern for the garment pictured and described here and not the actual finished item.
Sizes: 1 (2, 3)
To fit head circumference: 51 (53, 56) cm / 20 (21, 22)” – to be worn with approximately 5 cm / 2” negative ease
Finished circumference: 46 (48, 51) cm / 18 (19, 20)”
Width: 9 cm / 3½” wide
Yarn: Illimani Silky Baby Llama (worsted weight; 70% Baby Llama, 30% Mulberry Silk; 200 m / 220 yds per 100 g skein)
Shade: Ginger; 1 (1, 1) skein (original sample)
Illimani SANTI (DK weight, 45% merino wool, 25% alpaca, 15% yak, 15% mulberry silk; 125 m / 137 yds per 50 g skein). Shade: Lilac Season 4699; 1 (1, 1) (purple sample)
Gauge: 41 sts x 22 rows = 9 cm / 3½” over cable pattern after blocking
Needles: 4.5 mm / US 4 knitting needles
4.5 mm / US 7 or 5 mm / US H/8 crochet hook for provisional cast-on
Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.
Notions: Smooth waste yarn in a similar weight for provisional cast-on, cable needle, tapestry needle
This download contains two versions of the pattern, one for print and one that is mobile friendly.
Image 3. photography by Juju Vail for Pom Pom Press.
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