Product description

Scarves and wraps often serve as ideal blank canvases for the exploration of captivating stitch patterns. Afton was born out of a desire to bedeck a simple, wearable shape with the intricate allover patterning of delicately textured lace and cable motifs. Designed with thoughtful details (a Tubular Cast On, broken rib hems, and flat cord selvedges) and written with instructions for working three widths with Peerie, Loft held double, or Shelter, Afton is one to take on for the pure enjoyment of creating beautiful fabrics to wrap up in.

Designer: Jared Flood

Collection: Fall 2013Peerie Launch

 

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Afton

Lace & Cable Motif Scarf or Wrap

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Skill Level 3 of 5
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  • Product description

    Scarves and wraps often serve as ideal blank canvases for the exploration of captivating stitch patterns. Afton was born out of a desire to bedeck a simple, wearable shape with the intricate allover patterning of delicately textured lace and cable motifs. Designed with thoughtful details (a Tubular Cast On, broken rib hems, and flat cord selvedges) and written with instructions for working three widths with Peerie, Loft held double, or Shelter, Afton is one to take on for the pure enjoyment of creating beautiful fabrics to wrap up in.

    Designer: Jared Flood

    Collection: Fall 2013Peerie Launch

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARN

    Fingering Weight (Held Singly)

    • 5 (8, 17) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino Wool; 210 yards/50 grams)
    • Photographed in color Norway (Wide Scarf)


    Fingering Weight (Held Double)

    • 5 (9, –) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50 grams)
    • Photographed in colors Homemade Jam (Regular Scarf) and Fossil (Wide Scarf)


    Worsted Weight

    • – (–, 11) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50 grams)
    • Photographed in color Soot (Wrap)


    YARDAGE

    Fingering Weight (Held Singly)

    • 1030 (1520, 3425) yards of fingering weight wool yarn 


    Fingering Weight (Held Double)

    • Approximately 1210 (2420, –) yards of fingering weight wool yarn


    Worsted Weight

    • Approximately – (–, 1540) yards of worsted weight wool yarn  
  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • This scarf/wrap is worked in two pieces, each from the cast-on edge to the center. The pieces are then joined using Kitchener Stitch.
    • The two-piece construction allows for each half to be mirrored over the center line; scarf/wrap is perfectly symmetrical when worn.
    • This pattern is written for three weights of yarn, and for a range of different sizes in each yarn.


    GAUGE

    Peerie: 

    35 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in cable pattern from Afton Chart with Size A needles and using one strand of Peerie, after blocking


    Loft: 

    25 stitches & 31¼ rows = 4″ in cable pattern from Afton Chart with Size A needles and using two strands of Loft held double, after blocking


    Shelter: 

    20½ stitches & 24 rows = 4″ in cable pattern from Afton Chart with Size A needles and using one strand of Shelter, after blocking


    NEEDLES

    Size A (for Main Fabric)

    One pair of straight needles or a 24″ (or longer) circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauge listed

    • Suggested Size Peerie: 2¾ mm (US 2)

    • Suggested Size Loft: 5 mm (US 8)

    • Suggested Size Shelter: 5½ mm (US 9)


    Size B (for Ribbing)

    One pair of straight needles or a 24″ (or longer) circular needle* one or two sizes smaller than Size A

    • Suggested Size Peerie: 2¼ mm (US 1) or 2 mm (US 0)
    • 
Suggested Size Loft: 4 mm (US 6)

    • Suggested Size Shelter: 4½ mm (US 7)


    Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only)

    One pair of straight needles or a 24″ (or longer) circular needle* one size smaller than Size B

    • Suggested Size Peerie: 2 mm (US 0) or 1¾ mm (US 00)

    • Suggested Size Loft: 3¾ mm (US 5)
    • 
Suggested Size Shelter: 4 mm (US 6)

    *Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used.


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    Regular Scarf (Wide Scarf, Wrap)

    • Peerie: 9 (13¼, 25½)” [22 (33.5, 65) cm] wide; 72½ (72½, 84½)” [184 (184, 214.5) cm] long
    • Loft: 7¼ (13, –)” [18.5 (33, –) cm] wide; 70½ (70½, –)” [179 (179, –) cm] long
    • Shelter: – (–, 22)” [– (–, 56) cm] wide; – (–, 85)” [– (–, 216) cm] long


    Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.

    Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.
  • Techniques

    Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern: 

    • Tubular Cast On
    • Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)


  • Pattern Updates

    25 July 2018: Version 2.1

    Page 7: Third bullet down, extra “and” deleted.

    Page 8: Third paragraph, stitch count is in the third column, not second.

    7 September 2018: Version 2.2

    Page 5, Table: “Stitches Increased” for Peerie Wrap changed from 14 to 24 

    Page 9, Legend: Definition of “Slip” now reads, “On RS slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in back; on WS slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in front.”

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