Broome

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat and mittens are each worked circularly from the bottom up.

GAUGE

• 4.5 stitches & 7 rounds = 1″ in Stockinette Stitch with Gauge Needle
• 24 stitches & 23 rounds = 3″ over Woven Cable pattern with Gauge Needle; all gauge measurements taken after blocking

NEEDLES

• One set of DPNs (or long circular, if working Magic Loop method) in size needed to obtain gauge listed above
• One set of DPNs (or long circular) three sizes smaller than Gauge Needle
• Suggested sizes: US 8/5 mm & US 5/3.75 mm

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• Mittens: 8″ hand circumference, 10″ length; blocked & unstretched
• Hat: 24″ circumference at widest point, 8″ from top of crown to base of ribbing; blocked and unstretched

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

• Mittens: Approx. 160 yards of worsted weight wool yarn
• Hat: Approx. 200 yards of worsted weight wool yarn

YARN

• 3 skeins (full set) or 2 skeins (single project) of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Long Johns