Kildare

CONSTRUCTION

• Scarf is worked horizontally, with cast on and bind off rows worked on the long edge of the rectangle.
• Yarn is held double throughout, creating an aran-weight gauge (from two strands of fingering-weight yarn).

GAUGE

• 17 stitches & 24 rows = 4″ over 3×3 ribbing; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after being blocked with light stretch
• 26 stitches & 28 rows = 4″ over Cable Panel (charted), relaxed after blocking

NEEDLES

• One 32″ or 40″ circular needle in size needed to obtain Ribbing Gauge listed; Suggested Size: US 7 (4½ mm)
• One 32″ or 40″ circular needle in size needed to obtain Cabled Gauge listed; Suggested Size: US 6 (4 mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 72″ x 9″ rectangle; measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

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

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1375 yards of fingering-weight wool yarn, held double throughout

YARN

• 5 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in Fauna

8 May 2012: 

The written-out WS row instructions for the Cable Panel needed to be corrected – they did not correspond to the chart. The new WS instructions read “WS Rows: Starting at the first marker, purl 8, work 6 repeats of Kildare Chart, you will now be at second marker.