Design: Hélène Magnússon
This is the bundle of exquisite Icelandic wool yarns to create your own breathtaking Moss Field Throw from Field Guide No. 26: Moss. Hélène Magnússon created this palette of 9 plates of Plotulopi worsted weight and 10 balls of Love Story Einband lace weight yarn.
Knitted measurements
Approx 60” (152.5 cm) square
Wool
- Plötulopi by Ístex [100 g plates, each approx 328 yds (300 m), 100% new wool]: 3 plates each #1423 Clover Green (A) and #9102 Grey (B); 1 plate each #0001 White (C), #0059 Black (D), and #0484 Forest Green (E)
- Love Story Einband by Hélène Magnússon [25 g skeins, each approx 246 yds (225 m), 100% Icelandic lambswool]: 2 skein each of Moss Green (F), Anis Green (G), Sulfur Yellow (H) and (I); 1 skein each of Natural White (J) and Raven Black (K)
Yardage used: very little left of the Love Story. Little used of the motifs colors in plötulopi (dark green, white and black that can be used for the sweater and accessories)
Note: There was very little yarn left in each color of Love Story when b was completed.
Needles: Size US 11 (7 mm) circular needle, 32” (80 cm) long or longer, or size needed to achieve gauge
Gauge: 15 sts and 30 rows (15 garter ridges) = 4” (10 cm) in garter st using 1 strand each of B and E held tog, blocked. Exact gauge is not critical, but if your gauge is larger than called for, you may not have enough yarn to finish the entire blanket.
Notions: darning needle, optional stitch markers.
Techniques: garter stitch, marled intarsia. Blanket is worked flat in three panels, which are then sewn together. The blanket is worked in garter stitch throughout.
Kit: the kit contains enough wool to complete the blanket but not the needles or the other material. The kit doesn´t include the pattern that is to be found exclusively in MDK Field Guide 26: Moss.
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