Umhleypingar KIT

Created especially with the colors of Gilitrutt, the kit is enough to knit a cowl and two pairs of of wrist warmers, or make them longer. The cowl also double as a head band.

The designer: Helga Jóna Þórunnardóttir is an Icelandic expat in Denmark where she’s teaching knitting, an especially Icelandic knitting at the Skals -højskolen for design og håndarbejde.

Sizes: one size fits all
Wrist warmers: 16 cm/6.25” circumference and 11 cm/4.25” long.
Cowl: 47 cm/ 18.5” circumference and 19 cm/7.5” long.

Yarn: Gilitrutt from Hélène Magnússon, pure new wool, 100% Icelandic lambswool, plied lace weight, 2 ply, 25 g skein =112 m / 122 yds
Color A: Natural grey, 1 skein
Color B: Askja blue, 1 skein
Color C: Natural white, 1 skein

Gauge: 10 cm / 4” = 30 sts and 27 rows in slip stitch pattern on needle 3.5 mm / US 4

Needles: 3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle (using Magic loop) or DPNs

Notions: marker, darning needle

The wrist warmers and the cowl are both worked in the round with a simple slip stitch pattern. There is only one color worked at once in each round and knit stitches, the slipped stitches being slipped with the yarn in front.

Kit: the kit contains the wool but not the needles or the other material. The kit doesn’t include the pattern that must be purchased separately. Shipping costs are not included

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