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.
Pattern Materials
Yarn
Fingering Weight (Held Singly)
- 5 (8, 17) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino Wool; 210 yards/50 grams)
Fingering Weight (Held Double)
- 5 (9, –) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50 grams)
Worsted Weight
- – (–, 11) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50 grams)
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
Needles
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Size A (for Main Fabric)
One 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 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 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)
- 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