Melia

YARN

Heavy worsted / aran weight yarn with a suggested gauge of 4.5 sts per inch / 2.5cm. The hood and gathered yoke require a yarn with good drape that won’t be too stiff or uncomfortably bulky. The honeycomb pattern used on the edges is a cable pattern and requires some stitch definition, but its deep texture works well in the somewhat fuzzy alpaca blends shown.

Ysolda’s version shown in The Fibre Company Canopy Worsted (50% Alpaca, 30% Merino, 20% Bamboo, 91yds / 100m, 1.76oz / 50g) in Blue Quandons.
Amanda’s version shown in Rooster Almerino Aran (50% Alpaca, 50% Merino, 103yds / 94m, 1.76oz / 50g) in 310 Rooster.

1230[1325, 1356, 1495, 1570, 1670, 1750, 1870, 1895, 2030, 2100, 2200, 2285, 2375, 2450] yards
1125[1210, 1240, 1365, 1435, 1525, 1600, 1710, 1735, 1855, 1920, 2010, 2090, 2170, 2240] metres

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS

US 7 / 4.5mm circular, 32”/80cm or longer.
US 7 / 4.5mm circular for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round.
Scrap yarn for holding stitches, for the provisional cast on a smooth yarn in the same weight as the main yarn will make things easier.
Stitch markers.
4 x 1 1/4 (3cm) buttons

Technique Thursday - Crochet provisional cast on
Technique Thursday - Picking up stitches from the middle of the fabric
Technique Thursday - Wrapless short rows
Technique Thursday - Cabling without a cable needle