Hawthorn is worked from the bottom center point up, increasing at each side edge every row to wide top edge. Designed to be knitted in any yarn weight and in a range of gauges, the suggested yarn amounts are listed below. Hawthorn was included in Quince Quarterly Fall 2019 boxes, written specifically for Chickadee, in Level 1, and written specifically for Pheobe, in Level 2.

Sample shown in puffin kumlien’s gull 152 and measures approx 54” / 137 cm wide and 21” / 53.5 cm deep

yarn
lace weight: piper / 3 skeins
fingering weight: finch / 5 skeins
sport weight: chickadee / 5 skeins
DK weight: phoebe / 3 skeins
worsted weight: lark / 5 skeins / owl / 5 skeins / crane / 2 skeins
aran/chunky weight: Osprey / 3 skeins
bulky weight: puffin / 4 skeins

needles
32” circular in size to obtain gauge:
lace weight: US 4 / 3.4 mm
fingering weight: US 5 / 3.75 mm
sport weight: US 6 / 4 mm
DK weight: US 7 / 4.5 mm
worsted weight: US 8 / 5 mm
aran/chunky weight: US 9 / 5.5 mm
bulky weight: US 10 / 6 mm

gauge
in stitch pattern, after blocking
lace weight: 28 sts and 37 rows = 4”
fingering weight: 26 sts and 34 rows = 4”
sport weight: 22 sts and 32 rows = 4”
DK weight: 20 sts and 26 rows = 4”
worsted weight: 17 sts and 23 rows = 4”
aran/chunky weight: 14 sts and 18 rows = 4”
bulky weight: 12.5 sts and 16 rows = 4”

skills required
Long-tail cast on, increasing. Line-by-line instructions included.