Knitting in the flat, garter stitch, lattice slip garter, tying fringes.Helping Small Businesses Succeed with IT Solutions Size can be adjusted by using larger or smaller needles alternatively by using a lighter or heavier weight yarn, such as First Clip (lighter weight) or Double Knit (heavier). It is always wise to do a swatch to establish your tension adjust your needle size accordingly. If you alter the yarn weight and needle size, make sure that your crochet hook is at least 0.5mm bigger than your knitting needle size.Ģ9 sts & 62 rows = 10 cm before blocking.

If you choose a different yarn weight you need to alter your needle size accordingly.Ĭrochet hook for making the fringes, 3.5-4mm depending on your preference.

The pattern is for jumper weight yarn, but can also be applied to double knit, though this will affect the size and dimensions of the waistcoat.Ĭircular needles 120cm long, 3-3.5mm depending on your preference. An extra bonus is that you’ll have no loose ends to weave in. The effect of the “latticed slip garter” reminds me of my various cultures as a mixed heritage Swedish/Sri Lankan living in Shetland: the lattice pattern gives a nod to the South Asian traditional stone lattice ornamentation, while the effect of the slip stitch colour alternations has a Fair Isle as well as Bohus feel to it, without actually being stranded knitting. It is reversible, with one speckled side and one side featuring a more woven style texture, due to the technique of what I am calling a “latticed slip garter” stitch. The scarf is a celebration of the garter stitch and combines both dyed and undyed yarn. This poetic license is a play on the long shared history of Shetland and Scandinavia. The Shaetlan cognate is fleckit, which strictly speaking means ‘spotted with dark spots on a white background’, which is the reverse of this scarf. Fläckig means ‘speckled, spotted’ in Swedish and descends from the Old Norse flekkr- ‘spot’.

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