Stolen From the Sea is a stole that knits up quickly on large needes and only requires 1oo grams of sock yarn. It contains four different stitch patterns, but they are all variations of one base pattern and only use knit stitches and yarnovers. Gauge is not important, so just start knitting!
Materials
Yarn: 2 x 50-gram skeins of Drops Delight (colourway 03 is pictured). 175 m (191 yds) per skein, 350 m (382 yds) in total. Needles: 6 mm (US 1o / UK 4) circular needles (100 cm / 40" or longer) Tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends The size of the stole in the pictures is 35 x 183 cm (13in x 6ft) after blocking. Size will obviously vary with yarn, gauge and how you block it. Notes on substituting yarn You could use 1oo grams of any sock yarn that will block well. Drops Delight is a variegated yarn with long colour stretches; yarns that could work well as substitutes include Noro sock yarns and Sandnes Mini Palett. If you use a yarn with less yardage, you could try casting on fewer stitches (pattern is based on a repeat of 1o sts plus 6), only work one repeat of pattern D, or skip pattern D altogether. If you use a yarn with more yardage, you could try casting on more stitches (by increments of 10 stitches), or working one or more of the patterns more times. If you do the latter, make sure you knit two rows straight before casting off (rows I-2 or 5-6 of the stitch patterns).
Stitch Pattern A
(Seafoam pattern from various sources) Rows 1 & 2: Knit all stitches. Row 3: K6, \*yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 3yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k6\* Repeat from \* to end. Row 4: Knit across, dropping all yarnovers off the needle as you come across them. Rows 5 & 6: Knit all stitches. Row 7: K1, \*yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 3y0, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k6\* Repeat from \* to \* until last 5 stitches, which are worked as follows: yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 3yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k1. Row 8: As row 4.
Stitch Pattern B
Rows 1 & 2: Knit all stitches. Row 3: K6, \*yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k6\* Repeat from \* to end. Row 4: Knit across, dropping all yarnovers off the needle as you come across them. Rows 5 & 6: Knit all stitches. Row 7: K1, \*yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k6\* Repeat from \* to \* until last 5 stitches, which are worked as follows: yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k1. Row 8: As row 4.
Stitch Pattern C
Rows 1 & 2: Knit all stitches. Row 3: K6, \*yo, k1, yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k6\* Repeat from \* to end. Row 4: Knit across, dropping all yarnovers off the needle as you come across them. Rows 5 & 6: Knit all stitches. Row 7: K1, \*yo, k1, yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k1, yo. k6\* Repeat from \* to \* until last 5 stitches, which are worked as follows: yo, k1, yo, k1, 2yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1. Row 8: As row 4.
Stitch Pattern D
Rows 1 & 2: Knit all stitches. Row 3: K6, \*(yo, k1) 5 times, k5\* Repeat from \* to end. Row 4: Knit across, dropping all yarnovers off the needle as you come across them. Rows 5 & 6: Knit all stitches. Row 7: K1, \*(yo, k1) 5 times, k5\* Repeat from \* to \* to last 5 stitches, then (yo, k1) 5 times. Row 8: As row 4.
Directions
Loosely cast 0n 206 stitches. Work Stitch Pattern A twice. Work Stitch Pattern B twice. Work Stitch Pattern C twice. Work Stitch Pattern D once, then rows 1-6 of Pattern D again. Bind off loosely. Weave in ends and block thoroughly. Done! Abbreviations 2yo: Two yarnovers 3yo: Three yarnovers
