When new yarns come in to me LYS my brain sets off all sorts of ideas of what to do and when to do it and what should come first! I pull out my stitch libraries and pore over the options trying to find the perfect stitch to show off the new yarn that has captured my imagination.

Star tweed is a stitch pattern from Barbara Walker’s first stitch library, and it is an easy, repeating, 2 colour slip stitch pattern. Knit in a very bulky wool the tweed is a bold statement that can show off any two colours beautifully! Can you see it in two shades of grey? Or maybe a bold black and white?

The hat, cowl and mittens are kept simple with minimal shaping to interrupt the stitch pattern. The thumb technique used in the mittens is the after thought thumb technique. Again, so that the stitch pattern is not interrupted.

The pattern includes a photo tutorial for the star tweed stitch pattern.

Happy Knitting!

Materials: 120 m 130 yds each of two colours – 1 for main and 1 for contrast – of Super Bulky Wool. Samples were knit with Eco Scandinavian Bulky by Estelle, 8mm US #13 and 10mm US #15 dpn’s or 16 inch circs for hat or cowl/headband, 6.5mm US #10.5 and 8mm US #13 dpn’s for mitts, waste yarn (for mitten thumbs) markers and the regular notions.
Gauge:
Hat and cowl – over ribbing with 8.0mm 11/12 sts in 4 inches blocked. Over star tweed knit with 10mm needles – 10 sts in 4 inches blocked.
Mittens – over ribbing with 6.5mm 14 sts in 4 inches unblocked. Over star tweed knit with 8.0mm needles – 12 sts in 4 inches unblocked.
Sizes:
Hat and cowl – Small 17-18 inches around, child – Medium19-20 inches around, adult small/medium – Large 21-22 inches around, adult large/medium. Sample hat shown in size large.
Mittens – one size – long 10.5 inches – short 9.5 inches.