Julebukk by Skeindeer Knits

Julebukk

Knitting
November 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches = 4 inches
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
361 - 437 yards (330 - 400 m)
9-15cm width: pre-teen, teen; women's small, medium, large; men's small, medium, large, xl
English
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Julebukk can refer to children going door-to-door Carol singing for sweets. Alternatively it could refer to a ‘halmbukk’, Straw buck, a deer or goat made out of straw, dressed up red ribbons. A staple in Scandinavian juledecor.

I hope you will enjoy this pattern, and if you need any help or have any suggestions, this topic in my Ravelry group is the best place for support. Happy knitting!

Yarn
Rauma Finull (100% Norwegian wool, 175 m / 191 yds, 50 g). 1 x 50g per colour.

You will get the best results if you use a fingerint to sport weight, non-superwash, woollen spun sheep’s wool yarn. Alternatives: Tukuwool Fingering, Hillesvåg Ask or Vilje, Sandnes Tove, Navia Duo, Jamieson’s Spindrift, Holst Supersoft etc.

Needles
Gauge-size needles and 0.5 mm below gauge-size needles for working small circumferences in the round.

The sample was made using 3 mm (US 2 ½) and 2.5 mm (US 1 ½) mm needles.

Gauge
(34, 32, 30, 28) sts = 10 cm / 4” in stranded colourwork.

Sizes
(1, 2, 3, 4)
The sample is knit in size 3 and worn with 2.5 cm / 1” ease around the knuckles.

Mitten circumference (19, 20, 21, 23) cm / (7.5, 7.75, 8.5, 9)”.
Different sizes are achieved with different gauges by using bigger needles for bigger sizes and smaller needles for smaller sizes.

Notions
3 stitch markers
Waste yarn for thumb hole