Tulpenmanie by M K Nance

Tulpenmanie

Knitting
April 2018
DK (11 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Brioche Rib
US 5 - 3.75 mm
150 - 180 yards (137 - 165 m)
18 (21)” / 46 (53) cm circumference 9” (12) / 23 (30.5) cm height
English
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The name is the Dutch term for Tulip Mania as the pattern reminds me of tulips.

Yarn:
Color A
Abundant Earth Fiber Verdant80% Merino, 20% Rambouillet; 250 yds/230 m per 100 g skein; Light Grey; 1 skein.

Color B
Abundant Earth Fiber Verdant80% Merino, 20% Rambouillet; 250 yds/230 m per 100 g skein; Light Grey; 1 skein. (Dyed with Abundant Earth Fiber Wool Tinctures in Malbec)

Dimensions:
18 (21)” / 46 (53) cm circumference (taken after blocking)
9” (12) / 23 (30.5) cm height (taken after blocking)

Gauge and needles:
17 sts / 24 rows = 4” / 10 cm in brioche rib on US 5 (3.75 mm) (see notes) 16” (40 cm) and preferred style for small-circumference circular knitting

Notions:
Stitch markers
Darning needle

Abbreviations:
sts - stitches
k - knit
p - purl
brk - brioche knit (knit the stitch with it corresponding yarn over)
brp - brioche purl (purl the stitch with it corresponding yarn over)
yf sl1yo - bring the working yarn to the right side, slip the next stitch, and yarn over the top of it. (The yarn over must sit on top of the slipped stitch which is why the yarn is brought forward before the slipped stitch.)
brkyobrk - brioche knit, yarn over, brioche knit into the same stitch (one stitch becomes three)
incto5 (increase 1 to 5) - brioche knit, yarn over, brioche knit, yarn over, brioche knit into the same stitch (one stitch becomes five)
brk3tog - brioche knit three stitches together including corresponding yarn overs (three stitches become one)
brksssk - slip, slip, slip brioche knit including corresponding yarn overs (three stitches become one and slants the opposite way of brk3tog)
( ) - repeat