Yan Tan Tether by Ann Kingstone

Yan Tan Tether

Knitting
October 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in As charted
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
711 - 766 yards (650 - 700 m)
40cm/15.75 inches square
English
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Yan Tan Tether is a design inspired by the traditional sheep counting system used in the Yorkshire Dales, immortalised in this wonderful song: Yan Tan Tether

The cushion is knit in the round using 2 contrasting colours.

Skills required include stranded colour work, provisional cast on, knitting in the round, and Kitchener stitch graft.

This pattern is made available with kind permission of the designer, Ann Kingstone, who has granted the Knitting & Crochet Guild exclusive rights to sell the pattern via Ravelry. Sale proceeds for this pattern support the guild in its continuing work of education, innovation and preservation. Visit our website for more details at www.kcguild.org.uk.