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Batana
Batana
Batana
Batana
Batana Pattern
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Intermediate
Category:
KnittingType:
AccessoryFit:
Women, GirlsItem:
NeckwearSkill Level:
Intermediate
Basic Skills Necessary:
- Knit, work basic lace stitches, follow a pattern
- 1-1.25 inch SPECIAL button (mine is from Melissa Jean Designs)
Pattern Description:
Batana is all about getting to use those special buttons you have in your stash! I don't know about you, but I hoard unique buttons, and then never have anything to do with them... this scarflette with it's shaped lace border and garter stitch body is the perfect solution!
Interested in the gorgeous button I chose? It's from handmade porcelain by my friend Melissa : )! https://www.melissajean.net/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_6&products_id=49
To achieve the matching shaped borders, Batana is worked in two halves and grafted at the center back!
Gauge:
22 sts/30 rows (15 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch, blocked
Sizing / Finished Measurements:
- 4.5 inches at widest point by 24 inches long
You Will Also Need:
- US size 6 [4 mm] ndls or size needed to obtain gauge
- US size 7 [4.5 mm] ndls or one size larger than that needed to obtain gauge
- Stitch holder or spare ndl
- Tapestry ndl
Suggested yarn:
75 yards of Sport weight
Preferred Brand/Yarn:
Blue Sky Alpaca MetalicoColorway:
PlatinumBatana Pattern
$5.00
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About the Designer
Laura Nelkin lives in upstate New York, where the sunny season is short, leaving plenty of time to be indoors knitting. Though she has a degree in apparel design, she took to knitting seven years ago and hasn't looked back since. Laura is currently enamored with lace, and with incorporating beads into knitted jewelry, so most of her designs lean in this direction. She travels often to teach ...
Laura Nelkin lives in upstate New York, where the sunny season is short, leaving plenty of time to be indoors knitting. Though she has a degree in apparel design, she took to knitting seven years ago and hasn't looked back since. Laura is currently enamored with lace, and with incorporating beads into knitted jewelry, so most of her designs lean in this direction. She travels often to teach these techniques and more at workshops around the country. Her designs have been featured in a number of online publications, including Interweave, Knitty.com, Schaefer Yarn Co. and Creative Knitting. Laura is currently working on a book with Potter Craft that is due out in Fall of 2014!
Follow Laura and her design exploits on her blog, nelkindesigns.blogspot.com and see more of her designs at her website. The best way to stay in the loop with her is to sign up for her mailing list.
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