Esker by Jennifer Beale

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 £90.00

£90.00
£84.00

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Yarn kit only – please purchase the pattern from Jennifer’s website: HERE or her Ravelry account: HERE  

 

In Jennifer's words: “An esker is a winding ridge of sediment deposited by the meltwater of a retreating glacier. There are many eskers in Labrador, and a little place aptly named, Esker.”
A beautiful collaboration between the unique lace and fair isle designs of Jennifer Beale in Newfoundland, Canada and Birlinn Yarn in the Outer Hebrides.

 

Referring to herself as “a self taught artistic knitwear designer” Jennifer is also an atmospheric scientist, physical oceanographer and physicist:
“I love writing patterns and designing, puzzles and mysteries, simply complex and complexly simple things, and the epic feeling of creating intricate things with small stitches. My background and love of maths, physics, and the unknown, seems to become intrinsically melded into everything I design. I just do what I do; my designs tend to be on the adventurous side of knitting and I hope they bring you some fun.”

 

Intrigued? Like to find out more? Check out Jennifer’s blog: HERE

SIZE GUIDE

160 cm / 63" (long) x 26.5 cm / 10.5 " (wide). Measurements are approximate and after blocking.

GAUGE

26 sts x 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 " on 3.5 mm / US 4 needles in textured pattern.
28 sts / 28 rnds = 10 cm / 4 " on 4 mm / US 6 needles in fair isle pattern.
Or size required to match tension after blocking.

YARN

The Birlinn Yarn Company
4 Ply / Fingering weight
Hebridean & Cheviot blend 100% Wool
150 m / 164 yds per 50 g

Main sample knitted in:
MC (Storm Grey; 3 balls): 400 metres / 440 yards
CC1 (Haar; 1 ball): 150 metres / 165 yards
CC2 (Ice; 1 ball): 150 metres / 165 yards
CC3 (Sea Pink; 1 ball): 70 metres / 75 yards

Birlinn swatches in order shown use Storm Grey as MC and Haar as CC1, and have different CC2 & CC3 as follows:

Light yellow & coral
CC2: Lady’s Bedstraw
CC3: Cowrie

Light pink & mustard
CC2: Lady’s Smock
CC3: Moor

Blue tonal
CC2: Reef
CC3: North

Purple tonal
CC2: Sea Pink
CC3: Heather

Teal tonal
CC2: Spindrift
CC3: Ocean

The above are all available as yarn kits. Alternatively choose from any of our Natural or Hebridean coloured yarns.

NEEDLE SIZE

3.5 mm / US 4 needles for textured pattern.
4 mm / US 6 needles for fair isle pattern.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

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CARE

Hand wash with care

DELIVERY

Royal Mail 1st Class
Dispatched Tuesday and Friday
EU / USA Delivery and Customs 

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