Vogue Knitting Fall 2007 #23

Designed by Deborah Newton

Newton's ski-friendly accessories (1986) include gloves which feature an elaborate center cable that travels from cuffs to finger tips and a toque knit in three panels in the round with an I-cord bottom band and pompom-tipped twisted cord strings.

Difficulty level

MATERIALS

Gloves

4 1oz/50g balls (each approx 137yd/125m) of Knit One, Crochet Too, Inc Ambrosia (baby alpaca, silk, cashmere) in #510 pale moss

One set (4) each sizes 4 and 5 (3.5 and 3.75mm) double pointed needles (dpn) OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Cable needle (cn) and stitch markers

Hat

4 1oz/50g balls (each approx 109yd/100m), Camelino (merino/camel) in #510 pale moss

Size 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle 16"/40cm length

One pair and one set (5) dpn size 7 (4.5 mm) needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS

One size.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Finished circumference of gloves at cuff edge 14"/35.5cm

Finished hat circumference at lower edge approx 21"/53cm

Finished hat height 7"/19cm

GAUGE

Gloves

24 sts and 32 rows to 4"/10cm over St st using size 5 (3.75mm) needles and Ambrosia.

Hat

20 sts and 24 rows to 4"/10cm over St st using size 7 (4.5mm) needles and Camelino.