Finished measurements
Length and width (after blocking) approx 102cm/40ins
Yarn
Cleckheaton Superfine Merino 8 ply
100% Australian Superfine Merino
65g (130 metres/142 yards)
Colour A: 5 balls or approx 650 metres/710 yards
Colour B: 2 balls or approx 260 metres/284 yards
Colour C: 2 balls or approx 260 metres/284 yards
Colour D: 2 balls or approx 260 metres/284 yards
The border is knitted in Colour A. If you wish to make the border in Colour B, C or D you will need 3 balls more of that colour and only 2 balls of Colour A.
Needles and notions
4mm/US 6 needles in straights or circular depending on your preference when knitting in rows
3.75mm/US 5 circular needle 80cm/32ins long
yarn needle
4mm/US G-6 crochet hook and length of smooth scrap yarn for provisional cast-on
Tension
22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm/4ins over stocking st using 4mm needles.
Knitting techniques
provisional cast-on
garter stitch (every row knit stitch)
decreasing and increasing stitches (in mitred border)
knitting up stitches (side borders)
mattress stitch (for joining strips)
flat seam (for mitred borders)