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| Hebrides Rug |
Way back in May 2016 we went on holiday to Lewis and Harris. I love the Hebrides, the colours, the landscape, how friendly the people are and of course the textiles. I couldn't visit such an important centre of textile production without coming away with a couple of small mementos. One of these not so small mementos was a huge ball of wool made from waste threads from the production of Harris Tweed, which I got in the amazing Lewis Loom Centre.
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| Lewis yarn |
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| Starting off |
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| Moss stitch border |
When I bought it I wasn't sure what I'd use it for but the colours sang to me and I knew I'd find a good use for it! The colours in the yarn are so beautiful that I didn't want to knit anything too fancy but rather I wanted something that would show them off. As both myself, Mr. Stitches and our cat are quite messy and we have a cream carpet (poor choice) I decided a small rug might be a good idea as the wool itself is quite rough so will hopefully be hard wearing. Now every time I look at the floor I'll be reminded of our lovely holidays instead of the fact that I need to vacuum!
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| Mega balls of yarn at Lewis Loom Centre |
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| Inside Lewis Loom Centre |
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| Harris coastline |
If you'd like to have a go at making something similar I'm including the pattern on this post for you. It's very simple, a plain stocking stitch centre with a moss stitch border knitted on fairly chunky needles to showcase the colours of the yarn. The yarn I used is made up of 8 fine yarns spun together to make a chunky weight yarn. As exact size isn't crucial you could substitute any hard wearing chunky yarn for this project. It would also be able to make the rug bigger or smaller by adding or subtracting stitches. My rug measures around 70 cm x 50 cm and was knitted on 9 mm needles.
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| Detail |
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| Detail |
Pattern
Cast on 70 sts
Rows 1,3,5,7,9: K1, P1, rep. to end
Rows 2,4,6,8,10: P1, K1, rep. to end
Row 11: K1, P1 5 times, K to last 10 sts, K1,P1 5 times
Row 12: P1, K1 5 times, P to last 10 sts P1, K1 5 times
Repeat rows 11 and 12 until you have 40 rows (or there about) of stocking stitch, ending with a row 12
Repeat rows 1-10
Cast off
Enjoy!
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