Eiderdown Pattern

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Pattern is also available on Ravelry: Eiderdown Pattern

A touch of lace, a lot of stockinette…stitch after stitch to relax into and enjoy. This is both a process and a product knit, perfect for a quiet season’s project. We know you’ll love wearing your finished square too -- it’s sized so that when you fold it on the diagonal, you have ample tails to tuck into a coat (or your best sweatshirt).

Finished Measurements:
Approx. 40” square. Wingspan is 62” when folded on the diagonal.

Materials:
Dimond Laine Downy Fingering (50% alpaca, 34% cashmere, 16% elastane; 390 yards per 100g); 3 skeins total

Or Dimond Laine Elmer Fingering (80% merino, 20% cashmere; 400 yards per 100g) and/or Dimond Laine Elmer Tweed Fingering (70% merino, 30% cashmere; 400 yards per 100g); 3 skeins total

Note: Some Elmer Tweed Fingering and Elmer Fingering yarn comes in 50g skeins; if you are using a 50g put up, please double your number of skeins, or better yet, calculate yarn amounts by yardage.

Or Fingering weight yarn in the following amounts:
1150 yards / 1055m total
If you choose to knit your border in a second color as we’ve done in our Elmer (Tweed) Fingering sample, you’ll need approx. 750 yards / 685m in the main color and 380 yards / 350m in the border color.

Samples Shown:
One color sample: Downing Fingering in color Cambric
Two color sample: Elmer Tweed Fingering in color Thermal and Elmer Fingering in color Gray Is My Favorite Color

Gauge:
While gauge is not crucial, it will affect overall yardage used and the overall finished dimensions.
Approx. 16 sts and 20 rounds=4” in Stockinette stitch in the round, blocked.

Suggested Needles:
Needles listed are suggested. Always take time to swatch.
Gauge Needle: US 7 (4.5mm) double points, 16”, 32”, and 40” circular needles, or your preferred method for knitting small to large circumferences. We used a 40” circular needle and worked using the Magic Loop technique until the stitches fit around the needle.

Tools:
Darning needle. Four markers, including one unique marker for BOR.