![]() ![]() For the cabled version, it is super important that the yarn be very soft and that it be knitted at a slightly loose gauge. If knitting the sack plain, without the cable or knitting a wanderlust cable, any yarn that gets the gauge may be used. The standard version is for fingering yarn getting 7 stitches/10 rows per inch. The mid-gauge version is for DK yarn getting 5.5 stitches/8 rows/ inch. The bulky version is for worsted weight yarn getting 4 stitches/ 6 rows per inch. The sizes vary slightly from gauge to gauge. Simply add or subtract stitches to alter the width of the bag and add or subtract the same number of rows before and after the yarn marker to alter length. It is very easy to alter size to your specific requirements if desired. The sample is a newborn size using bulky yarn. The hood portion finishes to a length of 6 7, 8, 9” long. The sack portion of the project finishes to 14.5, 16.5, 18.5, 20.5” wide, excluding the ribbing, and 16 18, 20, 24” long. The sack is given in 4 sizes, intended for preemies, average newborns, 6 month old, and 12 months old. However, if you are familiar with re-forming stitches to manually create ribbing and have enough pato make quite a lot of it, the plain cable-less sack or one with a Wanderlust cable is certainly possible to accomplish on a single bed machine. The written instructions are for ribber use. A ribber required for the embossed cable and is helpful for the plain version of the sack. There are a few older models of machines that do have ribbers but the ribbers only have needles in every other needle space compared to the main bed. ![]() The second bed does need the same needle spacing as the first. ![]() European double bed machines and Japanese machines with matching ribbers are both good choices. YARN, GAUGE, SIZE AND MACHINE Versions for standard, bulky and mid-gauge machines are included. ![]()
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