Our yarns are hand-dyed on the following bases:
Cheshire Cat — light fingering weight — 100% sw merino — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 512 yds
Mary Ann — fingering/sock weight — 85% sw merino, 15% nylon — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 475 yds
Confetti — fingering weight — 92% superwash wool, 5% nepps, 3% lurex sparkle — 28-34 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/432 yds
Summer Silk — fingering weight — 100% silk bourette — 25-28 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/ 390 yds
Mad Hatter — sport weight — 100% sw merino — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 344 yds
Sprinkles — sport weight — 95% superwash merino, 5% rainbow nepps — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 340 yds
Cotton Kiss — sport weight — 50% superwash merino, 50% cotton — 20-24 sts = 4” — 4 oz/ 372 yds
Tweed — sport weight — 55% sw merino, 15% mulberry silk, 15% baby alpaca, 15% donegal — 22-24 sts = 4" – 3.5 oz/310 yds
Alice DK weight — 70% sw merino, 30% silk — 21-23 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 242 yds
Silk Twist DK weight — 72% fine sw merino, 28% mulberry silk — 20-22 sts = 4" —3.5 oz/250 yds
Lory— DK weight — 100% superwash merino — 21-32 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
March Hare — worsted weight — 100% sw merino — 16-20 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 184 yds
Walrus — chunky weight — 100% superwash merino — 12 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
For more details on all our yarn bases, click here.A riot of bright, happy colors, this blanket was originally designed for our "Merry & Bright" Advent collection.
Knit it with one of our So Fond of Rainbows 20-skein Mini Skein collections -- with 7 options ranging from light to bright, there's one to suit your decor. Work in spectrum order, or mix it up for a striping effect. Simple increases and decreases create the star shape in your choice of 5 or 6 points.
Also available as a kit.
Version 1.5 is the most current version.
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Mad Hatter” 100% superwash merino:
one Advent set of 24, 1 oz mini skeins/2064 yards AND one 4 oz skein/344 yds
OR
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Mad Hatter” 100% superwash merino:
one So Fond of Rainbows set of 20, 1 oz mini skeins/1720 yards AND one 4 oz skein/344 yds
Needles & Notions: US size 6/4mm needles in double-points, 16", 24", and 32" circulars (or your preferred arrangement for working in the round) (or size required to get gauge), stitch markers (5(6)—with 1 unique), darning needle
Gauge: 22 sts & 30 rounds = 4"/10 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked
Size: throw blanket, with (21) 25 colors: 37.5 (39.5)" from point to center, approximately 75(79)"
Techniques: working in the round, center-out knitting