This snuggly accessory is made in two pieces worked center out from a provisional cast on. It features buttery-soft garter stitch, edged with a pretty diamond leaf pattern resembling tropical flowers—simple and meditative to work and ridiculously cozy.

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Yarn
Miss Babs Yowza
100% Superwash Merino; 560 yd/8 oz (512 m/225 g) skeins
2 skeins, shown in Softly

Or approximately 1095 yards/1000 meters of DK weight yarn.

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Finished Measurements
Width: 15”/37.5 cm
Length: 80½”/201.5 cm

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Needles
US 7 (4.5 mm) straight or circular needles, 24”/60 cm long, or size to obtain gauge

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Gauge
Blocked: 23 stitches and 25 rows = 4”/10 cm square in garter stitch.
Blocked: 23 stitches and 27 rows = 4”/10 cm square in cable pattern.
Unblocked: 23 stitches and 30 rows = 4”/10 cm square in garter stitch.
Unblocked: 26 stitches and 27 rows = 4”/10 cm square in cable stitch.

Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

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Notions
• Cable needle
• Crochet hook for provisional cast on
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Waste yarn