Wheal Sweater
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£8.00
£8.00
One of the features that you can see around Cornwall are the old tin mine engine houses which are known as ‘wheals’. Wheal is the Cornish word for work. Mining was one of the biggest industries in the past. As regularly in some of the mines the miners wouldn’t be able to come up for lunch they took their food with them. As convenience food wasn’t something that was available back then. They had to make their own convenience food.
In comes the Oggie or you may know it as the Cornish pasty. This simple food was given to the miners by their wives and taken down to be eaten at lunch. Which they would be told it was lunch time by the shouting down of Oggie, Oggie, Oggie! They could put the pasty down their front and use it to warm up their chest if it was cold before they ate it. At lunch if it had gone cold they could warm up the pasty by holding it over a candle on a shovel. The reason why the pasty works is the crimp of the pasty encasing the ingredients together. Now, some people say that they held the pasty by the crimp and then threw it away so that they didn’t get poisoned, others say that they didn’t and it was eaten from a cloth bag - similarly to the now used paper bags you buy them in. Now the industry may have died but the pasty lives on.
This top down seamless raglan sweater features a cabled design down the middle that resembles the crimp of the pasty. This resembles the pasty keeping you warm on a cold day. The cable instructions with both written and charted instructions are an easy pattern to follow once you get started. Written in 9 sizes, with a recommended 10 cm (4” ease) but feel free to pick what you would like. It has been made to be a staple in your wardrobe and easy to wear.
Yarn:
849 (932, 1026, 1113) (1211, 1312, 1403, 1496) m / 928 (1019, 1122, 1217) (1324, 1434, 1534, 1635) yds of Aran
Suggested Yarns:
Sample used: Debbie Bliss Falkland Aran (100% Wool), 180 m (196 yds) / 100 g ball in 03 Charcoal or any Aran weight yarn of your choice
Needles:
4.5 mm / US 7 needles 80 cm (32”) circular needle
5 mm / US 8 needles 80 cm (32”) circular needle
Gauge:
18 sts x 26 rounds over 10 cm / 4” in cable pattern after blocking using larger needles
Final Bust Measurement:
80 (90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm / 32 (36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)”
Note: This has the suggested 7.5 cm (3”) of positive ease at the full bust. So each of the final chest circumference measurements are 7.5 cm (3”) bigger
Notions:
Cable needle
Stitch markers x 7
1 different “BOR” stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Waste yarn or stitch holders
Techniques:
Backward
Cast-on
Cables
Elongated Stitches
Knit and purl
Increase and Decreasing
Working in the Round
In comes the Oggie or you may know it as the Cornish pasty. This simple food was given to the miners by their wives and taken down to be eaten at lunch. Which they would be told it was lunch time by the shouting down of Oggie, Oggie, Oggie! They could put the pasty down their front and use it to warm up their chest if it was cold before they ate it. At lunch if it had gone cold they could warm up the pasty by holding it over a candle on a shovel. The reason why the pasty works is the crimp of the pasty encasing the ingredients together. Now, some people say that they held the pasty by the crimp and then threw it away so that they didn’t get poisoned, others say that they didn’t and it was eaten from a cloth bag - similarly to the now used paper bags you buy them in. Now the industry may have died but the pasty lives on.
This top down seamless raglan sweater features a cabled design down the middle that resembles the crimp of the pasty. This resembles the pasty keeping you warm on a cold day. The cable instructions with both written and charted instructions are an easy pattern to follow once you get started. Written in 9 sizes, with a recommended 10 cm (4” ease) but feel free to pick what you would like. It has been made to be a staple in your wardrobe and easy to wear.
Yarn:
849 (932, 1026, 1113) (1211, 1312, 1403, 1496) m / 928 (1019, 1122, 1217) (1324, 1434, 1534, 1635) yds of Aran
Suggested Yarns:
Sample used: Debbie Bliss Falkland Aran (100% Wool), 180 m (196 yds) / 100 g ball in 03 Charcoal or any Aran weight yarn of your choice
Needles:
4.5 mm / US 7 needles 80 cm (32”) circular needle
5 mm / US 8 needles 80 cm (32”) circular needle
Gauge:
18 sts x 26 rounds over 10 cm / 4” in cable pattern after blocking using larger needles
Final Bust Measurement:
80 (90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm / 32 (36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)”
Note: This has the suggested 7.5 cm (3”) of positive ease at the full bust. So each of the final chest circumference measurements are 7.5 cm (3”) bigger
Notions:
Cable needle
Stitch markers x 7
1 different “BOR” stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Waste yarn or stitch holders
Techniques:
Backward
Cast-on
Cables
Elongated Stitches
Knit and purl
Increase and Decreasing
Working in the Round