L'Anse au Loup

L’Anse-au-Loup is a top-down dolman. Short-rows create the shoulder shaping and the dolman sleeve shaping, and all stranded colourwork is worked in the round and steeked. It is cropped with the split hem meant to rest at the high upper hip.

L’Anse-au-Loup is a community in Labrador and translates into English as “Wolf Cove”. Designed for Jule a.k.a Hey Mama Wolf using her Mokosh base, it is a sweater to hug yourself in and go tinkering around outside in the plants and flowers. The colours in the sample are Hawthorne (light pink) and Red Onion (yellow-green), hand-dyed and plant-dyed by her.

(March, 2020)

Lace and colourwork are charted only.

Sizes

1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10) (11, 12) with finished lower waist / upper hip circumference:

78.5 (86, 92.5, 99.5) (114.5, 123, 130) (137, 144, 153.5) (167.5, 176)cm

31 (33.75, 36.5, 39.75) (45, 48.5, 51.25) (54, 56.75, 60.5) (66, 69.25)”.

Intended to be worn with as little positive ease as possible at lower waist / upper hip. Sample shown is size 3 on a 92.5cm / 36.5” upper hip, corresponding to zero ease at the upper hip. Note: it is easy to add length to the body. If you add length, choose a size that is closest to your full hip circumference. A list of measurements is provided.

Yarn

Hey Mama Wolf Mokosh (100\% organic French merino and 400 metres / 437 yards per 100g) in main colour (MC) Hawthorne and contrast colour (CC) Red Onion II. If using sample yarn, you will needs 3 (3, 4, 4) (4, 4, 5) (5, 5, 5) (5, 5) skeins of MC and 1 skein of CC. Please alternate the skeins of MC as you work for even colour distribution since this is hand-dyed yarn. Approximate amounts are:

MC

1135 (1190, 1255, 1345) (1460, 1600, 1645) (1695, 1780, 1880) (1940, 2000) metres /

1240 (1300, 1375, 1470) (1595, 1750, 1800) (1855, 1945, 2055) (2120, 2190) yards;

CC

200 (200, 205, 215) (220, 245, 245) (250, 250, 260) (260, 260) metres /

220 (220, 225, 235) (240, 270, 270) (275, 275, 285) (285, 285) yards.

Needles and Notions

Gauge was achieved with the following needle sizes. To work the pattern as written, you must swatch and use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.

Size A: 3mm 60cm (24”) for lace hem and DPNs or long circulars for magic loop for lace cuffs.

Size B: 3.5mm 60cm (24”), 80cm (32”) for upper and lower body St st; DPNs or long circulars for magic loop for CC band at cuff.

Size C: 4mm 100cm (40”) for stranded colourwork in the round across the wingspan, and to use for travelling loop (or 40cm (16”) if desired) for the stranded colourwork shoulder and side bands.

You will also need:

stitch holders, interchangeable cables, or scrap yarn to hold stitches;

removable markers for Sunday short rows;

darning needle and sturdy lace or sock yarn, or sewing machine, for reinforcing the steeks (the sample yarn is a smooth yarn and must be reinforced by sewing either by hand or sewing machine); tapestry or darning needle for weaving in ends;

stitch markers.

Techniques



Sunday short rows

Stranded colourwork in the round

Steeking

i-cord Edging

Lace (in the flat and in the round)