Noggin Hill

Noggin Hill

The 5th and final design of the Noggin Cove Island’s Collection is the hill to climb, Noggin Hill. It’s a big, intricate, and modular combination of lace and Fair Isle.

The pattern comes with 4 detailed diagrams to help with the construction, and the lace portions are both charted and written.

The general outline of steps of Noggin Hill:

(1) The Fair Isle bands of the inner central squares are worked first.

(2) The inner Fair Isle bands are then filled in with the centre Da Flee lace (with light grey; colour G).

(3) The Fair Isle corner bands are worked in the round and steeked to form 4 separate corner pieces.

(4) The Fair Isle corner bands are then filled in (with light grey; colour G).

(5) The edge Fair Isle bands are then worked in the round and steeked to form the 4 edges.

(6) The attached border is worked (with dark grey; colour J).

Size

170cm / 67” × 170cm / 67”

Yarn

Jamieson’s of Shetland, Shetland Spindrift (100% pure Shetland wool; 105 metres per 25 grams) in 4 foreground colours and 8 background colours. Colours and amounts are listed below. The number of balls of Spindrift is given in brackets.

The inner rectangles are colour J. In the Fair Isle, the foreground colours (FG) are A, B, C, D and the background colours (BG) are E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L.

Foreground colours (FG):

A. Dusk (2 balls): 145 meters / 160 yards

B. Purple Heather (2 balls): 160 meters / 175 yards

C. Raspberry (2 balls): 120 meters / 130 yards

D. Autumn (1 ball): 65 meters / 70 yards

Background colours (BG):

E. Natural White (3 balls): 225 meters / 245 yards

F. Eesit (1 ball): 90 meters / 100 yards

G. Sholmit/Mooskit (15 balls): 1500 meters / 1640 yards

H. Sholmit (2 balls): 115 meters / 125 yards

I. Sholmit/Shaela (1 ball): 50 meters / 55 yards

J. Shaela (15 balls): 1550 meters / 1695 yards

K. Black/Shaela (1 ball): 70 meters / 80 yards

L. Shetland Black (2 balls): 190 meters / 205 yards

Gauges

You should swatch for all three gauges to determine the needle sizes that you need in order to achieve all three gauges listed below.

Stockinette: 28 sts and 42 rows to 10cm / 4” with size A needles after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).

Fair Isle: 28 sts to 10cm / 4” and 14 rounds to 3.7cm / 1.5” of Fair Isle chart with size B needles (and size A needles for single colour rounds) after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).

Center Lace: 20 sts and 28 rows to 10cm / 4” of Da Flee Centre chart with size C needles after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).

Needles & Notions

The gauges were 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: 2.5mm (US 1.5) 100cm / 40” circular needles for single colour St st

Size B: 3mm (US 2.5) 100cm / 40” circular needles for Fair Isle bands.

Size C: 3.25mm (US 3) needles for centre lace.

You will also need: spare needles or interchangeable cables for holding sts, 3mm to 3.5mm (US D to E‐4) crochet hook for surface crochets along the very centre of the Fair Isle bands, stitch markers.

Tech edited by Sue-Hislop (Ravelry: Sue-Cat)