We just love the Fancy Hen pattern by Ella Austin and we're pleased to offer an accessories kit so that you can knit your very own hen! Our hen mostly lives on our shop bookshelf and often makes appearances in our Shopcast but yours can live wherever you like.
Our hens were knit using 3 balls of Rauma Strikkegarn, 2 for the Main Color and 1 for the Contrast Color. Purchase your three balls separately from our line of Rauma Strikkegarn found here and add on this accessories kit to complete all you'll need to knit your hen.
Included in our Accessories Kit for Henrietta the Hen:
Please note that the pattern is not included in the accessories kit but can be easily purchased from the designer on Ravelry.
Colors used for our hens were 113 and 149 for the gray and navy hen and 103 and 105 for the all gray hen.
Please note that the purchase of this Accessory Kit does NOT include the yarn or the pattern which must be purchased separately as noted above.
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Use this section to Developed by our Founder Corinne; each course includes video lessons to knit one garment pattern.
I’ve recently knit a cardigan using Fivel and have just bought another sweater’s worth of it. I found that it knit up beautifully, with plenty of stitch definition. Ravelry calls it a worsted weight, but it’s got 100 meters or 220 yards/50 grams, which I’d called a heavy DK, similar in weight to a Cascade 220—although frankly Fivel is much nicer.
Yes, it’s true. After I knit a cardigan from this book, I somehow lost my copy. But I love the patterns in it and knew I wanted to knit more of them, so I actually bought another copy. The book is in English and easy to follow. The patterns use Rauma’s Fivel yarn—another plus since it’s lovely yarn and comes in many of my favorite Rauma colors—but a heavy DK or a worsted weight could be substituted if you’d like.
While I am finishing up my Vanilla sweater I want to use the designs on a pair of wide leg jeans. Back in my Hippie days we would embroider on jeans and chambray shirts. I can picture using a couple of the designs up the leg of my jeans. 😊 Thanks Woolly Thistle for carrying such interesting books.