Déjà Vu Knits Blossoms Chullo
designed by Shirley Scott
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Most South American chullos are so complex that even experienced knitters fear them! Were they actually knit by extra-terrestrials, like the rumour we've heard about the Nazca Lines? Our Blossoms Chullo, adapted from an authentic prototype, uses only two colors per round without sacrificing color variety. The essential look of the original prototype has been preserved while the pattern is written at a gauge most knitters can easily achieve with available yarns.
Traditional chullos have several interesting aspects, including the fact that they were knit using very fine gauge yarns or threads, and using multiple colors per row. It is interesting to note that often chullos were knit by men for their sons.
Using the traditional method of holding the yarns around the neck, the knitter was always purling and working on the wrong side, with the patterning on the right side. This may have seemed like a challenge, so our Blossoms Chullo pattern is a simplified version, knit in the round on the right side of the work.
Recommended for Intermediate knitters.
Recommended Yarns and Yarn Quantities
Use a fingering-weight yarn, such as JaggerSpun Heather 2/8 Fingering, Sarah's Yarns 100% Mongolian Cashmere Fingering 2Ply, or JaggerSpun Maine Line 2/8 Fingering.
There are two versions of this patterns:
- an 8 color version, and
- a 3 color version
The JaggerSpun yarn lines are available in 1 oz increments, so you can order either 8 x 1 oz or 3 x 1 oz.
Our 100% Mongolian Cashmere is available in 2-oz skeins, so you would order depending on which version you want to make. If you use our 100% Mongolian Cashmere, you will end up with extra yarn for other projects .
Needles
3 mm (US Size 3) double points and circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge
32 stitches = 4 inches in color pattern after blocking
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