Knitting Pattern: Aurora Nine Years
Knitting Pattern: Aurora Nine Years
I am the one obsessed with the Northern Lights. Amaran and Jirina travelled with me to Alaska to try to see them one year - but clouds obscured the sky, so we left unsuccessfully. (This was where we saw our first hockey game though - so that was worthwhile. We saw a Fairbanks independent league team, and it was such a raucous, wild event. But I digress.) One night while Levin was practicing with his hockey team in Massachusetts, a red aurora began streaming across the sky. That was so rare and special that I didn't mind lying in the snow to watch everything unfold. So this sweater developed from a birthday sweater for Levin.
On the front are two polar bears under the red and turquoise northern lights. On the back are two penguins on ice under the Aurora Australis in shades of turquoise. The sleeves have the lights in red and turquoise shades.
Finished size
Small: Height 22.5”
Width around 36"
Sleeve 19.5"
Gauge is 21 stitches, 27 rows
Materials needed
Two sizes straight needles
16" circular needle in smaller size
Various dk weight yarns