Hattaraprinsessa, Cotton Candy Princess (FI, EN)

Hattaraprinsessa KAL - KnitALong

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Note: You can order the yarn kit here:
https://arteeni.fi/products/hattaraprinsessa_lankapaketti
Note that this pattern is included in the yarn kit! Orders done by 13th of Dec will be delivered on time in Finland. Other countries deliveries will take longer.

Hattaraprinsessa is a lovely cocktail of glitter, cotton candy, princesses and knitting.

The pattern includes 8 charming parts with different surface stitches. The end result is a semicircle shawl.

The knitting journey begins with an unprecedented starting method in the middle of the scarf. Even an experienced knitter will not be able to guess how the beginning was made afterwards. After the new beginning, the work continues with one after another more beautiful surface stitch patterns.

The number of stitches increases at a rapid pace, which is why slightly different schedules have been given for the parts to be published.

Part 1. Monday, December 25, 2023
Part 2. Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Part 3. Friday, December 29, 2023
Part 4. Friday, January 5, 2024
Part 5. Friday, January 12, 2024
Part 6. Friday, January 19, 2024
Part 7. Friday, January 26, 2024
Part 8. Friday, February 2, 2024

Hattaraprinsessa knitting project is an excellent activity for the Christmas holidays and also a great gift idea for friends who make handicrafts!

The instructions will be updated to the PDF pattern version on the promised days at around 12:00 East European Time (UTC+2). You can download the PDF file immediately after payment (note that the actual content will be updated only at the above times). You will also receive a link to download the instructions by email and you will find your purchased instructions in the future (with the same email address) by logging in to the Arteeni website.

You can choose either the PDF pattern or the printed pattern. Please note that the printed pattern sent by post will be shipped in February at the end of the KAL! The instructions for live KAL will be available only as a PDF pattern.

Excitingly exciting! Are you coming on a princess journey to the land of cotton candy?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The shawl is started in the middle of the neck using the Arteenis method vol 2. You can find out more about the first method in the Arteenis blog. The starting point is completely invisible, and it is not possible to guess afterwards how and where the scarf and its garter stitch border were started. Vol 2 is an even more refined version of this for starting a semicircle shawl.

The model shawl is knitted with 8 mm needles and Katia Concept Souspir yarn, 355 g, or 15 skeins (no longer manufactured). The finished scarf is 90 cm in diameter and 180 cm in circumference.

As a very good alternative yarn, you can use Viking ALpaca Bris, which requires 6.5 mm needles and just over 200 g, or 5 skeins. The finished scarf is about 80 cm in diameter and 160 cm in circumference.

Of course, you can choose any similar thick and well-flowing yarn for your shawl, with a needle recommendation of about 7-8. With thinner yarn, the shawl will be smaller and naturally the yarn consumption will also be smaller.

There will be quite a lot of stitches, cirlcular needles cable length should be at least 80 cm, rather 100-120 cm.

The pattern includes both written instructions and diagrams. In addition, more special stitches and stitch combinations are presented in a video tutorial.

The difficulty level is intermediate and requires careful following of the instructions. However, you can still start with less knitting experience by doing it together, as there are many people who can offer help and support at the same time.

Support: You can find the best support and inspiration in the Arteeni Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/arteeni/