Aran Throw

Skill Level

Finished Size

51 x 56 inches

Materials

  Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick super bulky weight yarn (6 oz/106 yds/170g per skein): 12 skeins fisherman #099

  Yellow Knifty Knitter Loom (40 pegs)

  Knitting tool

  Cable needle

  Tapestry needle

Gauge

9½ stitches and 14 rows = 4 inches/10cm

Special Abbreviations

3-st RC (3-stitch Right Cross): Place loop from Peg 1 on cable needle and hold to center of knitting loom, knit Peg 2 and Peg 3 and move loops to Peg 1 and Peg 2. Place loop from cable needle on Peg 3. Knit loop on Peg 3.

3-st LC (3-stitch Left Cross): Skip Peg 1 and Peg 2. Knit Peg 3. Place loop from Peg 3 on cable needle. Knit Peg 1 and Peg 2. Move loop from Peg 2 to Peg 3, and loop from Peg 1 to Peg 2. Place loop from cable needle on Peg 1.

3-st RPC (3-stitch Right Purl Cross): Place loop from Peg 1 on cable needle and hold to center of knitting loom. Knit Peg 2 and Peg 3. Move loop from Peg 2 to Peg 1 and loop from Peg 3 to Peg 2. Take loop from cable needle and place it on Peg 3. Purl loop on Peg 3.

3-st LPC (3-stitch Left Purl Cross): Skip Peg 1 and Peg 2. Purl Peg 3 and place loop on cable needle. Knit skipped pegs. Move loop from Peg 2 to Peg 3 and loop from Peg 1 to Peg 2. Place loop from cable needle on Peg 1.

4-st LC (4-stitch Left Cross): Skip Peg 1 and Peg 2. Knit loops on Peg 3 and Peg 4, place these loops on cable needle and hold to center of knitting loom. Knit skipped loops on Peg 1 and Peg 2. Place loop from Peg 1 on Peg 3 and loop from Peg 2 on Peg 4. Place loops from cable needle on Peg 1 and Peg 2. Gently pull on the loop on Peg 3 and then the loop on Peg 4 to tighten the stitches.

Pattern Stitches

A. Garter Stitch

Row 1: Knit.

Row 2: Purl.

Rows 1 and 2 make 1 garter-stitch ridge.

B. Medallion Stitch

Row 1: P2, k10, p6, k4, p6, k10, p2.

Row 2: P2, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 3: P2, k10, p6, 4-st LC, p6, k10, p2.

Row 4: P2, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 5: P2, k10, p5, 3-st RC, 3-st LC, p5, k10, p2.

Row 6: P2, k2, p6, k2, p5, k2, p2, k2, p5, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 7: P2, k10, p4, 3-st RC, k2, 3-st LC, p4, k10, p2.

Row 8: P2, k2, p6, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 9: P2, k10, p3, 3-st RC, k4, 3-st LC, p3, k10, p2.

Row 10: P2, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 11: P2, k10, p3, k10, p3, k10, p2.

Row 12: P2, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 13: P2, 3-st LPC, k4, 3-st RPC, p3, k10, p3, 3-st LPC, k4, 3-st RPC, p2.

Row 14: P3, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p6, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p3.

Row 15: P3, 3-st LPC, k2, 3-st RPC, p4, k10, p4, 3-st LPC, k2, 3-st RPC, p3.

Row 16: P4, k2, p2, k2, p5, k2, p6, k2, p5, k2, p2, k2, p4.

Row 17: P4, 3-st LPC, 3-st RPC, p5, k10, p5, 3-st LPC, 3-st RPC, p4.

Row 18: P5, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p5.

Row 19: P5, 4-st LC, p6, k10, p6, 4-st LC, p5.

Row 20: P5, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p5.

Row 21: P5, k4, p6, k10, p6, k4, p5.

Row 22: P5, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p5.

Row 23: P5, 4-st LC, p6, k10, p6, 4-st LC, p5.

Row 24: P5, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p5.

Row 25: P4, 3-st RC, 3-st LC, p5, k10, p5, 3-st RC, 3-st LC, p4.

Row 26: P4, k2, p2, k2, p5, k2, p6, k2, p5, k2, p2, k2, p4.

Row 27: P3, 3-st RC, k2, 3-st LC, p4, k10, p4, 3-st RC, k2, 3-st LC, p3.

Row 28: P3, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p6, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p3.

Row 29: P2, 3-st RC, k4, 3-st LC, p3, k10, p3, 3-st RC, k4, 3-st LC, p2.

Row 30: P2, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 31: P2, k10, p3, k10, p3, k10, p2.

Row 32: P2, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p3, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 33: P2, k10, p3, 3-st LPC, k4, 3-st RPC, p3, k10, p2.

Row 34: P2, k2, p6, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p4, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 35: P2, k10, p4, 3-st LPC, k2, 3-st RPC, p4, k10, p2.

Row 36: P2, k2, p6, k2, p5, k2, p2, k2, p5, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 37: P2, k10, p5, 3-st LPC, 3-st RPC, p5, k10, p2.

Row 38: P2, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Row 39: P2, k10, p6, 4-st LC, p6, k10, p2.

Row 40: P2, k2, p6, k2, p6, k4, p6, k2, p6, k2, p2.

Instructions

Panel 1

Cast on 40 stitches.

Work 208 rows in Garter Stitch pattern (total of 104 garter-stitch ridges), or until panel measures 56 inches from cast-on edge.

Bind off.

Panel 2

Make 2

Cast on 40 stitches.

Lower Border

Work 4 rows in Garter Stitch pattern. (2 garter-stitch ridges)

Body

Work [Rows 1–40 of Medallion Stitch pattern] 5 times. (200 rows)

Upper Border

Work 4 rows in Garter Stitch pattern. (2 garter-stitch ridges)

Bind off.

Assembly

Place a Panel 2 on each side of Panel 1. Sew seams.

Block to size.