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Kids cable bomber jacket in Aran

Pattern ID: Patons 1386
Wool brand: Capstan
Yarn quantity: 10-13 (50g balls)
Sizes: to fit 24 - 30 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 5mm and 3¼mm
Tension (10x10cm): 18sts x 24rows in st st.

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional timeless Aran-design child's zipped jacket.

Shawl-collar Aran Cardigans

Pattern ID: Wendy 3522
Wool brand: Wendy Kintyre, Aran Tweed
Yarn quantity: 15 - 30 (50g balls)
Sizes: 32 - 46 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4½mm and 3¾mm
Tension (10x10cm): 30st x 24rows over pattern

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Aran cardigan with eighties styling.

Man's sweater or cardigan in Aran

Pattern ID: Sunbeam 465
Wool brand: Sunbeam Aran Knit, Aran Tweed
Yarn quantity: 21 - 26 (50g balls)
Sizes: 38 - 44 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4½mm and 3¼mm
Tension (10cm): 20st rows over st st

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional mens Aran cardigan or sweater.

Sixties Family Arans

Pattern ID: Studley 575
Wool brand: Studley Aran
Yarn quantity: 9-19 (50g balls)
Sizes: 26 - 42 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4½mm, 3¾mm and 3¼mm
Tension (10x10cm): 18st x 24 rows over st st

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Family Arans with diamond trellis cables and honeycomb centre panel.

More Family Arans

Pattern ID: Robin 2768
Wool brand: Robin Aran Pure New Wool
Yarn quantity: 8-18 (50g balls)
Sizes: 24-44 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 5½mm and 4½mm
Tension (10cm): 16st over stocking stitch

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Family Arans with cables and blackberry stitch.

Family Arans with ribbed hats

Pattern ID: Robin 2873
Wool brand: Robin Erin or Aran Pure Wool
Yarn quantity: 6-16 (50g balls)
Sizes: 24-44 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 5½mm and 4½mm
Tension (10cm): 18st over rice stitch

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Family Arans with diamond and lobster-claw cables for prosperity, plus woolley hat pattern. This pattern is well-used and creased but instructions still readable.

Aran cardigan with chain cable

Pattern ID: Robin 1825
Wool brand: Robin Aran Pure New Wool
Yarn quantity: 11-13 (2oz balls)
Sizes: 32-38 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 5½mm and 4mm
Tension: 27st cable pattern measures 4½ins

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Aran cardigan. The very edge of the pattern is a little chewed as shown in photo.

Aran sweaters with claw cable and bobbles

Pattern ID: Hayfield 1509
Wool brand: Brig for Aran, Grampian
Yarn quantity: 15-26 (50g balls)
Sizes: 32-44 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 3¾mm and 4½mm
Tension (10x10cm): 21sts x 30 rows

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Traditional Aran sweaters. small tea-ring stain on interior..

Family Socks

Pattern ID: Patons 2286
Wool brand: Nylox, Capstan, Trident
Yarn quantity: about 4-5 25g balls per pair
Sizes: to fit 34 - 44 inch chest

Wool weight: 3 ply, 4 ply, DK, Aran
Needle size: 2mm, 2¼mm, 2¾mm, 3¼mm, 3¾mm
Tension (10x10cm): 36sts x 44 rows 3ply;
32sts x 40 rows: 4 ply; 24sts x 32rows: DK;
21sts x 29 rows: Aran.

Price: £5.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Patons Family Socks booklet includes 8 designs as pictured in popup. "3 ply hose" (Nylox), "Man's hose" (Nylox), "Man's ribbed socks" (Capstan), "Girl's lacy sock" (Nylox), "Man's cabled half hose" (Trident 4 ply), "Boy's stockings" (Nylox), "Boy's football socks" (DK), "Girl's lace panel socks - long and short versions" (Trident 4 ply).
This leaflet printed in 1972 but it is undoubtedly a reprint of an earlier edition, (when did we last call them "man's hose" and "boy's stockings"?).

Jacket for the sophisticated man (1)

Pattern ID: Emu 4320
Wool brand: Scotch, Double crepe, Acrilan, Bri-nylon, Courtelle, DKs or Tripleknit
Yarn quantity: DK: 22-25 (1 oz?)
or 11-15 Tripleknit (2oz?)

Sizes: to fit 34 - 44 inch chest

Wool weight: Double knitting or Aran
Needle size: 4 and 3¼mm, or 4½ and 5½mm
Tension (10x10cm): 22sts x 32rows DK or
19sts x 23rows in Aran over st st

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Man's jacket with 2 versions in DK and in a heavy Aran yarn.

Wrap-around jacket with sash tie

Pattern ID: Patons 1395
Wool brand: Patons Capstan.

Wool weight: Aran
Tension (10cmx10cm): 18sts x 24rows

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 9x7 inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Raglan wrap-around jacket with sash tie, in broken rib stitch.

Pattern size: Chest size 32 - 42 inches

Wool quantity required: 17-20 50g balls.

Needle size: Nos 6 and 8 (5mm and 4mm) needles.

Simple cable-yoke Aran

Pattern ID: Sirdar C8657
Wool brand: WashnWear, Tweed, Sovereign.

Wool weight: Aran
Tension (10cmx10cm): 18sts x 24rows

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 11x8 inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Sirdar unisex crew-neck Aran sweater with cable yoke.

Pattern size: Chest size 30 - 48 inches

Wool quantity required: 11-19 balls 50g balls.

Needle size: Nos 6 and 8 (5mm and 4mm) needles.

Basket stitch raglan cardigans

Pattern ID: Wendy PP731
Wool brand: Peter Pan Aran

Wool weight: Aran
Tension (10cmx10cm): 19sts x 30rows

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 11x8inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Toddler cardigans in traditional Aran basket weave stitch. Raglan sleeves with pleasing cable; options for V or high neck and with or without collar.

Pattern size: Chest size 20 - 26 inches

Wool quantity required: 4-7 x 50g balls.

Needle size: Nos 7 and 9 (4½mm and 3¾mm) needles.

Chunky roll-neck plain sweater

Pattern ID: Patons C4835
Wool brand: Patons Chenille

Wool weight: Chenille Aran/chunky
Tension (10cmx10cm): 17sts x 30rows

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 11x8 inches
Number of pages: Single sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Completely plain chenille loose-fitting sweater with set in sleeves and roll neck.

Pattern size: To fit chest size 30 - 40 inches

Wool quantity required: 12-14 50g balls.

Needle size: No 9 (3¼mm) needles.

Weather Happy - hat and mittens

Pattern ID: Sirdar 5675
Wool brand: Sherpa
Yarn quantity: 4-5 (50g balls)

Sizes: to fit an "average" head and hand

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4mm and 3¼mm
Tension (10cm): 20sts

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Sherpa hat ands mittens. Sorry to say this pattern is badly disfigured by creasing but I'm including it as I really like it - a simple design but shown off well in this tweedy brown and grey yarn.

Toddler waistcoats - warmth with style

Pattern ID: Peter Gregory 735
Wool brand: Snow Goose Aran
Yarn quantity: 2-3 (100g balls)
Sizes: 24 - 30 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 3¾mm, and 4½mm
Tension (10x10cm): 17sts x 36 rows (garter st)

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Cute little baby vests.

Perfectly plain teen sweaters

Pattern ID: Bellmans 1508
Wool brand: Bellmans Tri-Pli
Yarn quantity: 7-12 (50g balls)
Sizes: 24-34 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4mm and 5mm
Tension (10x10cm): 18sts x 24rows

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Basic pattern for plain aran-weight teens raglan sweaters.

Women's chenille zipped Jacket

Pattern ID: Hayfield 1389
Wool brand: Chenille No 1 and Brig
Yarn quantity: 7-9 chunky chenille and 3 balls of smooth Aran for welts (50g balls)
Sizes: 32-38 inch chest

Wool weight: Chenille and Aran
Needle size: 4mm, and 4½mm
Tension (10cm): 13sts using chenille.

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Women's huntin' shootin' 'n' fishin' zipped cardigan.
Pattern has surface creasing which does not impair reading the instructions.

Waistcoat and skirt suit

Pattern ID: Pingouin 6919
Wool brand: Crylor DK or Sport
Yarn quantity: 8-11 for suit (50g balls)
Sizes: 34-40 inch chest

Wool weight: DK and Aran versions
Needle size: 4mm/3¼mm or 5mm/4mm
Tension (10x10cm): 22sts x 30rows for DK
or 20sts x 28rows for Aran

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Classic late sixties suit with skirt and waistcoat in simple textured check pattern; two sets of instructions for double knitting and Aran.

Twisted rib jacket

Pattern ID: Sirdar 6127
Wool brand: Nocturne
Yarn quantity: 17-23 (25g balls)
Sizes: 32-40 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 5½mm and 4½mm
Tension (10cm): 18sts over pattern

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Long cardigan in twisted rib pattern with pockets, and no front closure. Nocturne was a brushed synthetic chunky aran-weight yarn.

Family sports sweaters in diamond moss stitch

Pattern ID: Patons 2119
Wool brand: Capstan
Yarn quantity: 7-17 balls (50g balls)

Sizes: 26-42 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran
Needle size: 4mm and 3¼mm
Tension (10x10cm): 20sts x 26rows

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Family aran-weight sports sweaters in diamond pattern of moss/seed and stocking stitch.

Summer top with V-back

Pattern ID: Wendy 2658
Wool brand: Wendy Ikon
Yarn quantity: 5-6 balls (50g balls)

Sizes: 30-40 inch chest

Wool weight: Aran bouclé/slub (cotton mix)
Needle size: 3¾mm and 4½mm
Tension (10x10cm): 18sts x 26rows (st st)

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within UK
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Description: Women's short-sleeved plain knit summer top with V-back.

Intarsia block pattern sweater

Pattern ID: Patons 3998
Wool brand: Pure Wool Superwash Sport, and Chenille

Wool weight: Aran
Tension (10cm): 18sts over pattern

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 9 x 7inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Round neck waisted intarsia sweater knitted in a mixture of plain yarn and chenille. Pattern chart included.

Pattern size: Chest size 30 - 40 inches

Wool quantity required: 10 x 50g balls in main shade, 2 balls in one contrast and 1 ball in each of 6 further contrast colours.

Needle size: Nos 7 and 9 (4½mm and 3¾mm) needles.

Chunky Diamond-lace cardigan

Pattern ID: Robin 13086
Wool brand: Aurora

Wool weight: Chunky/Aran
Tension (10cm): 16sts

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 9 x 7inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Conventional V-neck cardigan with diamond lace pattern.

Pattern size: Chest size 32 - 46 inches

Wool quantity required: 6-11 x 40g balls.

Needle size: Nos 5 and 7 (5½mm and 4½mm) needles.

Honeycomb and diamond Aran cardigan

Pattern ID: Sunbeam 291
Wool brand: Aran Knit or Aran Tweed

Wool weight: Aran
Tension (10cmx10cm): 18sts x 23rows

Leaflet dimensions: approx. 9x7 inches
Number of pages: Folded sheet

Price: £2.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices)

Description: Honeycomb and diamond pattern, raglan, Aran cardigan with option of V-neck or collar. Creases across pattern centre as shown in the picture. [I just can't resist drawing attention to the expression on those kids' faces.... whatever made them think "o yes this is the perfect model pose we are looking for"?]

Pattern size: Chest size 26 - 32inches

Wool quantity required: 11-15 x 50g balls.

Needle size: Nos 7, 9 and 10 (4½mm, 3¾mm and 3¼mm) needles.

© Christina Coutts 2007

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