note: this purchase is for a pdf pattern. you will receive a download link upon purchase.

rose hips are the understated powerhouse of the vitamin c world. traditionally used to reduce the chance of scurvy among other health maladies, they are still regularly used for their medicinal properties in the forms of oils and teas. harvest them yourself from the branches of wild rose bushes, but be careful you don’t get pricked by thorns!

needles: US 3 (3.25mm) dpns, or size needed to obtain gauge

yarn: 230 yards (210 metres), 50g of fingering weight yarn 
sample shown in jamieson’s of shetland’s spindrift (100% shetland, 115 yards 105 metres, 25g) x 1 skein each in sunrise (mc) and oyster (cc)

notions: tapestry needle, stitch marker, waste yarn for held sts

gauge: 28 stitches x 38 rows = 4” (10cm), over colourwork, worked in the round, blocked

TRY THIS YARN: roots fingering