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The moment I placed these two colourways together I knew they were destined for a peacock pattern. The yarn is bright and vivid, and it seems to subtly change with variations in lighting, like the iridescence of peacock feathers. Peacocks in turn remind me of Flannery O'Connor, who returned to the image of the peacock repeatedly. The title comes from the name of a collection of her essays, among which is “King of Birds,” her famous account of raising peacocks. |
 model: Anna
Strehlau photos: SpillyJane |
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MATERIALS Notions |
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GAUGE |
| 36 sts/38 rows = 4 inches in stranded color pattern |
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PATTERN NOTES |
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Instructions for working the Long Tail
Cast On can be found here. Directions and tips for color work can be found here. Instructions for grafting can be found here. skp: Sl 1 knitwise, k1, pass slipped st over st just knit. 1 st decreased. 2x2 Twisted Rib (Worked in the round over a multiple of
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| Chart The chart for this pattern is very large and fits on a letter-sized page. Click the here and print the resulting page. |
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DIRECTIONS 
Using MC and long-tail cast on or other stretchy cast on method, CO 72 sts. Divide sts between needles, placing 18 sts on each of four needles, and join to begin working in the round. The needles will be referred to as Needles 1 through 4, the first needle of the round being Needle 1, etc. Tip: One way to create a strong join is to slip the first st on Needle 1 to the end of Needle 4, then to pass the last st on Needle 4 over the slipped st and onto Needle 1. The two stitches will have switched places. Work 10 rounds in 2x2 Twisted Rib. MITTEN BODY Round 33: Work in pattern to indicated thumb placement;
k 12 sts indicated by red box using waste yarn; slip these
sts back to left needle, then work them again, using MC
and CC in pattern as set; continue in pattern to end of
round. Work Rounds 34-80 of chart, decreasing as shown. When
all rounds have been completed, 12 sts remain. Break MC. 
THUMB Use tip of each needle to pick up 1 st at outer corners of thumb holes; these sts will be picked up at beginning of Needles 1 and 3, and end of Needles 2 and 4. 28 sts: 7 sts on each needle. Join both yarns at beginning of Needle 1, and work as
follows: When shaping tip of thumb as directed below, work colors
as follows: Decrease Round: Skp, work in pattern to 2 sts before end
of second needle, k2tog; skp, work in pattern to 2 sts
before end of fourth needle, k2tog. 
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