not completely sure of the stats of the skeins. one was a prize, another was an early OFFF purchase that was never added to rav.
tan yarn was 130g to begin with, and used all.
blue yarn was 144g to begin with, and used 20g
| Began | July 1, 2014 |
| Finished | July 21, 2014 |
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| Edited | August 5, 2014 |
| Pattern URL | Roman Laurels by 514671 |
| Made for | me |
This pattern is one I came up with after reading a variety of baby mitten patterns and about 4 attempts at the first mitten to get the proportions correct for where the thumb goes. I’d like to write it up and make it available, but haven’t done that yet. It’s a slip stitch pattern rather…
when biasing is a little too much, it’s like you are in the center of a hurricane. the top of the cowl goes one way and the bottom goes the other. hence the name and the fact that I get the song stuck in my head every time I put it on. I’ll wash it…
I love how this pattern looks! I started with the higher count to allow for a more full skirt. I worked the skirt longer than the pattern requested because I wanted it to come down over my hips further. And then I wasn’t getting gauge as well as I should on the top part and…
planning to make more than one. only used one skein, but part of another was used in related swatching.
got gauge on size 9. knitting a 38” bust size. began decreases after 2” instead of 3. 5 total decreases instead of 4. 7 total increases instead of 4. worked an additional inch after increases (15 1/2”). made sleeves full length, at 16” before ribbing. could have made front bad slightly wider, in hindsight! the…
