handspun mellie
short sleeve, cuffs and button band using the dyed yarn. rest will be handspun, alternating skeins.
short sleeve, cuffs and button band using the dyed yarn. rest will be handspun, alternating skeins.
Began | June 6, 2014 |
Finished | June 21, 2014 |
100% | |
Edited | July 1, 2014 |
Pattern URL | Abigail Cardi by 244565 |
Made for | me |
Received this lovely self-striping yarn from my friend Karen. The summer of 2021 is a mess of doctors appointments to try and figure out what’s going on with my health and so I cast on a yarn-y companion project. Cast 60 stitches on provisionally with a crochet hook around my knitting needle. Using a 14″…
Pattern link, #offRav – Dirty Martini by Ela Torrente
used shorter needle tips CO132 weight of yarn balls to start: 14g imagination, 30g 45degrees for Miles.
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…
Prototype for a shawl with dropped stitches. Inspired by the colorway name “Decay”, the pattern shows an urban skyline that may be decaying from the earth after an apocalyptic event. Deep and full of colors, the yarn fit the whole idea perfect.