october sample knit
sample knit for October
119g to start. swatch 4g. ~3g/repeat.
sample knit for October
119g to start. swatch 4g. ~3g/repeat.
Began | September 30, 2014 |
Finished | October 17, 2014 |
100% | |
Edited | October 24, 2014 |
Pattern URL | Snowy Tempest by 552091 |
Made for | Angel |
Size made | small |
Knit with handspun Sun Valley and their DK base to go with. Planned to continue handspun as far as needed instead of just in the yoke. Did not decrease in the underbust, but added more increases. Underarm patterning section is continued all the way down through handspun. I loved spinning this fiber and I loved…
I did a mix of colors for this rather than a solid – For cast on and bind off, I held 3 strands of red. For most of the potholder, 3 strands of white. Towards the middle, it’s 2 white, 1 red. And the very middle stripe is 2 red, 1 white. This was mainly…
for Sept/Oct Stockinette Zombies KAL and Whatcha Swatchin’s Fall KAL. n2n measurement: 36” gauge: ~5 st/in (just under) used Megan (justrunknit)’s spreadsheet to determine cast on (100), body (180), fronts (38), back (104). Striping two colors of Noro Yuzen. Steeks for armholes.
My friend Randi declared she wanted to knit some Christmas things during the summer, and Alicia shared some of her holiday-themed yarn! I decided on some nice wristers to wear over the edge of my coat during the holiday, no thumbholes, just stretchy enough to pull back and see my watch. Cast on the cuff…
Update 11/14: I’ve made 2 of the 3 pieces of this – front and back – but not the between piece. I plan to line this with a pink cupcake fabric, and attach with a pink flower button. I may actually make a flower out of ribbon to attach to the side. I doubled the…
Used the idea from puckgirl in Yarnings thread: Yarn Ball Cozy from a CD canister. E found me a 100 CD spindle case. Started with round crochet base very dense to fit just under the size of the canister. Then started a loose pattern into the base and around. Switched colors as I went to…