Bellarose for Callie Mae
76g total used.
Began | June 10, 2018 |
Finished | June 9, 2018 |
100% | |
Edited | October 22, 2018 |
Pattern URL | Bellarose by 573680 |
Made for | Callie Mae |
Size made | 12-18 |
I started with the pattern for Pioneer and did the bottom part of it differently with a waistband done by picking up stitches vertically. I did the skirt twice because I was unhappy with how much increase I did the first time. Used more crochet on this than I thought I could!
For Katy in some KP yarn, maybe worsted instead of sport. In red, grey, black, whites. Maybe a little shorter and skinnier than the example. Finished 9/3, just need to weave ends in and document the info here! Even though it was a little tedious changing colors on every row, it was an interesting knit.
This was SUCH a fun project. Making all the small pieces was fun, and even sewing it together was easy. A little time consuming, but not hard in front of the TV. I’d certainly make this again if there were a special little kid in my life who liked Turtles! My only modification from the…
Found a new-to-me fiber dyer on Etsy, DnD Fibers, and purchased 8oz of one colorway and 8oz of another to spin up. They are both 85% polwarth and 15% tussah silk. One colorway was a soft pink, a purple leaning pink, a steely gray, and white, and the other was soft pink leaning lavender, the…
weight remaining yarn: 42g left (79% of 2 skeins used), about 518 yards used. I think it ate up a little more yarn because of being Sport weight instead of fingering, but it made an awesome shawl. This yarn worked up so smoothly and knit like butter! The other great thing about this shawl is…