Queen K treasurechest
Began | August 2, 2010 |
Finished | July 1, 2010 |
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Edited | August 2, 2010 |
Made for | sale |
Size made | 55" x 2 1/2" |
mod to use my leftover slate + new dragonfly? dragonfly + black border + red lace. slate and red alternate for stripe? beads on lace, borders. Tip: for the stitch markers during the stripes, put one type of markers for the first half of the shawl (I did m1r ala Cat Bordhi toe increases), and…
From Brioche Chic book.
adapted slightly for the side patterning and the center of the pattern to be stockinette rather than seed stitch for ease of knitting. and used Fish Lip Kiss Heel instead of pattern heel. Wound the yarn by hand because my swift/ball winder were having problems. The looseness of hand winding really caused problems with pulling…
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…
Silk Garden Lite from a sale bin was a great find. The colors flow so nicely from one to the next, from aqua to pink to fuchsia to warm tan to olive to maroon to pink to a greeny white. The large hook with DK weight made it even more lacy. Listed on etsy, week…
knit to pattern until 2 1/2” under arm. Added corrugated ribbing with handspun for 8 rows. Increased under this band about every 8 stitches to give a little more fullness to the body. Also increased on side seams every 10 rows for an a-line look. For sleeves, started with the instructions of teal and gray…