Chloephant
put the eyes and smile on to finally finish!
Began | March 10, 2012 |
Finished | March 9, 2012 |
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Edited | March 10, 2012 |
Pattern URL | Tiny Elephant by 262001 |
Made for | lisa + Chloe |
used the rest of my sock yarn to make a wrap bracket. mostly 5-stitch I-cord with a cool crochet chain (thicker by sc in each previous stitch) at the end and a loop for easier wearing. couldn’t let my fav colorway go to waste even though the socks were done!
finally gave in and frogged these after they sat on my desk for months.
CO 14st JMCO. July 28, 2016 Increased to 38st. September 6, 2016 44st on top gradually, 40 bottom (full set of increases, 2 top/2 bottom, at 6 1/4”) heel at 7 1/8” (instead of 7 1/4” because of 40st instead of 38). FLKH 1-13-12-13-1 October 27, 2017 increased twice on front of sock. total stitches…
the cast on is tricky. I kept trying to rotate the work (ala a sock toe) instead of turn. envision making rainbow shaped arcs with the 5-stitch on each end as the tips of the rainbow. Worked on this for one evening, then knitting in, and then I decided I wanted to wear it the…
used less than a skein, but the end of the skein was underspend perhaps from being ripped too many times.