Queen K furelise
planning to make more than one.
only used one skein, but part of another was used in related swatching.
planning to make more than one.
only used one skein, but part of another was used in related swatching.
Began | February 26, 2010 |
Finished | February 25, 2010 |
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Edited | February 26, 2010 |
Made for | sale |
Size made | wide then skinny |
The third of the four Brea bags. I doubled the yarn. The button is a bone button with a beautiful floral pattern. The lining is cherries, which matched the hollyberry yarn nicely. I love the definition on the WotA cables, it really makes the flowery calbes stand out!
Started with a square double stranded in seed stitch. Picked up stitches all the way around and started a meshy stitch. Decreased and added a few stockingette rows and an eyelet row in case I wanted a drawstring half way up. More mesh and then handles at the top. Finished knitting 3/15, still need to…
short sleeve, cuffs and button band using the dyed yarn. rest will be handspun, alternating skeins.
special set to use my handspun Abalone colored fiber from Unwind Yarn Company (Dana, @craftygirl83) in Polworth and BFL Swirl plied together for an #unwindspinalong with MicheleStitches. mitts – custom to reach below the elbow with cable detail and a hole for the thumb. crochet around thumb area for a nicer edge. worked in the…
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gauge swatch relaxed just a touch (25st/4” to 24st/4”, while pattern called for 26). I’m knitting a 38” bust (to account for that difference; I’m closer to 40) and increasing to 50” hip. increased number of rows of twisted ribbing on the top, and then an extra bit of gray before starting the color. did…