handspun mellie
short sleeve, cuffs and button band using the dyed yarn. rest will be handspun, alternating skeins.
short sleeve, cuffs and button band using the dyed yarn. rest will be handspun, alternating skeins.
| Began | June 6, 2014 |
| Finished | June 21, 2014 |
100% | |
| Edited | July 1, 2014 |
| Pattern URL | Abigail Cardi by 244565 |
| Made for | me |
use vesper, but get smaller needles since it’s 100% merino, no nylon. reinforcing center of bottom of the sole with slip stitch ala eye of partridge. with super tight gauge, came up with a larger stitch count than the large size to get the right diameter for my feet. this slowed me down but will…
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…
Queue notes: See favorited by jknitma of stockinette zombies podcast, a little less negative ease looks great on her! Plus doing it in the round with just placket is nicer. Love it! 6/13: cast-on before knitting IN. 6/16: WWKIP in random places on errands. 6/20: bus/MAX knitting to PDX 6/21-22: car knitting to and from…
Happy birthday month to me! At zk2016, we got a rainbow of mini skeins and a bag to match for the goodie bag. My 45th birthday month seemed like the perfect time to finally knit them up! Using one of Julia weesheep’s patterns seemed like a nice match too because she is in all of…
CO JMCO 12. dropped one stitch mid-foot, fixed later when weaving in ends (7/5)