made as specified in the pattern, but subbed yarns, with double-stranded laceweight on the garter portion and a heavier sockweight for the darker hexagon.
This is a great smaller shawl to throw on.
| Began | June 8, 2010 |
| Finished | April 27, 2010 |
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| Edited | June 8, 2010 |
| Pattern URL | Aestlight Shawl by 128212 |
| Made for | kristine |
june top band color: 104g to start; 67g after band — 37g for band. 13 repeats, 3” each. June 22, 2016 cable adjustment for bodice – 4 st cable: 3st to back, k1; p2, k1 from cable needle. stretchier than the cable called for by the pattern, but takes less swapping of stitch orientation when…
Learning to double-knit. Used two strands of different multi-colors. Cast on with two strands held together and then started double-knitting. Bound off with two strands on the wrong side to have the same effect on the border. Improved decreases by rearranging stitches as in cable-needle-free cables. Added eyelet row similarly – the ribbon is threaded…
mods – increased the number of pattern rows to optimize usage of the skeins on hand of my handspun. 1 skein orange+orange, 2 skein orange+pink, 1 skein pink+pink increased the number of repeats in orange+pink to use more. needs blocking.
Started with a double stranded bottom on dpns and then increased out gradually. Using a mesh stitch for the body of the bag. On the top decreases. 4/1: Finished handles, just need to weave in ends and take pictures.
