Gift of some yarn from a sweet friend.
first knitting on chiagaoo interchangeables. a little curly but amazing!
after both lower wings, used 61g of the 200. (39 left in first ball)
73g left after bind off to make short socks.
| Began | December 28, 2013 |
| Finished | January 13, 2014 |
100% | |
| Edited | February 2, 2014 |
| Pattern URL | Be my Angel by 451012 |
| Made for | me |
I hope to release this pattern for sale.
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…
Knit with handspun Sun Valley and their DK base to go with. Planned to continue handspun as far as needed instead of just in the yoke. Did not decrease in the underbust, but added more increases. Underarm patterning section is continued all the way down through handspun. I loved spinning this fiber and I loved…
Cast on in train to Madrona! Top border: garter, 5” tall. Wedge: used for social knitting and did much further than necessary. slightly asymmetrical! Main section: began striping with the lavender yarn – 4 rows of lav, then 2 rows of main Bottom border: garter, 2 1/4” tall. striped with the lav yarn changing colors…
