used the remainder of the magrathea beads and some of the yarn. knit as long as I could with the beads and then changed to a plain I-cord. picked up stitches on cast on edge and did a short I-cord there for easier tying as well, as I didn’t have a clasp. will wear on Christmas with my shawl!
| Began | December 23, 2013 |
| Finished | December 22, 2013 |
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| Edited | December 23, 2013 |
| Pattern URL | Black Mamba by 420632 |
| Size made | long |
top down sleeveless – garter at the sleeve edges. contrast color underbust band applied edging with stitches picked back up. lace from underbust down, with the contrast color at either side in intarsia. faking intarsia in the round by wrap and turn alternating with ssk for stability at the turning point. hoping to do some…
seen on nicole hindes blog, this is glorious and makes me want to learn a little crochet. This pattern is SO well written, I was able to sit down and cast on with only a small amount of crochet knowledge, but never motifs with multiple tiers before. Love it!
inspired by ploverbird’s, seen at ZK2014. Knitting in ThreeFates at the same time as her giveaway on the Yarnings Podcast. a girl wizard is named in homage to Eskarina from Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett… the yarn colorway is Merlin so it fits in. Began in April to celebrate my birthday month! Also fits nicely…
Making these for my niece. Update 2/18/08: Frogged and rerolled the yarn for my stash.
After a swatch went a totally different way that I expected, I used it as a guide for this pattern. Initially swatched with Dream in Color classy from AmyToadyJoe. Then tried Cat’s Eye previously ripped out from some socks. Now SweetGeorgia… much better. Charted as I went, but tweaked heavily as i made it through…
