jeweled stripes
Pattern link, #offRav – Dirty Martini by Ela Torrente
Pattern link, #offRav – Dirty Martini by Ela Torrente
Began | December 18, 2016 |
Finished | February 1, 2017 |
100% | |
Edited | May 23, 2017 |
Pattern URL | Dirty Martini by 558415 |
Gauge | 21, over 4 |
Made for | me |
color work wide long cowl/shrug featuring my Bluebonnet #kcelebrates40 handspun.
Using the remaining skeins from the clapotis given to my MIL. Used about a third of my leftover yarn. I didn’t make the button holes from the pattern or add buttons, it’s just a scarf. I wasn’t specific about how many rows between between garter stitch. And I can see a few spots where I…
Used most of the ball of self striping and added some of my solid white. Made one cloth using the color as the inside of the blocks and the other as the outside. These knit up so quickly!
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…
Laceweight version, held single throughout for a light and airy scarf size clapotis. may have only done 6 repeats of the increase section, instead of 6 MORE, or 7 total. based on a rough count of the finished product. 41 total dropped stitches. I repeated the straight section until I got a rough idea of…