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 |
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| Edited | May 23, 2017 |
| Pattern URL | Dirty Martini by 558415 |
| Gauge | 21, over 4 |
| Made for | me |
Using my new Zephyr tips. Knitting is done, deciding on a fringe or no fringe.
got gauge on size 9. knitting a 38” bust size. began decreases after 2” instead of 3. 5 total decreases instead of 4. 7 total increases instead of 4. worked an additional inch after increases (15 1/2”). made sleeves full length, at 16” before ribbing. could have made front bad slightly wider, in hindsight! the…
Rather than using a variegated yarn, I had red and white so I made stripes for the corners.
Auny Vickie mentioned wanting a scarf to match her winter coat offhand on Facebook, and I saw this in my stash and thought it’d be a good easy “between” project since I enjoyed the other version of this pattern during the Thanksgiving trip a lot. used full skein with only enough for a small flower…
documented in old comp book.
I took this pattern as inspiration and made it my own with a custom bottom, working circularly instead of flat, and eyelets for a drawstring before the handles. Bottom notes: I used short rows to make the center of the base be wider. Then I used short rows on the sides to create a boat-like…