ES Hawthorne
ES in Hawthorne. design sample
| Began | February 21, 2015 |
| Finished | March 17, 2015 |
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| Edited | March 23, 2015 |
| Made for | design sample |
inspired heavily by Leslie’s blanket. (udontcallmeles)
I’m using this pattern, but making her all in cream, and then adding underware and clothes. The clothes will be out of Shine Worsted because that’s what I have leftover from the other project for this birthday (Pinwheel sweater). I’ll be making her hair out of the Essential, I’d like to make it curly, but…
Rather than using the cable pattern in the SNB book, I really liked lixolux’s picture and so I tried making a 6 stitch plait (from Knitting on the Edge). That worked out great, I just had to adjust where the cable started by moving a few stitches between the needles, and a little more adjusting…
Got the multicolor skein from craig, bought the coordinating skein. Didn’t do the bind off exactly as written, wanted a little more ease.
Finished, April 21. These were toe-up. I did a short row toe, and a heel with a gusset to better accentuate the cable on the side. Not-so-noticeable flaw: I started the first sock with the first cables being twisted every 4 row. Somewhere around the third repeat, I got off on my counting and did…