gradiating socks
May 12, 2016
38 FLKH 1-12-12-12-1
| Began | May 2, 2016 |
| Finished | July 16, 2016 |
100% | |
| Edited | August 18, 2016 |
| Made for | me |
the yarn traveled to me from Peru, the project will travel with me to Minnesota and Illinois, and I’ll knit on it with traveling through the wool warp to talk to friends online. well traveled, indeed! followed tips for widening neck opening and later the beading from mirielgw’s Beaded Viajante. using backwards loop and reverse…
alternate skeins after neckband start. CO for 40”. Increase with Raglan to the 44” size. Decrease 2 times total, then knit 20 rows. Increases in triplets for a fuller shape. One purl row of main color, then start intarsia block of imagination (keeping the neckband the same on both ends using each skein on either…
held yarn doubled. made up cables and little eyelets on the front, and a little different motif on the back. the top front has an overlapping “envelope” section, and an icord tie. meant to line but haven’t figured out how to best do that when the case shrinks/expands depending on whether the iPad is in…
This pattern is the Silence Tee by Ruth Nguyen and it was so pretty. It was a good chance to try a yarn base that was summery in Knit Picks Lindy Chain. We’ve had an extra hot summer here, and that influenced my choice! When I saw the colors available, Rouge and Conch jumped out…
Use Comfy Sport for the crochet motifs, and weigh skeins. 6/23: knit 2 cashew panels, one large honey dew, and part way thru one large ivory. 6/25: finished all knitted panels, started on crochet test samples out of Comfy Sport. 6/27: knit 4 of the 8 crochet squares. Final: Used large knitted modern rectangles intermixed…
i <3 hearts! swatched and casted on 2/15 for a sock project to work on during Madrona. The afterthought heel backfired on me, I put it too deep into the foot and they looked like clown socks, they were so long! Considered leaving them as tube socks, but decided to rip back the first heel…