Heart Purse
Inspired by Domino Heart Purse, but using heavier needle and yarn; adapted dimensions for this new gauge.
Inspired by Domino Heart Purse, but using heavier needle and yarn; adapted dimensions for this new gauge.
Began | November 29, 2009 |
Finished | December 18, 2009 |
100% | |
Edited | February 2, 2010 |
Made for | Leah |
I started out with size 7 needle and k1p1 knit and it was too dense so I switched to size 10 and it was perfect. I taught myself to knit continential with this scarf. When gifting this, I made a flower to tie it up, and that turned out very pretty.
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…
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…
pattern is not in database yet. need to weigh remainder yarn, it was about 3 1/2 skeins. May or may not do the flower, may also add a ribbon to the top to tie. listed September 18, 2010.