kcelebrates40 cowl
color work wide long cowl/shrug featuring my Bluebonnet #kcelebrates40 handspun.
color work wide long cowl/shrug featuring my Bluebonnet #kcelebrates40 handspun.
Began | September 3, 2016 |
Finished | September 18, 2016 |
100% | |
Edited | October 31, 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…
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…
Making for Craig’s (my brother-in-law) wedding. To be worn at rehearsal dinner since it doesn’t match the dress I’ll wear at the wedding. Started at the park. This shawl is particularly powered by J.J. Abrams shows: Knit during the festivities of Lost (but sat at attention during the finale itself). Knit during some of Fringe…
Finished, 4/16: I got bad about updating along the way. I did end up ripping about 8 rows back after joining the second ball of yarn and going back and alternating rows to try and make it a more natural transformation. I did the same with the sleeves, but none of the other balls were…
When I realized I wouldn’t have enough yarn to make purple slippers, I went for an elasticy yarn I knew I could get locally. Also some legwarmers to go with this out of the same Cascade Fixation with other worsted weight yarns (Wool Ease in a Lilac, Light Rose Heather, pink, and yellow; KnitPicks Swish…
From Brioche Chic book.