wreck it sockhead number one
Began | September 9, 2016 |
Finished | September 9, 2016 |
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Edited | October 31, 2016 |
Pattern URL | Sockhead Slouch Hat by 124400 |
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…
Found a new-to-me fiber dyer on Etsy, DnD Fibers, and purchased 8oz of one colorway and 8oz of another to spin up. They are both 85% polwarth and 15% tussah silk. One colorway was a soft pink, a purple leaning pink, a steely gray, and white, and the other was soft pink leaning lavender, the…
for Sept/Oct Stockinette Zombies KAL and Whatcha Swatchin’s Fall KAL. n2n measurement: 36” gauge: ~5 st/in (just under) used Megan (justrunknit)’s spreadsheet to determine cast on (100), body (180), fronts (38), back (104). Striping two colors of Noro Yuzen. Steeks for armholes.
Twin with Ingrid!
frogged, they were just too tight for my feet! i love the cable, it was just hard to do at my tight sock gauge!
march top; 2 colors alternating, then finish with spectrum? March 2, 2016 confusion over the right side and wrong side of the chart and I had to restart after 6 or 7 rows because the chart wasn’t making sense. restarted with written instructions – even rows are right side. cast on with German twisted cast-on…