guestimating yarn use. Didn’t have the colors to make it a true Jayne hat, but it’s cute. I used the Sport weight to crochet an edging around the earflaps since it was a little lighter weight.
| Began | August 21, 2009 |
| Finished | August 21, 2009 |
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| Edited | August 21, 2009 |
| Pattern URL | Sweet Baby Jayne by 61834 |
| Made for | Liam |
The final of the four Brea bags. I doubled the yarn. See the other 3 colors in my projects for how the handles turned out. I don’t have a finished picture for this one, just the other 3.
I took this pattern as inspiration and made it my own with a custom bottom, working circularly instead of flat, and eyelets for a drawstring before the handles. Bottom notes: I used short rows to make the center of the base be wider. Then I used short rows on the sides to create a boat-like…
weight remaining yarn: 42g left (79% of 2 skeins used), about 518 yards used. I think it ate up a little more yarn because of being Sport weight instead of fingering, but it made an awesome shawl. This yarn worked up so smoothly and knit like butter! The other great thing about this shawl is…
for the ZK KAL, using marketplace yarn and designer showcase pattern. started Gamestorm weekend. This yarn is thinner than my norm, so I am doing a few more stitches than normal to make them fit better and still keep the size 1 needles and the gauge I prefer (on this yarn, about 10st/in.) These should…
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…
