Tiers of Ruffles
Began | February 3, 2010 |
Finished | November 1, 2009 |
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Edited | February 3, 2010 |
Made for | Krista |
used the 40” size at the top and 48” at the bottom, with decreases/increases in the ribbing on both sizes. increased a little more for the bottom section once joining. split hem feature. Cast on so I could knit on this during the Zombie Knitpocalypse 2015. Didn’t make much of a dent until the flight…
Cast on in train to Madrona! Top border: garter, 5” tall. Wedge: used for social knitting and did much further than necessary. slightly asymmetrical! Main section: began striping with the lavender yarn – 4 rows of lav, then 2 rows of main Bottom border: garter, 2 1/4” tall. striped with the lav yarn changing colors…
finished before thanksgiving, need real pictures! 11/8: separated off for the left and right fronts, and decided to do them two-at-a-time. I had to do a little more writing out which rows had arm or neck decreases so I was sure to be in the correct place (especially with t-a-a-t) but it’s going smoothly now….
First try at 2 socks on 2 circs toe up with a figure 8 cast on! Worked on this during the Stephanie Pearl-McPhee talk on Earth Day. In Kingdom Hearts, there is an enemy called a Wyvern. I originally thought it said Wyrven (rhymes with Swervin’) and so that’s what I called them. I still…
mixed weights – worsted, sport, sport-ish handspun. gauge on worsted was a touch tight, so went up in stitch count from the biggest size, and knit the back a little longer. rather than welts for the rows, knit in garter. added short rows surrounding the top of the vest to add more length without adding…
PLANNING: Use TdF2021 handspun (DnD Fibers) for main color. Sun Valley in Wine, Onyx, and Intermission are coming for the colorwork. Plan to continue colorwork at the underbust (possibly with a band of corrugated ribbing first). Bought the pattern from Jessica McDonald’s site. September 26: wound yarn and swatched in the round September 28: cast…