fingering held double. cast on teen size to get roughly child size from gauge difference.
blackberry: under 2 skeins
whisker: 1 skein
honeydew: almost a skein
celestial: almost a skein
| Began | May 27, 2014 |
| Finished | June 1, 2014 |
100% | |
| Edited | June 10, 2014 |
| Pattern URL | Tink Tank by 437385 |
| Made for | Leah for her 11th bday |
| Size made | child, but longer |
Wanted something that would work as a baby dress this summer and then be a tunic as she gets older. Adjusted the pattern to work in the round, be more full of a dress, and have ties instead of shoulder straps. Lace is slightly askew on part of the skirt but it’s not too noticeable….
this may finally be the pattern for this weirdly striped Opal. very deep stash! a little scratchy, hoping for workhorse socks. adjusting to do toe-up version, still need to pick a heel, maybe the fleegle heel like my froot loops? February, 2012: needle broke, replaced with a square kollage with a floppy cable and it…
june top band color: 104g to start; 67g after band — 37g for band. 13 repeats, 3” each. June 22, 2016 cable adjustment for bodice – 4 st cable: 3st to back, k1; p2, k1 from cable needle. stretchier than the cable called for by the pattern, but takes less swapping of stitch orientation when…
using size 6 needles and heavy laceweight for a lightweight version of the Wren for a sample at the Designer Showcase for the Zombie Knitpocalypse 2014.
Bittersweet, reindeer, camel heathers, maybe marshmallow (combing yarn totals in with baby blanket as I didn’t weigh in between the two!)
Cast on at Purlescence the week of thanksgiving when I bought the yarn. Dubbed it “Neontastic” colors before the skein was even wound. Knit on the rest of the trip, with a few false starts on the patterning I wanted. Curved around a line for interest, reinforced the ball of the foot. Added Fish Lips…
