Whitney’s Valentine handspun
This lovely fiber was gifted by my friend Whitney.
Spun on | Wanda, my Hansen Minispinner |
Preparation | end to end |
Construction | chain ply |
Weight | Worsted |
Grist | |
WPI |
This lovely fiber was gifted by my friend Whitney.
Spun on | Wanda, my Hansen Minispinner |
Preparation | end to end |
Construction | chain ply |
Weight | Worsted |
Grist | |
WPI |
Began | February 24, 2022 |
Finished | March 28, 2022 |
% | |
Edited | December 23, 2024 |
Yarn used |
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…
This pattern is one I came up with after reading a variety of baby mitten patterns and about 4 attempts at the first mitten to get the proportions correct for where the thumb goes. I’d like to write it up and make it available, but haven’t done that yet. It’s a slip stitch pattern rather…
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i <3 hearts! swatched and casted on 2/15 for a sock project to work on during Madrona. The afterthought heel backfired on me, I put it too deep into the foot and they looked like clown socks, they were so long! Considered leaving them as tube socks, but decided to rip back the first heel…
January 19, 2021 2 sets of yarn balls through (4 skeins, held double.) Ordered additional yarn to make it wider. January 23, 2021 Another set of skeins (6 skeins total) finished during ZKN January Chill weekend. February 10, 2021 Joined the last two skeins in the last half repeat of the pattern and then for…