Taking one of my cherished skeins of yarn and making a nice lightweight tee to wear over summer clothes.
| Began | July 16, 2022 |
| Finished | August 25, 2022 |
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| Edited | August 18, 2022 |
| Pattern URL | Filigree Tee by Julie Dubreaux |
| Made for | me |
| Size made | 3X with extra ease towards the hemline. |
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My usual annual event each summer is the Zombie Knitpocalypse, in Rochester MN. This has extended into the Zombie Knitting Network, and I’ve formed more relationships, especially while giggling late at night on Zoom. So since my health required more vigilance to appointments in 2021 instead of the retreat, some of my friends volunteered to…
with leftover aangel yarn. Cast on to knit on the yarn crawl at the end of February. Increased to 68 st instead of my previous standard of 72 since my feet are smaller. Used the heel from the FLKH but not the cardboard template. Knit till the socks were at my ankle bone and started…
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…
I hope to release this pattern for sale.
this is only 360yds, so it will be a little shorter than suggested unless I decide to use a contrast color for the bottom edge. Chose other deep stash as complementary color. Amy ToadyJoe said it reminded her of a cherry blossom tree in bloom and I have to agree! size 6. BO 4/26/2013
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…
