Kristine’s needle case
Came up with this pattern on my own, and then got coordinating fabric for a lining. The knitting is done, I’m just sewing lines into the lining where the needles will go now.
Came up with this pattern on my own, and then got coordinating fabric for a lining. The knitting is done, I’m just sewing lines into the lining where the needles will go now.
| Began | May 28, 2007 |
| Finished | August 1, 2014 |
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| Edited | August 8, 2014 |
| Made for | Kristine |
I used this pattern as a starting place, but did my own stitch counts, stitch patterns, and methods. I wanted the bottom to be solid but the top to stretch, so the first square (CO 18 st until it was square) was seed stitch, doubled with a color and white. The remainder of the rectangle…
a yearning for Yarnings of pink stripes! gift from Michelle of Berry Colorful Yarnings, with several skeins to give away.
JMCO 12st 2 at a time, on longer bent circs; after increases, switched to 9” circs to zoom zoom concurrently. gauge is a bit tighter on these needles, ~10/in. increased to 38. increase mid foot and before heel to 42. knit to 7.25” before FLKH. 1-13-14-13-1 these ended up too long, gifted to Karen.
For Katy in some KP yarn, maybe worsted instead of sport. In red, grey, black, whites. Maybe a little shorter and skinnier than the example. Finished 9/3, just need to weave ends in and document the info here! Even though it was a little tedious changing colors on every row, it was an interesting knit.
Cast-on Friday night, and did a lot of knitting over the weekend. just for fun, TV episodes enjoyed while knitting: Fringe “The Plateau” Fringe “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” Fringe “Amber 3422 Fringe “6955 kHz” Fringe “The Abducted” Fringe “Entrada” Fringe “Marionette” Fringe “Firefly” Fringe “Reciprocity” Bones “The Doctor in the Photo” Bones “The…