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stockinette zombies KAL?
stockinette zombies KAL?
Story behind “happy home” – Tried on sweater at Happy Knits in Portland as part of the knitbot trunk show. The sample fit me perfect at that point in my weight loss (late January). Found that the sample sweater I had tried on was knit by cocoknits and set out to find the yarn she…
for Sept/Oct Stockinette Zombies KAL and Whatcha Swatchin’s Fall KAL. n2n measurement: 36” gauge: ~5 st/in (just under) used Megan (justrunknit)’s spreadsheet to determine cast on (100), body (180), fronts (38), back (104). Striping two colors of Noro Yuzen. Steeks for armholes.
knitting for the Stockinette Zombies KAL. I started with the name taurii for a clever play on the pattern’s name Gemini and my actual April 25th sign of Taurus. But then I said it outloud and knew what it sounded like! From the Stargate Wiki entry “Tau’ri”: Tau’ri was the term used by the inhabitants…
Queue notes: See favorited by jknitma of stockinette zombies podcast, a little less negative ease looks great on her! Plus doing it in the round with just placket is nicer. Love it! 6/13: cast-on before knitting IN. 6/16: WWKIP in random places on errands. 6/20: bus/MAX knitting to PDX 6/21-22: car knitting to and from…
Adjusted the colors from the original set: Fedora bubbles instead of aqua. And then used more of a graduated color for the stripes. First week of June: Finished sweater. The body of the sweater feels a little short, and I may add a crocheted edging on the bottom.June 16ish: Finished hat. Still need to do…
Finished, 4/16: I got bad about updating along the way. I did end up ripping about 8 rows back after joining the second ball of yarn and going back and alternating rows to try and make it a more natural transformation. I did the same with the sleeves, but none of the other balls were…
I really love this, every time I look at the pattern, I want to make it more. I think it would be soft and comfy and I love the tie. This pattern ended up being really good. I used the modified suggestion to make long sleeves, and even went about a 1/2” longer than the…