pattern: Ana Clerc's San Luis Pass Capelet
yarn: Holst Garn Supersoft (held double) in Mariner, Space, Opal, bought 2 skeins each and had plenty pattern: Dodging Rain Drops Cowl (Vanessa Ewing)
yarn: Cape May’s Witches of Wildwood Sock (used a 16” circular needle without a problem) I have no idea why my gauge changed so much between the top and bottom ribbing. Grief side effect, maybe? In any event, it's fine when worn. I wear this sweater so much that I made two more, also with Harrisville Designs's Highland yarn, in Hemlock and Delphinium.
For myself, my spouse, our resident teenager, and younger child's favorite stuffed buddy (younger child already equipped with one I made years ago), from my own pattern, in Berroco Ultra Wool Juliet & Cream.
I have a hard time conceptualizing this garment as a "poncho" because in my head that means either one of those horrible plastic rain things or the big 1970s square scenarios, and yet here we are: the pattern is Going to the Mountain Poncho from Snickerdoodle Knits. And it's super cute.
Yarn: Holst Garn Supersoft in Sunrise and Flannel Grey. Baby's first fiber arts kit! This is Scott Rorh's Malabrigo Linen Stitch Scarf pattern.
I started knitting sixteen years ago, and this is the first time I've ever worked from a kit--but the ones The Yarnery puts together for this project just have so many colors and, nom. I went for it. And I actually followed the instructions in a straightforward manner. Shocking, for me. A rick rack rib headband with a sweet little twist, in Songbird Yarn & Fibres's sock weight European Bee-eater yarn.
To make the headband, work rick rack rib stitch (which requires a multiple of 3 stitches + 1) until the headband is nearly half the desired length. I used 37 stitches, sock yarn, US size 5 needles. Then continue in rick rack rib for the first 18 stitches of the row, make 1, and place the remaining 19 stitches on a stitch holder. Work this split section in pattern until it's about 2.5-3 inches long (I worked 15 rows total). Cut the yarn, leaving a tail. Move the 19 held-back stitches from the stitch holder onto a needle and the stitches you were just working onto a stitch holder, and work that half the same number of rows. Keeping each size flat (right-side-facing), twist one section over the other and place all 38 stitches on one needle. Continue in rick rack rib, reducing by 1 stitch at the split in the first row only, until the headband is the desired length. Seam as desired and weave in ends. |
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