After waffling between making a Small or a Medium (I “typically” have a 34” bust but am currently pregnant so going off pre-pregnancy measurements), I decided to go with the medium since the modeled pattern photos are a medium on a 34” bust.
I wanted…
I played yarn roulette at the end… And the skein ran out before the end. So my last lace section only has rows 1-11 and I bound off on row 11.
I may have needed to use smaller needles to get a shawl out of a single ball of Chroma.
It’s not my favori…
I did the leg decreases on the inner part of the thigh… Not sure I like it.
I’m also not sure if I want to try to dye this pair… Never dyed wool before. 😛
05-24-2018
Just need to add the elastic and it’s ready to wear!
I got this yarn from a RedditGifts exchange! I love purple, but I’m not usually in love with pink, so I may end up gifting this if it’s too pink for my wardrobe 😉
05-24-2018
I’m having no issues with the pattern. It’s easy enough to knit while wat…
Frogged. I should’ve used smaller needles – didn’t like the way it was knitting up
Yardage chart: http://s114.photobucket.com/user/gorlitsa/media/chart.jpg…
Trying this project again with slightly smaller needles to see if I can get a tighter fabric. I’m OK with the project being slightly smaller than the first one.
Because my last one used almost exactly 100g of Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, I decided to use a complementary purple partial skein for the waist and leg cuffs, and a full skein for the body. I expect a very small amount of leftover yarn.
Done! And it looks SO much better than my last diaper cover — changing the needle size (and actually using a 16” circular vs fudging it with magic loop) really seemed to help keep the ribbing nice and stretchy.
I ended up with scrap yarn of the partial dark purple ball I had (I lost the label, so the actual color is a mystery), and had about half the ball of Amethyst by the end. I used the teensy weensy scrap of Tidepool Heather from my first diaper cover as an accent before doing the ribbing.
Used a 100g ball of Knit Picks WoTA almost EXACTLY. I was really pushing it with the leg cuffs, but I just barely made it. Next time I will use a complementary color on the waistband and leg cuffs – which also means I can get longer legs too.
It has been lanolized, and repels water (even with what looked like it was a too-loose weave with the pattern gauge)!
Now to sew on a button for the umbilical snap-down >.<
Button has been sewn, and it’s officially done!
After finishing my purple diaper cover – I think I have to add that using needles one size smaller than suggested in the pattern and actually using 16” circulars seemed to help tremendously in keeping the ribbing stretchy and the stitches tight.