11-25-2019
This is a “swatch project”. I’m mostly using this as a gauge swatch for larger family sweaters out of this yarn. 😉
Based on some of the comments on Provincial Tweed (that it runs closer to DK) I’m casting on size 5 and 7 needles to star…
Doing a THIRD Bloom dress in a row (first two were gifts – this one is for my daughter). This one is using Capretta instead of Felici, so since it’s a solid color I hope it will show off the lace better.
10-04-2019
Washed and blocked, this dress la…
Started putting together everything for this project because I have to do the 3 hour pregnancy glucose test (I failed the 1 hour) and I wanted an easy project to take with me and keep me occupied.
Using size 2 / 2.75mm needles for the garter section,…
Knitting using the 6-8y instructions (with 2-4y lengths) to get a 2-4y sweater at my gauge/yarn/needle size.
Using the short rows described in the comments of a Flax hacks blog post to adjust the neckline:
To do short row shaping for the Flax it go…
Making another Bloom, without the lace. I had a loose gauge on my last one that made it perfect for my almost 11 month old, so we’ll see if we get a similar size this time, too.
07-16-2019
Took my knitting to the dentist office and they want me to …
07-01-2019
Accidentally grabbed a 2.5 needle instead of a size 2. Oops. I doubt it’ll matter too much since it’s for the ribbed section.
07-01-2019
Used up one full ball of Felici so far, on the last few rows of the first dress lace set (haven’t …
This is my “swatch” for a larger sweater out of Chroma fingering. We’ll also see how bad it pills.
Bound off in JSSBO
Using german short rows, and the jogless stripe method described here.
11-02-2018
First leg finished after 50 leg rows. Decreased every 5 rows. (K2TOG before BOR marker, slip BOR marker, k1, SSK) Cuff: k2, p2 Bound off using JSSBO