Remember this grubby looking character?
Amazingly, he just turned into a Dragonfly! Well, a Dragonfly Wings by Boo Knits to be exact. The fleece was taken from his very first shearing - his cria fleece - and spun with some charcoal bamboo and a bit of sparkle to make this yarn :-
My camera won't pick up the sparkle for some reason - maybe the light was wrong.
I'd been wanting to make one of these since seeing a Ravelry friend's version, Fran's Chamomile Wings, and thought this yarn would be quite stunning. You can check out Fran's whole experience on her blog here.
The pattern was very easy - very easy - so why did I make so many mistakes? It was laid out row by row and at the end of each row the designer had noted the number of stitches you should have. So why didn't I? I was usually just one stitch out, but that one stitch would have ruined the whole thing, especially when I got to the lace section. It ended up taking me five evenings to complete and I think I must have wasted about half of that time unpicking rows and re-knitting them. Carelessness and not enough attention to detail were probably the reason, and tiredness (it did get quite late some nights) my excuse.
Anyway, here it is, and I'm really pleased with it.
Again, the peacock green flash angelina that I used, doesn't show up at all, so I took a few close up shots and think you may just be able to see it.
I didn't use a lot, but I think it just makes this shawlette a bit more special.
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| Jorrocks |
Amazingly, he just turned into a Dragonfly! Well, a Dragonfly Wings by Boo Knits to be exact. The fleece was taken from his very first shearing - his cria fleece - and spun with some charcoal bamboo and a bit of sparkle to make this yarn :-
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| 140g, 375 yds, 14 wpi |
My camera won't pick up the sparkle for some reason - maybe the light was wrong.
I'd been wanting to make one of these since seeing a Ravelry friend's version, Fran's Chamomile Wings, and thought this yarn would be quite stunning. You can check out Fran's whole experience on her blog here.
The pattern was very easy - very easy - so why did I make so many mistakes? It was laid out row by row and at the end of each row the designer had noted the number of stitches you should have. So why didn't I? I was usually just one stitch out, but that one stitch would have ruined the whole thing, especially when I got to the lace section. It ended up taking me five evenings to complete and I think I must have wasted about half of that time unpicking rows and re-knitting them. Carelessness and not enough attention to detail were probably the reason, and tiredness (it did get quite late some nights) my excuse.
Anyway, here it is, and I'm really pleased with it.
Again, the peacock green flash angelina that I used, doesn't show up at all, so I took a few close up shots and think you may just be able to see it.
I didn't use a lot, but I think it just makes this shawlette a bit more special.
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