sunrisesister » friends http://sunrisesister.org knit, crochet, spin, sew, cook, grow, create Fri, 04 May 2012 02:07:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 FO: Rainbow Clap http://sunrisesister.org/2012/04/16/fo-rainbow-clap/ http://sunrisesister.org/2012/04/16/fo-rainbow-clap/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:50:39 +0000 sunrisesister http://sunrisesister.org/?p=1794 This was a commission knit for a friend, made from custom-spun rainbow gradient yarn. While the spinning isn’t my handiwork**, the knitting is!

 

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(Please excuse the poor blocking pic, it was a bitch to pin out!)

 

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I used the usual Clapotis pattern, but made it narrower by only doing 4 repeats of the increase section, instead of 6. Length was the key here, to get as much as possible out of the yarn, and to get a full rainbow. It worked!

I was left with this much (not enough for a pattern repeat)
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As usual, the pattern got a little repetitive in the middle section, but at least the rainbow yarn kept it interesting!

 

**The original yarn pics are available here and here

 

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Only problem is, because of the uneven pattern, the ease is all unbalanced. This means the socks are impossible to put on :( So I frogged it, let the yarn marinade a little longer in the stash, to be reborn.

 

And here they are! Tadpoles (again) but at least I know that they fit!

 

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I made them a half size (one lace repeat) smaller, so I could gift them to a friend :) I am glad to see them finally knitted up and loved, but whoah, wollmeise does NOT like being frogged and re-knit. Splitty and all hell, and the twist was all over the place.

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]]> http://sunrisesister.org/2011/11/21/big-big-day/feed/ 3 Neon Yarn Giveaway! http://sunrisesister.org/2011/10/10/neon-yarn-giveaway/ http://sunrisesister.org/2011/10/10/neon-yarn-giveaway/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:42:30 +0000 sunrisesister http://sunrisesister.org/?p=1738 And the lucky winner is….

 

Ms Fifikins!!

 

Please email your postal addy to char [at] sunrisesister [dot] org :)

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I whipped these up for newborn gifts, using a brilliant little pattern called Malibu Beanie, by Amy Miller. I used oddments of Sublime baby cashmerino silk DK, and BWM Melody. Perfect!

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