Craft blog 2/21-2/27

This weeks projects:

Brianna Knit Capelet (COMPLETED)

Firefly Baby Blanket

Intarsia Stripes Shawl 

I finished knitting my Brianna knit capelet on Wednesday. 

    Pattern/Yarn/Needle info and pattern adjustments are located here

Since I am normally wear at least a 3x,  I decided it needed 11 repeats instead of 10.  I only had 1 yard of yarn left so if you are needing a plus size capelet, you may want to get an extra skein to ensure you have enough yarn. 

I will use a pin to keep it closed until I find the perfect buttons.

Final measurements with 11 sequences

        Length - 14.5"

        Neck width- 23"

        Bottom width- 62"

Please leave a comment if you make this item.

On Thursday, I started separating some super bulky cake yarn to make a lighter weight.  I purchased the yarn on sale and realized I don't like working extra bulky yarn.  By separating the strands, I have three balls of bulky (8 WPI) 87 yards each instead of one ball of extra bulky of 87 yards.  I have two cakes each in three different colorways so that will get me 522 yards per colorway.  

Here is the progress on the Firefly Baby Blanket - Progress is slow due to only working on it a few minutes a day during my lunch time.

    Pattern/Yarn/Needle info is located here

I started a knitted shawl with the yarn that I separated earlier this week

Pattern – Free/Paid - Intarsia Stripes Shawl by CathyAnnKnits                                         Free https://www.facebook.com/groups/OutlanderPatterns/permalink/2304962702847817/

(you need to be a member of the Outlander Pattern Central group on Facebook to get the free pattern)

Paid https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/intarsia-striped-shawl

               Yarn –   Brand - Lion Brand Mandala Thick & Quick

                            Colorway – Garden Maze/ 215

                            Yardage – 2 cakes – 5.3oz/87X3 yards per skein - Since I split the yarn into individual strands - I have balls of 87 yards each per cake (total yardage - 522 yards)

               Needle size – 8.00 mm

Adjustments

    The pattern calls for 603 yards of worsted weight using 5mm needles.  Since my yarn is bulky, I am going to try it with larger needles and less yarn.  Hopefully the shawl will be big enough.

  I am following the Two Color pattern but I don't have any color changes since I am using a color changing yarn.  rows 9-XX - I repeated rows 7&8 until I had 64 loops on needle  then I skipped to the short row decrease section.

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